{"id":7300,"date":"2015-02-25T07:56:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T12:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=7300"},"modified":"2019-06-11T11:33:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T15:33:17","slug":"pack-ages-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/25\/pack-ages-stages\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Pack: Ages and Stages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to love packing for trips, picking out what to pack, making cute little outfits for the girls, fitting everything into as few suitcases as possible (a talent I pride myself on). \u00a0I would begin sometimes weeks ahead for a big trip. \u00a0Gathering everything I would need, making lists and contemplating all the possibilities of traveling with small children.<\/p>\n<p>But lately I don&#8217;t enjoy packing so much. \u00a0Getting things together for 5 people (hubby is on his own!) is tedious and I tend to leave it until the last minute, now. \u00a0And inevitably I forget something important like when I forgot socks for Doodle when we visited snowy and frigid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/washington-d-c\/\">Washington, DC<\/a> or the time we went to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/06\/done-with-disney\/\">Disney <\/a>when I was 8 months pregnant with Doodle and I forgot pants (yep, pants&#8230;I wore a dress and leggings in the car) or that time I forgot to pack a bra when we went to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/07\/vilnius-lithuania\/\">Vilnius<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/08\/vienna-austria\/\">Vienna <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/15\/budapest-hungary\/\">Budapest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But no matter how little I plan ahead or how much I procrastinate, I always have my guidelines for what I need in my head that I have used since Honeybun was a baby.<\/p>\n<p>How many outfits does one need for a newborn? \u00a0What about a toddler? \u00a0And how many diapers does a 6 month old need? \u00a0What about underwear for a potty training preschooler?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/what-to-pack.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/what-to-pack.png 960w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/what-to-pack-333x250.png 333w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/what-to-pack-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/what-to-pack-390x293.png 390w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/what-to-pack-600x450.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Well, I&#8217;ve got you covered. \u00a0Get my handy quick overview chart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/product\/pack-kids-chart-overview\/\">here<\/a> or get my\u00a0Complete What to Pack\u00a0chart and checklists including:<\/h3>\n<h4>Detailed packing checklists for traveling with kids from birth up and tips for flying with kids including what to put in carry-on bags, getting through security, traveling with car seats and more.<\/h4>\n<p><em>I will not flood you with emails as soon as you enter your e-mail address and I will never share your information (read our full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/privacy-policy\/\">privacy policy<\/a>).\u00a0<strong>If you\u2019d like to get e-mail updates, you can sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/get-in-touch\/newsletter\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>Note: Refunds are not available for digital products, however, I do stand behind the quality of my products. If you ever find yourself unsatisfied with your purchase, please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/get-in-touch\/\">contact me<\/a>\u00a0so I can properly address your concerns.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/js\/gumroad-embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"gumroad-product-embed\" data-gumroad-product-id=\"BMTravelCheck\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/l\/BMTravelCheck\">Loading&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n<p>And see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/category\/tiny-travellers\/\">all Beyond Mommying&#8217;s posts on traveling with kids<\/a> for more insight on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/15\/carrying-on\/\">pack carry ons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/19\/surviving-security\/\">surviving security<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/29\/ready-for-the-road\/\">surviving road trips<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/02\/traveling-toys\/\">picking toys to pack<\/a> and more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to love packing for trips, picking out what to pack, making cute little outfits for the girls, fitting everything into as few suitcases as possible (a talent I pride myself on). \u00a0I would begin sometimes weeks ahead for a big trip. \u00a0Gathering everything I would need, making lists and contemplating all the possibilities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,389,12],"tags":[441,440,525],"class_list":["post-7300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baby-business","category-printables","category-tiny-travellers","tag-family-travel","tag-packing","tag-traveling-with-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7300"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14477,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7300\/revisions\/14477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}