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Apr 11 2013

First Flight with an Infant: Tyson’s Corner, Dairy Godmother, and Mount Vernon

I'm overstimulated! — I’m overstimulated!

First Flight with an Infant: Hopes and Fears

First Flight with an Infant: Preparation and Planning

First Flight with an Infant: A Quick and Uneventful Hop from BOS to DCA

First Flight with an Infant: Tyson’s Corner, Dairy Godmother, and Mount Vernon

First Flight with an Infant: Georgetown, the Smithsonian, Cherry Blossom Festival, and Brabo Tasting Room

First Flight with an Infant: AMEX Platinum Makes the Flight Home Easier

I’ve decided to turn this “first flight” series into a trip report since I think we learned some things about how travel differs with an infant. We arrived in D.C. at 8:00 AM on Saturday, and by 8:00 PM Sunday both we and the baby were exhausted. Here’s what we did and the lessons we learned each step of the way.

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Apr 10 2013

First Flight with an Infant: A Quick and Uneventful Hop from BOS to DCA

First Flight with an Infant: Hopes and Fears

First Flight with an Infant: Preparation and Planning

First Flight with an Infant: A Quick and Uneventful Hop from BOS to DCA

First Flight with an Infant: Tyson’s Corner, Dairy Godmother, and Mount Vernon

First Flight with an Infant: Georgetown, the Smithsonian, Cherry Blossom Festival, and Brabo Tasting Room

First Flight with an Infant: AMEX Platinum Makes the Flight Home Easier

Well, that went swimmingly. We had an uneventful and relatively stress-free flight from Boston Logan Airport to Reagan National (DCA). Hooray! I’m sure not every flight will be like this, but none of the things I feared came to fruition. Every flight is different, but I’ll recount how we handled this flight with baby M in case there are any other first time flying parents out there who are interested.

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Apr 04 2013

First Flight with an Infant: Preparation and Planning

First Flight with an Infant: Hopes and Fears

First Flight with an Infant: Preparation and Planning

First Flight with an Infant: A Quick and Uneventful Hop from BOS to DCA

First Flight with an Infant: Tyson’s Corner, Dairy Godmother, and Mount Vernon

First Flight with an Infant: Georgetown, the Smithsonian, Cherry Blossom Festival, and Brabo Tasting Room

First Flight with an Infant: AMEX Platinum Makes the Flight Home Easier

My wife and I are generally pack the night before kind of people. Though I was hoping this might change now that we have a child in tow, I don’t think it’s going to change too much. Still, this is where our planning is a few days before our flight – I aim to talk about how it all worked out after the fact. Some of the issues we are considering:

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Mar 30 2013

First Flight with an Infant: Hopes and Fears

First Flight with an Infant: Hopes and Fears

First Flight with an Infant: Preparation and Planning

First Flight with an Infant: A Quick and Uneventful Hop from BOS to DCA

First Flight with an Infant: Tyson’s Corner, Dairy Godmother, and Mount Vernon

First Flight with an Infant: Georgetown, the Smithsonian, Cherry Blossom Festival, and Brabo Tasting Room

First Flight with an Infant: AMEX Platinum Makes the Flight Home Easier

Pretty soon, our little baby M will be taking her first flight to Washington, D.C. When we first booked these tickets for a family wedding, it seemed like the logical thing to do. Babies are supposed to be easy to travel with before they’re mobile and one hour on the plane seemed preferable to eight hours of driving. Also, before we became parents we were encouraged to “start as you mean to go.” Meaning, if we plan to travel with baby M eventually, then we might as well start that way.

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Jan 11 2013

Shireland: Day 4 – Exploring Dublin

Trinity College

Shireland: Introduction
Shireland: Day 1 – Aer Lingus Business Class, the Burren, and Moher
Shireland: Day 2 – Driving Dingle
Shireland: Day 3 – From West to East
Shireland: Day 4 – Exploring Dublin

I just realized if I don’t finish this trip report now I’m going to forget everything we did. The great thing about the last part of our trip was I didn’t have to drive anymore! Dublin is a really cool city and somewhere I’d love to return. Here are our highlights from that day in Dublin, not too many pictures unfortunately:

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