Danielle and I might be crazy, but later this month we’re going to take Sean to the Big Apple — New York, NY. We’ve never been, unless you count riding the subway from Grand Central Station to the airport. We also figure now would be the time when Sean is at his most portable age.
While we were planning our trip, we realized that it was going to be a little more logistically challenging than we initially thought. If it were just the two of us, we would park the car in New Haven, Connecticut, and ride the Metro-North commuter train right into the city carrying nothing more than our overnight bags. Now that we have a baby, we need to add a few things to our packing list.
The first complication was the summer heat. I can’t imagine carrying Sean all over New York City in 85° heat in the Baby Bjorn carrier.
So then we thought we’d just bring our stroller, but then we remembered we’d have to take it on the subway. Trying to maneuver a jogging stroller through a subway station (many of which do not have elevators) and onto a train seemed like a truly bad idea. We needed an umbrella stroller. Sometimes I feel like we are single-handedly keeping Babies R Us profitable.
And it’s not just Babies R Us that’s feeling the Litchford love. We also ordered a travel crib from Amazon.com. Don’t even get me started on Target and Wal-Mart. It seems like every time we turn around we’re buying more baby stuff.
With the additional gear we’re bringing along, we decided to drive, which terrifies me. I have these horrible visions of getting lost in some burned-out 1980s movie version of a bad New York neighborhood.
Once we’d purchased all our travel gear we started on the itinerary. I’ve wanted to visit the MOMA — the Museum of Modern Art — for years. Danielle wants to see the Guggenheim. We want to see the Met, as well, but 3 art museums in 3 days seems like overkill. After all, we’re going to see the city, eat the good street food, and do a little lightweight shopping, too.
I just hope we’re not biting off more of the Big Apple than we can chew.
On that note, I’d appreciate any travel tips you might have, especially regarding traveling with the baby.
Happy Fourth of July!
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if you’re going to be doing a lot of walking or subway riding (leaving your car at the hotel), i suggest packing diaper bag stuff into a backpack … it’s much easier and more comfortable than keeping a diaper bag strap on your shoulder and your wife can put her purse contents in it too. good luck!
Enjoy your trip! I’ve been there twice and I loved it! Both without my husband, tho. The one time I did not know him yet, and the other time, he was deployed.
I really want to take him there some day. NYC is nice to visit,…I love it,…but I don’t know if I’d be wanting to live in between all the concrete. It is definitely different.
Oh, and definitely wear comfertable shoes that give you good support. Walking through NYC in flip flops was the biggest mestake ever, haha.
Thanks for the tips. We’re definitely going with the backpack option. And wearing flip-flops is totally something I would have done. Now I know better
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