PaperBaby's First Trip, Part 1--Preparation

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The basic itinerary of the trip can be found here. I suppose I could type it all out again, or even just copy-and-paste, but I do have stuff to do before we leave1...

Anyway, there's a lot more packing involved for three than for two--especially when the third is a baby! Looking at that sweet little face, who'd guess that one little baby would need more stuff than two adults3? Here's the list I made the other day of what we need to take for Faith, with asterixes next to those things that we adults are duplicsating in our suitcase for ourselves:

  • Travel crib/playpen
  • Diapers
  • Wipes
  • Clothes for 9 days*
  • Baby tylenol
  • Simethicone drops, for gas4
  • Thermometer
  • Seat5
  • Toybar for seat
  • Nursing pillow6
  • Couple of toys
  • Blankets*
  • Cloth diapers for burp rags
  • Nasal aspirator
  • smiley - towel*
  • Baby wash/shampoo*
  • And so on and so forth...

Anyway, I've done the grownup laundry, so all I have left to do is pack our stuff, do baby laundry, figure out how to fold up the playpen to its smallest size, do so, pack the baby's stuff, make sandwiches for the 14 hour7 first leg of the trip, help load the car, make sure we've not forgotten anything... At least I got this article donesmiley - winkeye Though you, dear readers, may not be so happy about that...

1Actually, we're leaving on the 19th2, and we'll be back the 28th, so, depending when you're reading this, we're at the very least halfway done, or maybe even home again...2This is being written on the night of the 17th3Well, if we weren't taking both guitars, both amps, and assorted other things for Tom's event on the 20th...4She hasn't needed them for a few weeks, but you never know...5This is separate from her car seat--because of some issues, we may end up in a tent at least one night, and since the playpen would only fit in the tent if Tom and I weren't in the tent, she'd be sleeping in the seat. Plus, the seat has a removable toybar...6OK, so this is more for me, but if Faith hadn't been born, it wouldn't be needed, so it's baby stuff...7Pre-baby...

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