5 Helpful Baby & Kids Products for School Day Travel

It's school time! If your family is anything like mine, the school years means endless driving around with my kids, taking them to the next stop on their busy schedules. If you have a little one like me, you know that babies can suddenly become fussy and start crying at the drop of a hat. Fortunately, there are some accessories out there that make car rides a breeze for busy parents. These helpful products will make all that back to school driving easier to manage.

1. Star Kids Snack & Play Travel Tray

This Star Kids Snack & Play Travel Tray entertainment center unfolds and is full of exciting and educational activities. Snack & Play Travel Tray provides a sturdy surface for travel treats and toys, firm enough to eat on, play upon, read, etc. Tray buckles around the child, and you can use with car seats, booster seats, strollers, on airplanes, in movie theaters, etc. Has 2" padded rim to keep toys and snacks on tray along with two large mesh side pockets. It's made of foam and nylon.

$19.99

2. PullyPalz

Pully Palz are the first ever baby toys that actually help babies retrieve their own pacifiers! They're interactive and entertaining to keep baby distracted and helpful for parents who no longer have to play the "pacifier game." The innovative and developmentally beneficial toy keeps pacifiers in view and in reach to keep them clean. Pully Palz holds most pacifiers and some teethers and attaches to baby carriers, bouncers and more. 

$24.99

3. Baby Elephant Ears

Baby Elephant Ears is a multi-use headrest providing spinal/neck alignment and comfort for babies -- and they're designed to look like adorable elephant ears! Baby Elephant Ears go wherever baby goes -- stroller, swing, car seat, changing table, etc. The headrests are fully washable and require no attachments, straps or special skills and they're offered in diverse prints and organics. The superior design and durability of these headrests make them the perfect gift for parents!

$21.95

4. Zipadee-Zip

Your kids will feel more comfortable if you dress them in the warm and snug Zipadee-Zip! The Zipadee-Zip provides babies and toddlers with the snug feeling of security while allowing for the freedom of pajamas. With Zipadee-Zip, children are free to stand up, crawl, roll and move around safely. This versatile sleep garment has 7+ uses including: encourages sleep during travel, provides a germ-free environment on planes, trains and cars, prevents scratching and more. It works like magic to help babies fall asleep and stay asleep and is ideal for transitioning babies from swaddling or for babies who do not like to be swaddled. (Read: How Zipadee-Zip Works)

$34.95

5. Cardiff Booster Seat Headrest

Nothing is worse than a sore neck from sleeping uncomfortably in the back seat of a car. Avoid the dreaded head bob (or if multiple kids are in the back -- the head bump) with the Cardiff Booster Seat Headrest. This revolutionary, new device provides support and comfort for a child asleep in a moving vehicle. Its thoughtful design can also accommodate users of all sizes. By attaching to your vehicle's existing headrest with a simple, universal mount, the Booster Seat Headrest provides lateral support to keep a child's head and body upright; comfortably aligned in the seat as they sleep. If the kids catch a good nap while in the car they will be well-rested and not cranky!

$49.99

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Written by Stephanie Parker from Sleepingbaby.com, inventor of the Zipadee-Zip

The motto for Sleeping Baby, makers of the Zipadee-Zip, is: "Inspiring Dreams One Night at A time," and that, in a nutshell, is how it all started…with one little dream that has since become the Parker family's reality. When Brett and Stephanie Parker's daughter, Charlotte, was born, the feeling that welled up inside of them was indescribable; they never realized until first looking into those baby blues of hers that they were even capable of that kind of love.

When it was time to transition baby from swaddling, the Parkers tried every sleep sack on the market and every swaddle weaning trick they could find for nearly two weeks and nothing worked to get baby Charlotte to fall and stay asleep.

Stephanie became determined to restore sleep and sanity to their household and set out to find a solution that would soothe Charlotte's startle reflex and provide her the cozy womb-like environment she loved so much but still give her the freedom to roll over and wiggle around in her crib safely. Out of sheer desperation and exhaustion, the Zipadee-Zip was born. The first Zipadee-Zip(R) Stephanie put together on her little sewing machine worked like magic!

To date tens of thousands of Zipadee-Zips have been sold and all from word-of-mouth marketing. It is so rewarding for the Parkers to see other parents and babies getting the sleep they both need and deserve!

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