Travel, vacation & …swimming pool, beach, sea , ocean

Travel, vacation & …swimming pool, beach, sea , ocean  

Many of us have experienced that Traveling with kids, as a family, is not always just pleasure…and I already heard many parents say:  it's better to stay at home than boarding on a plane as a family.

Well, my first recommendation is to read some articles, get some tips browsing the web…some articles are standard and state the obvious, many of them try to sell us something…but sometimes, we get this specific tip…that fits us, and which can make the holiday much more pleasant….

I wanted to share with you how we got to make the Water Slig….

So we were a big family already…..taking a vacation with 3 kids….., like a friend told me: Good Luck….

So we were at this place by the ocean, and they also had a pool …and I challenge you to go into the water with 3 kids ages; 1 year, 3 years, and 8 years old….

What a celebration, who shall I hold…. I started juggling

My oldest already new to swim, but insisted I would play with him

My middle child, 3.5 years old, wanted to play…and as he still does not swim…you need to hold him and assist so he will not be drawn….

And the youngest, 1.5 years old also want to join the celebration – and well with her you need to be super careful

And you as where my wife was, well it’s a vacation…she was taking a NAP…

So I tried to enter the pool with my baby in a baby wrap sling….my baby was wrapped and secured and I could assist my second child….it worked BUT

The fabric absorbed the water and became very heavy

It took ages to dry afterwards….and meanwhile we could use our sling ….

So for me this kind of things are a challenge…

We looked over several fabrics and at the end we had 2 options

1.       Mesh fabric – like they use for sports shirts (football , soccer, basketball…)

2.       Dry fit – the new kind of fabrics used for sport in the past recent years.

We found out that the mesh fabric was lighter in the water and more comfortable, since it a mesh, the fabric did not "catch air" like a balloon – ware as with the dry fit fabric, it was not comfortable….

Why over the shoulder SLING, and not carrier style with 2 straps

1.       Size, place in the bags – we wanted something small and compact, like the Sack'n seat

2.       We found out that this way – one hand can secure the baby, and the other hand has more freedom to assist the other kids in the water.

As an extra bonus – we found out that this is a great sling for traveling….when you are out with the stroller, for example, …and do not have space to take all the other things – it’s a great solution for a handy sling…

So

What will you do on your next vacation…