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FINCA TATIN, Izabel, Guatemala- Petra screamed.
“It’s alright, babies are suppose to scream in the bath,” the Maya woman who was bathing Petra reassured Chaya.
Petra continued screaming. The Maya woman continued bathing.
“I usually mix together hot and cold water together when I bathe her,” Chaya passively suggested to the woman who was making [...]
Traveling and Infant Development
SUCHITOTO, El Salvador- Petra is a traveling baby. Before this, she was a traveling featus — though I do not believe that Charles at MostTraveledPeople.com so far allows users to account for their in-utero travels. Petra did two squinty eyed, mushy headed months in Maine before joining her father out in Arizona [...]
Blow Up Bathtubs Baby Travel Gear
SUCHITOTO, El Salvador- When my wife insisted that we needed to to carry a bathtub for our infant daughter when traveling, I initially took her to be nuts.
We are travelers, how are we going to carry a bathtub?
My my wife figured it out: we would get an inflatable tub.
I grudging [...]
RIO DULCE, Guatemala- “Hola Petra! Hola Petra!” is the call that we hear while walking down the streets here in Guatemala. If we are in a place for more than a day, the entire town has already met Petra, and they call out greetings to her whenever we pass. Petra usually kicks and coos and [...]
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RIO DULCE, Guatemala- The town of Rio Dulce sits in the far east of Guatemala along the river of the same name. This is jungle area. I have not been to this part of Guatemala before — and when I think about it, this is the third time that I have traveled in Central America, [...]
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“We knew that we would be traveling slower with Petra, and this is what traveling slower means,” my wife spoke as we paid up another ante on our room in Antigua. We had intended to leave on this morning, but as 11:30 came around to find us still packing bags and titmousing the baby. This [...]
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My wife Chaya has continued to work diligently at showing the world of traveling from the perspective of, first, a pregnant woman, and, later, as a mother.
Most traveling families that we have known of are either going on resort tours or have a very flexible budget. We have neither. These entries from Chaya show the [...]
Sosua, Dominican Republic- I often go for walk into the countryside outside of Sosua, in the Dominican Republic, with my six month old baby, Petra. The sun shines perennially here, it is a little hot. Thus being, the local people occasionally show concern for Petra when out on our hikes.
It is good hearted, honest concern, [...]
30 cents a crap. That is just about what we are paying each time Petra soils herself here in the Dominican Republic. 30 cents six times each day equals two USD of travel funds shat upon. That is $14 a week, $56 a month. Our budget can withstand this onslaught — Petra gets $10 a [...]
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“5 pairs of pants, 8 little onezi t-shirts, a cold weather hat, a sun hat that fits her right now, a sun hat that is too big for her now but she will grow into, 4 pairs of one piece pajamas, at least 2 jackets or sweaters, maybe I will take a third one, 2 [...]
[ Continue Reading → ]The change in air pressure in an aircraft during take off and landing can alter the balance of a person’s ears and require them to “reset” the balance through opening their jaw or yawning. This is second nature to an adult, but babies do not yet know how to do this.
Instead they feel a lot [...]
Flying to Dominican Republic with a Baby –
Not bad. Not horridly, desperately, nor incredibly bad. Flying from Portland, Maine to the Dominican Republic with a 6 month old went as smoothly as I could expect. This kid knows how to travel, though I can’t say her parents give her much of a choice.
Baby Petra did [...]
Where to travel with a baby –
“Some places are more risky than others, and I don’t want to go to a risky place,” my wife spoke.
Traveling with a baby is going to be a different endeavor. Chaya usually shrugs at the prospect of danger, I have never heard her say such words before.
Her worries are [...]
Parents Choose Life of Child, Traveling Life is as Extreme as Any Other –
While riding through the mountains of Arizona on archaeology survey, a friend in the back seat of the truck began talking.
She talked about extreme parenting styles. She talked about Jehovah Witnesses not utilizing medicine or taking their kids to the doctor when [...]
I am a traveler, my life is remarkably consistent. It is the landscape that changes before me — like different movies being projected before a theater — but the semantics of my days are remarkable routine.
I sit back and watch the world move before me. Traveling has become as normal as white rice. Staying put [...]
Baby Petra applies for her first US passport, Wade and Chaya renew theirs –
10 years is a magical number for a USA traveler.
No, this has nothing to do with the Pythagoreans or any other classical cult, but because of the fact that a US passport has a 10 year life time.
My passport has now croaked.
I [...]
Traveling With a Baby is Hard –
My friend Craigy at Travelvice.com warned me that traveling with an infant was challenging. He gave me an open picture of the road ahead, he vividly described the rounds that moving about the world with a little person would put me through. Though I must laugh at his warnings [...]
Petra’s Life Saved for the First Time –
Petra had to have her life saved for the first time this morning. Her mother, Chaya, was the saver.
Kicking, squealing, farting all through the very early morning, Petra wanted to get up and play. It was around 5AM and mom and dad wanted to sleep a little more. [...]
Perception of an Infant and Traveling –
I am now watching my three month old baby, Petra, adjust to the traveling life. She stays in a hotel in Payson, Arizona for three nights a week and then travels to another location for the remaining four days — sometimes Phoenix, sometimes Flagstaff, sometimes Sedona, sometimes Jerome. She [...]
Need to leave USA for Healthcare –
I am traveling with an infant. There are now many more factors in my travels. Many more “what ifs . . .”
“What if your baby gets sick?”
I can see the questions coming in. I asked this question myself. What will I do when Petra gets sick? Unless she is [...]