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Tip 99: Beach Baby Bingo
Sunday, June 6, 1999; Page E03
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"Traveling with a baby/toddler is a challenge," writes Allison Flatley Cleary of Falls Church, with admirable understatement. "You have to be creative in fitting in all the essentials: toys, diapers, food, bottles, car seat, backpack carrier, stroller and crib."
"There's not much you can do to minimize the size of the car seat or
stroller, but Cleary says she's hit upon a great space-saving solution to the toy problem: a beach ball."
"I found a beach ball on a recent trip and my daughter spent hours playing with it in the hotel. The ball will not damage any walls or furniture. When it's time to go, I just deflate the ball and place it in the suitcase. It remains in suitcase until our next trip. It has now accompanied us on three more trips. The beach ball takes up no room in the suitcase and keeps my daughter busy for hours."
Cleary wins a Travel section T-shirt for sharing her tip. Want a shirt of your own? Bat around the fine print below.
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