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6 Tips for Taking Your Toddler On A Plane (Without Losing It)

Thinking about taking your little one travelling? Check out my top tips for taking a toddler on a plane without losing your mind!

So you’ve decided to take a toddler on a plane.  Maybe because you have to, or hopefully because you’re going somewhere fabulous. Problem is you’ve heard all the horror stories so you’re starting to panic a little bit. I don’t have time to make party bags for every single person on a commercial plane, you think – I have a life! Well fret not because you’re in the right place – because honestly…

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A Day Out With Thomas At The Workshops Museum

We headed to A Day Out With Thomas and had a blast. Click & see why you should take your kids! #thomas #toddlerlife #geekmum

While Bear’s true love will always be the Octonauts, he’s started having a dalliance with Thomas. His love of keeping Thomas Minis in every room of the house cripples his parents on a regular basis – those things are the new goddamn Lego. They multiply at the speed of light and hurt like the blazes when stepped on, with an uncanny ability to get right up in between your toes. Past all that…

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Toddlin' About: Convention Survival Guide

We recently hit up Oz Comic Con with the kidlet. Click to see my 5 best tips for surviving convention season with a toddler in tow. #ozcomiccon #geekmum

Whether your jam is Oz Comic Con, Nexus or Supanova,  convention season is definitely upon us here in the land of Oz. Conventions can be hard to navigate at the best of times, and doubly so when you are toting a toddler with you. Here is my essential Convention Survival Guide for anyone bringing the kidlets along for some geektastic fun.   #1 – Do Your Research Check out the con’s website ahead…

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Toddlin' About: Out Of The Box Festival

The Out Of The Box Festival was held in Brisbane between 21-28 July 2016. Click to see the best of the festival for the toddler set.

What Is Out Of The Box? Out Of The Box is a biennial festival for children under 8 in Brisbane, focusing on art, culture and music. With so many things to see and do, it’s hard to pick favourites and yet for you dear reader, I will. Here are my top 5 activities at the 2016 Out Of The Box festival. Reflection Room Imagine the largest playgroup you’ve ever seen and you’d come pretty close to this…

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Toddlin' About: Eat Street Markets

We went to Eat Street Markets for Mothers Day . Click through to see why it's a perfect family day out.

Wow my dad looks impressed in that photo. Eat Street Markets just started their winter daytime hours and Mother’s Day so this mum decided to treat herself to a some very yummy food. Woo!   The markets might not seem like a great toddler destination, but there’s definitely a lot here for your little person – and even more for mums!  There’s so much food there, it’s hard to pick favourites, but for…

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Toddlin' About: Underwater World Mooloolaba

We went to UnderWater World with a sprinting toddler - come see what happened!

Aside from the Bill Murray version of Garfield, Henry has two great loves of his life at the moment: Henry the Octopus and Peso Penguin.  Unfortunately taking Henry to see penguins in the wild is a bit out of the budget at the moment, so we decided to head over to Underwater World to visit some octopi and check out the Octonauts Zone.   Given Henry’s predilection for what I term ‘extreme running’…

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Toddlin' About: A Rainy Southbank Saturday

We spent a rainy Saturday exploring Southbank's Cultural Precinct, click through to see the wonderful things for toddlers to do!

Any parent of an 18 month old will tell you that wearing those little legs out is key. Gone are the days when your Gizmo would just stay in one place and cuddle. Now they want to RUN or they turn into a gremlin.  We are always on the lookout for toddler friendly places where he can run about freely without constantly hearing the word No.  Normally when it’s raining we head over to Lollipops…

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