Plume Sleep Solutions

Traveling with kids changes with every stage… and honestly, each one has its pros and cons. ✈️🤍

Traveling with a baby:
The easiest sleeper, the hardest packer. Between bottles, diapers, carriers, strollers and feeding schedules, it can feel like you’re bringing the whole nursery.

Traveling with a toddler:
The most unpredictable. They’re on the move, full of opinions, and suddenly sitting still on a plane is their least favourite activity. But with a solid sleep foundation, adjusting to a new environment becomes much more manageable.

Traveling with a child:
The easiest to entertain and the most excited for the adventure. They understand what’s happening, remember the experience, and can adapt to changes much more easily.

No matter what stage you’re in, there will be challenges.

The goal isn’t to wait until traveling feels “easy.” It’s to give your child the sleep skills that help them adapt wherever life takes you.

We’re currently putting those skills to the test as we settle into life in France. 🇫🇷✨

Ready to enjoy your vacation with your kids? Comment “GUIDE” to download our FREE Jet Lag guide that covers the exact skills that allowed us to travel across the world with our kids!

We are officially a week away from our flight to France! ✈️

The anxiety of flying with two kids is real, but knowing we’ve built habits at home that travel with us, gives us peace of mind.

Blackout curtains.
White noise.
Pyjamas that signal it’s sleep time.
A familiar story.

It’s just consistency showing up in a new place.

At this age, we’re not hoping the kids sleep on the plane. We’re just making sure that when we land, we have everything we need to get back on track fast.

What travel essentials would you pack?

Jet lag with kids is intimidating, but it is temporary. ✈️

The fear of ruined sleep is one of the biggest reasons parents put off international travel, and as a sleep consultant, I knew moving our family 9 time zones away to France was going to be an adjustment.

My secret during this transition? Solid sleep foundations and a plan!

Here is the exact timeline of how we expect our kids to be fully adjusted:

🗓️ Days 1-2: The toughest part. We plan for some overnight awake time and crankiness during the day.

🗓️ Days 3-4: Things started to click! Our bodies start recognizing the new daytime hours (with our help).

🗓️ Day 5: Fully adjusted to the new time zone!

We know this transition won’t be perfect, but with the strong sleep foundations we’ve built, I know my husband, my children, and I, will adjust.

Interested in our FREE Jet Lag guide that covers the exact steps we plan to take to shift our circadian rhythms? Comment “GUIDE” and we will send it your way!

Comment “JET LAG” and we’ll send you our free Jet Lag guide to help you make it though your next vacation with a little one…

PS: Know a mom travelling soon? Send this to her 🤣

We talk a lot about the “mental load” of motherhood. The endless checklists, the meal prep, the constant decision-making. But we rarely talk about how literally impossible that load is to carry when you’re running on fragmented sleep.

When you’re exhausted, it’s not just that you’re tired. It’s that every minor pivot or snag in the day feels like a crisis. You don’t have the bandwidth to just live.

As a mom of two and a pediatric sleep consultant, I want to reframe this for you: getting your child’s sleep on track isn’t a luxury or a selfish choice. It’s a mental health necessity for YOU.

My family is prepping to move to France for 5 months, and I can honestly tell you, the only reason I have the mental clarity to handle international logistics and a 9-hour time change is because our sleep foundations are rock solid.

You deserve the energy to actually enjoy your life, whether that means planning a massive adventure or just surviving a Tuesday without wanting to cry.

Follow the link in my bio to start getting your sleep (and your sanity) back.

A 9-hour time difference is no joke, even for adults. But for kids? It requires a game plan.

We are starting to shift our schedule slightly, but more importantly, we are leaning heavily into our sleep cues. When the environment changes, the routine needs to be the anchor.

This can look like packing items that can recreate your child’s home sleep environment, or packing blackout curtains to help control the light during the first few days of transition.

Are you traveling with your little ones this summer? Comment “JET LAG” and we’ll send you our free guide for traveling with kids 👇