September 2020

Flying With Toddler During COVID-19: My Experience

Last week, after being away for more than half a year (unplanned), I bit the bullet and decided that it was time to fly back to home to Italy with my toddler. Flying with toddler during COVID-19 was never on the cards. Especially not alone. We thought we would ride out this debacle in Taiwan (the safest place in the world) but 3 months turned into 4 and then 5 and then I started to worry my daughter would no longer even know her dad anymore. I would have gone back sooner (okay, maybe by only a couple of weeks) but seeing as many airlines stopped flying direct or routes that would mean I would only need to make ONE transfer from Taipei to Milan, I had to wait. I wasn’t going to fly alone with a toddler and do multiple layovers during a pandemic. No, no… not my style. I was so nervous about flying with my daughter who is now just a few days shy of 2 years old even though we had the luxury of flying business class on Emirates. Which Seats to Get on the Plane When Flying Solo with Toddler during…

Stay At Home Mom Daily Schedule – A new way of scheduling

A traditional daily schedule doesn’t work for a stay at home mom with a baby. Here’s a form of scheduling I came up with instead to create some order among the chaos. Or at least a sense of accomplishment…