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About DeliciousBaby

DeliciousBaby is for parents who want to travel with their children, but don't know how to start or who already travel with their kids and want to learn how to make travel easier and more fun. I write about travel destinations, share my own travel stories (in the US and internationally) and share my tips and advice on issues like how to keep kids busy on a plane, surviving jet-lag, and flying with carseats. I also share new news and information that impacts traveling families on an ongoing basis.

Many family travel articles in the mainstream media are written by parents of older kids or writers who do not travel. I offer the perspective and real-world tips that only a mom who travels frequently with her kids can offer. Having a whole blog devoted to family travel lets me discuss issues parents have questions about in depth and keep them informed about what's important. As DeliciousBaby has grown, it has also become a great place for parents to share information and tips, and today I learn as much from my readers as I hope they learn from me.

Rankings
In an October 2008, DeliciousBaby was ranked as the 20th most popular travel blog (according to technorati ranking) in a list of the 300 top travel blogs

Television
I am especially proud that my blog posts on Advantage Rent-A-Car's Unsafe Car Seats spawned two under-cover news investigations and significant changes in corporate policy there.

Radio
I was interviewed for the NPR Radio Show Sound Focus. You can listen to the segment here:

Web
My articles have appeared on many influential websites, including:

We are also listed on travel.alltop.com and moms.alltop.com

I was also interviewed for the Internet Podcast The Amateur Traveler

About Me

My name is Debbie Dubrow, and I live in Seattle, WA. My husband and I are relatively new parents (a 3.5 year old and a 2-year old at this writing). We have traveled with our children to destinations that include Paris, Rome, Barcelona, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and many more. We also traveled extensively before having kids through Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the US.

Before we had kids, we traveled all the time, we ate out, we wore clothing devoid of spit-up or applesauce, and generally lived "the good life". We’ve always known that we wanted to start a family, and we’ve always wanted to find a balance between our carefree pre-baby lives and our full family life.

We’ve watched friends struggle with this balance. Some have said “we cannot travel anywhere until they're teenagers”. Others hire childcare or leaving the kids with grandparents during trips. We wanted to find a way to travel to places that are interesting to us, and make them fun for our kids to. It takes effort, some advance planning, and a tolerance for unpredictability, but we feel like we’ve managed to find a balance that lets us explore the world with our kids. We hope that as the kids grow, the travel will help them develop a perspective broader than their own backyard.

Review Policy

I want readers to value my reviews and my opinion, so I am careful to recommend only products that I think are relevant and useful for traveling families. If you represent a company with a relevant product that you think is a good fit for DeliciousBaby, email me (debbie at deliciousbaby dot com) to have it considered for review. Accepting a product does not guarantee a review and coverage may or may not be positive. Reviews of any received products will disclose the source of the item, and products valued at over US$40 will be (a) returned to the manufacturer, (b) given away to readers, or (c) donated.

Editorial reviews are separate and distinct from advertising on DeliciousBaby.com, and we never accept "advertorial" or pay-for-positive reviews.

Contribute
If you have travel tips, recommendations, or a personal travel story that you would like to contribute to DeliciousBaby, please send me email: debbie at deliciousbaby dot com

You can also add your recommendations to our city guides, and each recommendation will include a link back to your website. For more information click here

Traffic
Over 450 people subscribe to DeliciousBaby through our RSS feed. During the Month of October 2008, the site had over 19,000 visitors and 49000 page views. Our visitors are primarily from the US and Canada, though we also have significant traffic from the UK and Spain.

This is a young site and continues to grow rapidly. We will begin accepting advertising on our city guide pages soon, if this is something that interests you, please contact me.

Contact

Email: debbie at deliciousbaby dot com
Twitter: @deliciousbaby

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