The Darling Days - Mother & Baby JHB

Plane travel with babies can feel daunting, but I promise you’ll get the hang of it!

Here are some tips and tricks that I find helpful ✈️🤍
- Try to be prepared: follow all the luggage rules I.e. weight, no electronics in check ins, nothing sharp in carry ons etc just to avoid any extra stress & remember everyone’s ID docs
- Travel as light as possible as far as carry on
- Use easy toys or snacks to distract and entertain
- You can sky check your pram and if it has a car seat attached to can sky check them together at the entrance to the plane
- Ensure babies are sucking at take off and landing to pop their ears
- I prefer to be the last on the plane and let the kids burn some energy just before boarding
- Don’t worry about others if your baby is crying, most people are lovely and understanding and you’ll probably never see them again anyway!

A special mention to our Thule Products in South Africa pram 😍 we don’t go anywhere without it!

Let me know if you have any questions 🪿💜

I’ve become increasingly aware that my voice is becoming my children’s inner voice.

So I try to be intentional about the messages I repeat.

Things like:
✨ You can do hard things.
✨ Accidents happen, let’s clean it up.
✨ You’re so kind.
✨ We’re a team.

The toddler phase is a hard one and using repeating these messages helps me remember who we are too!

What phrases do you find yourself repeating in your home? 💜🪿

If your baby is suddenly so much more alert, interactive and wriggly… 🪿💜

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We play through the lens of development — using movement, sensory play, songs, baby yoga and simple little activities to support curious growing babies 🤍

But it’s also a space that feels calm, supportive and grounding for moms too.

And while the babies play, we chat about the important stuff:
✨ weaning
✨ teething
✨ going back to work
✨ changing relationships

For curious 3–6 month old babies and the mothers growing alongside them.