I’ve just returned from a vacation in Paris, and realized how much stuff you need when you have a baby!  With my older daughter already 4 years old, I’d forgotten about all the gear one needs for a little one when traveling.  And in France, there are two baby essentials that are often lacking in public places:  a changing table and highchairs.  The changing table you can get away with, making do with a park bench or even changing a diaper discreetly in the stroller.  But what to do without a high chair?  I tried the first few days feeding my 8-month-old in her stroller, which was a disaster– she had orange puree all over herself and all over the stroller.  Ick.  Then I remembered seeing the Sack N Seat in a shop and ran out to get one! (I got mine at Monoprix in Paris.)  The Sack n Seat is a great portable high chair option– it fits over almost any chair, straps your baby in securely, and then folds up teeny tiny to stash away.  That way, baby C was happy as could be to “finger paint” with her lunch all over the cafe table, and not on her stroller! (If you look on the Sack n Seat website, they have a whole list of where to buy the product in countries all over.)

xx Rebecca