Corinne McDermott

Howard County, Maryland's Amanda L. was flying United Airlines to Chicago with her two-year-old son and five-month-old daughter. They were going to visit her husband, who was away on business. Though she had requested seating in advance, she was advised by the reservations agent that she'd have to sort it...

Recently I found myself in the unusual (for me) position of flying without a person under 48" whose care and comfort I am responsible for. So the time I usually spend lugging travel car seats, cleaning hands, procuring snacks and travel toys and now, blessedly, setting up the...

Last week a 2-year-old girl had a tantrum. Why is this headline news? Well, because, that 2-year-old girl and her family got thrown off a JetBlue flight as a result of her tantrum. Is this headline news because toddlers delaying flights is a real issue facing the airline...

Who needs a vacation more than a baby? Think about it, at what other time in your life will you triple your weight within a year, triple your brain size, or grow kneecaps? How exhausting!

Or maybe it's just that mom and dad need a bit of down time, what...

Choosing a destination for a family vacation in the sun can sometimes be tough, and traveling with children adds a new dimension to the decision making process. In a perfect world, all flights are direct, and all destinations are safe and clean with good access to decent medical...

Nobody likes to hear a baby cry, least of all said baby's parents. Crying is the only way really small babies can communicate anything -- hunger, tiredness, discomfort -- and older babies cry for lots of reasons but usually it's distress. On an airplane a baby may cry for their...

When I travel with my children, it is for a number of reasons. The first being that I love them, and if I go anywhere, I want them to be with me. Right now they're small enough to actually want to be with me too, so I know they wouldn't...

It's "The Happiest Place On Earth." It's the "Place Where Dreams Come True." Disney's mission statement is "To Make People Happy," but many parents fear THE MOUSE, and think a more accurate statement might be "To Make People Wait In Lines In...

Once upon a time, I was flying with my then four year-old daughter, and sixteen month-old son to Jamaica. My daughter was engrossed watching the in-flight entertainment, and my son was cuddled nicely on my lap as we looked at a book together. For a moment I marveled...

Summer is almost here, and along with the usual summer vacation promotions, the requisite articles that complain about traveling alongside babies and children are starting to pop up. Getting there has no longer been half the fun for anyone for a long time now, but if...

In the Ciego de Ávila province of central Cuba, Morón is the closest city to the resort areas of Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo. Had we known that the resort areas were merely hotel zones, we might not have come. However, since most visitors did not venture out...

Let's just say it started out as a productive burp. And as I began the process of tidying us up, the floodgates opened, and the contents of the bottle that satiated my toddler son and put him to sleep at...

When we were welcomed back to the dining room with genuine concern and kindness after the previous evening's Exorcist-like expulsion of peas by our 11-month-old daughter, I knew Cuba was a special destination. Glorious beaches, rugged countryside, beautiful architecture, and fascinating history aside, it was the warmth of...

My daughter was a month shy of her 2nd birthday when we took her to Cuba for the 2nd time. Bright and precocious, every morning she greeted the palm trees and knew that the number of our "Cuba house" was "40 -- four, zero!" At 4-and-a-half, those details are now...

I was nervous. I sharpened my peripheral vision to avoid making eye contact. I rehearsed pointed retorts to any possible snide remarks. My carry-on was bursting with just about every distraction and snack imaginable. Vacations are exciting, but getting there is no longer half the fun. We were leaving on...