Pregnancy and Childbirth in Turkey
My little traveler has just turned two, and it seems like yesterday I was staring out at the Bosphorus after more than 24 hours in labor, while my Turkish doctor sang along to… Continue reading
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Best Istanbul neighborhoods for traveling with a baby
Istanbul is a wonderful place to travel with children, as Turkish people are some of the most baby-friendly in the world. My daughter Vera was born in Istanbul and spent most of her… Continue reading
Surfacing: KUAT comes home
So it’s been a month (or two, eek) since we’ve been around these parts, but if you’ve followed us on Twitter or Facebook, you can see we haven’t exactly been cooling our heels.… Continue reading
Happy Birthday/Mutlu Yillar Vera!
Last week in Istanbul, we celebrated a big milestone: my baby Vera’s first birthday. Since she’s such a jetsetter, we wanted a travel theme for her birthday party, with a nod to her… Continue reading
Wheels down: Navigating Istanbul with a baby
Like Rome, Istanbul is a city originally built on seven hills. Once you spend any time exploring the city (with a baby or without), you’ll estimate that at closer to seven million hills.… Continue reading
Flying with a baby made fun and easy!* Part three: be vigilant
After a thousand words on timing and another thousand on packing and preparation, you’d think I’d have said it all about flying with a baby. But I haven’t gotten through 20+ flights with… Continue reading
Flying with a baby made fun and easy!* Part two: Be prepared
My last post on flying with a baby had to do with timing, both the age of the child and the time of the flight. This next article has to do with packing… Continue reading
Flying with a baby made fun and easy!* Part one: timing
*Okay, so every baby is different and I can’t guarantee that flying with a baby can be fun or easy, but the nightmare of spending hours trapped with a screaming, smelly infant on… Continue reading
Baby-friendly places: nobody beats the Turks
Have you ever been in an office (especially one with many women) where someone brought in a puppy? Everyone crowds around, cooing and petting the puppy, perhaps taking photos and telling stories about… Continue reading
Applying for a baby’s passport abroad
If you are planning on traveling internationally with your baby (and if you are visiting this site, I assume you are), it makes sense to apply for your child’s passport as early as… Continue reading