roadtrip (with baby) essentials

Preparing for travel with a baby is different every time.  If we went somewhere else next weekend, we would probably need different things than we did for this trip.  The things that entertain her, appease her, and comfort her change so quickly and often.  The trip to San Francisco is about 4 hours so we had to stop once each way to feed Allie.  These are some notable things that helped us out on the trip when she was 7 months old:

Regular Stroller--Though not great with hills, our regular stroller was great for walking around the city.  We knew we were better at breaking down the regular stroller quickly so hopping on a bus or a trolley was no big deal.

Jogging Stroller--Okay, I supposed two different types of strollers would be considered an essential but you definitely need at least one.  We knew wanted to run across the Golden Gate Bridge at some point on our trip so taking both of our strollers was necessary for our trip.  Our jogging stroller doesn't have nearly the coverage with its canopy as our regular stroller does.  Since we knew it was going to rain, we wanted to have both so we could keep Allie dry when we weren't doing anything super active.

Puffs--The day before we left town, our daycare provided suggested we started getting Allie to eat more finger foods.  When we arrived in town, one of our first stops was a baby boutique and they happened to have some puffs.  We bought an organic brand...I feel like there's a lot of controversy about the nutritional content of puffs but in my mind they're more for developing the proper movement of her hands and fingers rather than providing her nutrients.  

Plum Food Pouches with Spoon--These pouches are great for feeding solids when you're not at home.  I had no idea the screw-on spoon even existed until Carson and Laurie picked up some when we were en route to Santa Barbara one day.

Toys--Allie must be working on pushing through more teeth because she is constantly gnawing on something.  She especially loves these silicone teething toys.