Travelling for Christmas? Parenting Essentials You Need
For many families, Christmas comes with a lot of travel, because everyone wants to see and celebrate with the little ones. Just like Santa, you can spend Christmas Eve visiting houses around the country to deliver festive cheer to your nearest and dearest. Whether you’re travelling to visit family or long-distance friends, there are plenty of parenting travel essentials you’ll need to make the journey smoother.
In this blog, we’ll help you find everything you need for travelling with your baby this festive season to make your journey as stress-free as can be.
Driving Home for Christmas
Travel Car Seats
The Maxi Cosi Nomad Plus Car Seat makes travelling with little ones a breeze, whether you’re hopping into a taxi or off to see the grandparents, family travel feels free and simple with Nomad by your side. The Nomad is just one third of the weight of a regular toddler seat and folds compactly so it couldn’t be easier to carry around.
Highlights
- Fits 3 across in the back seats of a car
- Foldable + compact
- Luxury comfort for little one
- Ultimate safety + protection
The CYBEX Solution G2 Car Seat is a high-back booster seat that leads the way in safety and comfort for your little passenger. This car seat folds neatly in half so you can carry it around easily between cars or on public transport. This innovative car seat doesn’t compromise on safety, with built in side impact protection and an adjustable headrest, you can travel with peace of mind that your baby is in safe hands.
Highlights
- Compact fold
- Carry handle
- Self-standing
- Adjustable headrest
- Side impact protection
- Air ventilation
The Nuna PIPA URBN takes safety and convenience to the next level and is the only baseless infant car seat that can install in just two seconds. This car seat weights just 3.3kg and is the perfect solution for parents who are often using multiple cars and want to get on the go quickly with an easy baseless installation. The URBN also comes with side impact protection, a memory foam headrest and is TUV aircraft approved so you can jet off to somewhere further away with the whole family.
Highlights
- Compatible with Nuna pushchairs
- Aircraft approved
- Lightweight
- Side impact protection
- Three-point harness
- Baseless two second install
The RyRy Scallop Car Seat is the perfect car seat for those parents who are looking for a compact and safe car seat that they can rely on. The Scallop has been tested to the highest safety standards, is environmentally friendly and super comfortable for children, even for the longest of journeys.
Highlights
- ISOFIX
- Compact design
- Environmentally friendly
- Certified to highest EU safety standards
Keeping them Entertained
If you’re looking for a screen-free solution to keeping your little ones entertained on a long journey, then the Yoto Mini Player is the perfect Christmas gift that any little one would love to find in their stocking. With up to fourteen hours of play per charge, and plenty of stories and cards to choose from, your little one can plug in their headphones and learn, sing or listen while you’re on the go.
Highlights
- Perfect for travel
- Screen free fun
- Compatible with headphones
- Plenty of stories (cards) to choose from
Tonies are musical storyboxes designed for little hands and big imaginations. All little listeners need to do is place their fun and collectable character on top of their Toniebox and they’re all set for hours of stories, songs, jokes and laughter. A Toniebox is great for developing your little one’s independence, and whatever their interests, there’s a Tonie character just waiting to be discovered.
Highlights
- Suitable for 3+ years
- Develops independence
- Seven hours of battery
- Screen-free
- Collectable characters
The Night Before Christmas
Travel Cots
The Nuna PAAL Travel Cot is your passport to easy weekend escapes and Christmas travels. The PAAL’s innovative fold and sleek design maximises portability and convenience. With its lightweight packability and durable travel bag, the PAAL makes every family adventure feel carefree, and you can guarantee your little one has a safe place to snooze no matter where the journey takes you.
Highlights
- Tidy and compact fold
- Padded edges for active toddlers
- Single button fold even with bassinet attached
- Removable bassinet
- Lightweight and easy to transport
- Mesh sides for visibility and ventilation
The Bugaboo Stardust Travel Cot combines special aerospace technology and intelligent design that offers an ultra-comfortable travel cot that can be used both at home and on the go. This travel cot opens easily in just one second for naptime or playtime, then folds back down again when you’re ready to get on the move. The design means that the Stardust always stays in one piece, even with the mattress inside. You’ll want the Stardust with you for a sprinkling of Christmas magic this year.
Highlights
- Easy one second fold
- Carry bag included
- Suitable for children up to two
- Built in mattress included
- Compliant with latest safety standards
- Mesh panels for breathability
- Great for travel and storage
The BabyBjorn Travel Cot makes sleeping away from home with a baby or toddler as easy as can be. It is quick and simple to fold and pop back into the handy carry bag so you’re always only seconds away from getting on the road. The travel cot stands firmly on the floor and the mattress creates a safe and snuggly place for sleeping wherever.
Highlights
- Soft and comfortable mattress
- Child-friendly breathable materials
- Handy carry bag
- Airy design
- Simple to assemble
- Complies with latest safety standards
The Tutti Bambini CoZee Go is the perfect way to keep your newborn safe and comfortable wherever the journey takes you. This travel cot easily converts from a bassinet to a floor-level cot, to a playpen, so even the smallest of babies have a safe and familiar place to sleep or play while away from the comforts of home.
Highlights
- Stylish and sleek design
- No tools needed
- Breathable
- Suitable from birth
- Fold away in seconds
- Comfortable mattress
- Three in one
Christmas Morning Walk
Pushchairs
The Joolz Hub2 Pushchair is made to suit parents’ everyday lifestyles and helps them to get around any space – almost- as easily as pre-baby. This stroller was created by parents who know the drill and is narrow enough to follow you and your family through narrow streets, packed cafes and busy trains. The Hub2 folds up compact enough to fit into the boot or footwells of even the littlest cars and makes Christmas morning or Boxing Day strolls a joy.
Highlights
- There is no place too small for this stroller
- Stands on its own when folded
- Easy to manoeuvre with only one hand
- Fits through the smallest doorways
Baby Carriers
If you’re looking for a premium and comfortable baby carrier that’s been designed with ergonomics and support in mind, then look no further than our collection of baby carriers from BabyBjorn. BabyBjorn have a wide range of baby carriers to suit a variety of styles, sizes and needs.
We love the BabyBjorn Harmony Baby Carrier that’s made with high-tech supersoft mesh, and comes with a pressure relieving waist-belt, back support and flexible head support.
Highlights
- Premium fabrics
- Range of designs
- Ergonomic thinking
- Support for baby and parent
Wildride toddler carriers are specially designed to be simple, lightweight, and compact so you can grab it, put it on and get moving with your toddler in seconds. These smart and stylish carriers offer ergonomic comfort and can be worn all year round.
Wildride carriers are suitable for children from nine months up to four years. These carriers are a must-have for any parent.
Highlights
- Made for toddlers
- Supportive for parents
- Keep little one close for longer
- Ideal for long walks
- Great alternative to stroller
- Easy to bring with you
MiniMeis baby carriers offer a natural and convenient way to carry your child that’s comfortable and lets them see the world from the best view possible, while protecting you both.
These innovative and durable carriers are perfect for adventurous families, designed by dads and loved by little ones.
Highlights
- Great for dads
- Let your baby see the world
- Built to last
- Great for adventurous families
- Comfortable and safe
Around the Christmas Dinner Table
Highchairs
The KAOS Klapp Highchair is a modern design that grows with your baby from day one, through toddlerhood and beyond. The highchair can be folded up neatly and stored away, ready to be brought out once the turkey is roasted. It also fits into a car boot so is great for travel. As your child grows, their feet can find a natural and comfortable position for every family mealtime.
Highlights
- Easy to pop open for dinner time
- Comes already assembled
- No adjustments needed
- Holds up to 110kg
- Available in recycled plastic material
- Available in a range of colours
- Great for storage
The Bugaboo Giraffe is the perfect mealtime companion for all ages. It has a sleek, modern design and an adjustable seat, making it the ideal highchair from day one, until well into childhood. The seat can be adjusted in seconds with no tools needed so is also useful if you have more than one child.
Highlights
- Dutch design
- Safe and sturdy
- Built for splatters, spills and splashes
- Built to last
- Adjusted in one second
- Comfortable and stable
The CYBEX Lemo 4-in-1 Highchair offers a practical dinnertime choice that grows up with your little one. There are multiple configurations from a safe and cosy newborn highchair to a normal dinner time chair that even the adults in the family can enjoy.
Highlights
- Easy assembly
- Contemporary design
- Height adjustment
- Easy adjust
- Newborn bouncer and baby set options
The Stokke Tripp Trapp Highchair is renowned amongst parents for revolutionising the children’s chair category all the way back in 1972. The Tripp Trapp fits right up to your dining table – even when the whole family is round at Christmas – allowing you to bring your baby right into the heart of every meal and games night. The intelligent design allows freedom of movement with both depth and height adjustments. When adjusted to fit, your little one is ensured a comfortable and ergonomic seating position at any age.
Highlights
- Classic, iconic design
- Stable footrest
- Solid construction
- Fully adjustable
- Available in a wide range of colours
- Reliable
- Comfortable and ergonomic
So if, like Santa, you and your family are heading door to door this Christmas and visiting all your family and friends, we hope these travel essentials will help to make the journey simple and stress free, so you’re free to make magical festive memories with your little ones.
If you’ve still got some Christmas shopping to do, discover our Christmas page to help you find that perfect gift, whether it’s for baby’s first Christmas, or for a parent in need of pampering, we’ve got something for everyone.
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