{"id":1121,"date":"2018-08-17T17:28:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T22:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neverdonewithfun.com\/staging\/5228\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2019-11-23T12:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T18:31:31","slug":"hiking-with-kids-a-survival-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neverdonewithfun.com\/staging\/5228\/2018\/08\/17\/hiking-with-kids-a-survival-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking with Kids: A Survival Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

This may be the shortest blog post you\u2019ll ever read. Here\u2019s my best advice for hiking with little kids:<\/p>\n

Just don\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n

Wait, you still want to? You can\u2019t resist the Pinterest pictures in your head of walking sticks and climbing rocks and leafy green forest everywhere?<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/a><\/p>\n

OK \u2026 but don\u2019t say I didn\u2019t warn you.<\/p>\n

A few weekends ago, the weather was mild and I had the brilliant idea that we should take a family field trip to Starved Rock State Park. We packed a picnic, filled water bottles, put on gym shoes, and headed out.<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/a><\/p>\n

Four hours later, we all collapsed into the car exhausted and muddy, and I spent the long drive home Googling how many people die each year at Starved Rock.<\/p>\n

Fun fact: It\u2019s almost none. But as a parent, I truly don\u2019t know how that\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n

After our hiking adventure, #DoneWithFun Daddy was convinced he had a hernia from hauling the toddler up and down canyons. I was convinced we should never do another family field trip again.<\/p>\n

And then on Monday, when we were just barely recovering, my 5-year-old told his teacher that the very best thing he had done all summer long was \u201cgo rock climbing at that rock canyon place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suddenly, this family field trip didn\u2019t seem quite<\/em> so disastrous.<\/p>\n

Hiking with kids, at Starved Rock or anywhere else, might not be my favorite thing this family did all summer, but if you’re game for giving it a try, make the most of your adventure with these tips.<\/p>\n

This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.<\/em> Read my full\u00a0<\/em>disclosure policy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0for all the boring details<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Tips to Save Your Sanity When Hiking with Kids<\/span><\/h5>\n

DO:<\/strong><\/span> Take your kiddos\u2019 ages into account when planning. In hindsight, Starved Rock would have been more fun if we had left Sawyer with his grandparents for the day. Five years old is a good age to explore a state park with cliffs and no barriers and wilderness. Two years old, not so much. I pretty much existed in a state of pure panic from the moment we left the Visitors Center to the moment we got back into the car to go home.<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/a><\/p>\n

DON\u2019T:<\/strong><\/span> Bring a stroller. So you\u2019re going to bring your toddler anyway? Leave the stroller at home. It\u2019s tempting to drag the stroller along, and our double BOB made it admirably far along the path to the French Canyon. But there came a certain point where the stroller was completely useless and we had to leave it by the side of the path. Moreover, we spent a good part of our hiking time negotiating with one or both kids to either get into or out of said stroller.<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/a><\/p>\n

DO:<\/strong> <\/span>Choose the easiest hikes. We opted for a \u201cModerate\u201d hike with the attitude of \u201cHow difficult can it possibly be?\u201d Well, it wouldn\u2019t have been difficult for two adults, or even two elementary-school kids. But a \u201cModerate\u201d hike with a toddler on your hip is a whole new level of cardio and strength. See previous reference to my husband thinking he had a hernia. This is not an exaggeration.<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/a><\/p>\n

DON\u2019T:<\/strong><\/span> Wear sandals, even in the summer. Hiking with kids is still hiking, so wear socks and gym shoes. You\u2019ll want the traction on tricky-to-navigate surfaces, and it protects your feet from mosquitoes. Speaking of \u2026<\/p>\n

DO:<\/strong><\/span> Spray everyone down with bug spray and reapply frequently. I have my crunchy-mama moments, but when it comes to mosquitoes, I don\u2019t mess around. I use OFF! Deep Woods<\/a> for my husband and I, and OFF! FamilyCare<\/a> on the boys. There\u2019s nothing worse than the misery of kids (or this complaining mama) with itchy mosquito bites.<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/a><\/p>\n

DON\u2019T:<\/strong> <\/span>Plan for it to be a full-day expedition. Yes, you\u2019ll probably be gone a full day, but the actual hiking part of your expedition should probably comprise 2 hours or less. Factor in time for snacks, and bathroom breaks, and whining, and tantrums, and running around the visitor\u2019s center or in the grass by the parking lot. Two hours is just the right amount of time to get out in nature, take in the whole experience, and then go home before something catastrophic happens.<\/p>\n

DO:<\/strong><\/span> Consider a toddler hiking backpack. And if you have an infant, wearing them is not even a question; it\u2019s a necessity. Keeping your kids contained is key to success when hiking, for your peace of mind and their safety. We did not have a toddler hiking backpack to borrow and foolishly opted against stuffing Sawyer\u2019s 40-pound body into the Ergo Baby carrier<\/a>. But if we did it again, I wouldn\u2019t make that mistake twice. Sawyer would be on someone\u2019s back at all times, even if he was screaming in my ear, pulling my hair, and poking my face the entire time. At least I wouldn\u2019t be having a continual panic attack that he was going to fall off a cliff to his death.<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/a><\/p>\n

DON\u2019T:<\/strong><\/span> Let your kids go too far ahead, and don\u2019t let go of their hands. I\u2019m an anxious person and as I remembered immediately at Starved Rock, I have a little bit of a heights phobia. That being said, I don\u2019t think I was being unreasonable to make Easton hold my hand basically the entire expedition. (Possibly I was white-knuckling it a little bit too hard though.) When he wasn\u2019t holding my hand, he was walking just<\/em> a little too close to the edge, with not quite<\/em> enough spatial awareness, for my comfort. Call me overprotective but I was having a mild heart attack even watching the older kids teetering unsupervised with their legs dangling over the edge. In this setting, I\u2019d rather be safe than sorry.<\/p>\n

DO:<\/strong><\/span> Bring Ziploc bags for your kids to collect treasures. I know you are supposed to \u201cTake nothing but memories; leave nothing but footprints\u201d when you visit the parks. But my kids love to seek out and pick up \u201cspecial\u201d rocks, leaves, sticks, and more when we explore. Confine their finds to one small Ziploc bag each, and then decide before you go home if you\u2019ll be a stickler and make them put their all leaves back, or if you\u2019ll break the rules and bring home that one perfect pebble. We like to sort through their collections on the picnic snack break and choose one favorite souvenir to keep.<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/a><\/p>\n

DON\u2019T:<\/strong> <\/span>Forget your camera. Sure, your cell phone service might be so spotty you can\u2019t post pictures to Insta or Facebook, but capture the moments for later. When you review the shots and see the pure delight on your kids\u2019 faces, suddenly the in-the-moment anxiety fades into the background. (Somewhat.)<\/p>\n

DO:<\/strong><\/span> Know your own limits. So, we learned that I still have a heights phobia. This is apparently increased by having my children, unconfined, at those heights with me. Although Starved Rock\u2019s sandstone canyons were spectacular, I couldn\u2019t relax and enjoy the beauty for longer than a minute. Next time, I\u2019m picking a flatter hiking spot to explore.<\/p>\n

\"Hiking<\/a><\/p>\n

As we were driving home, I told #DoneWithFun Daddy that while we may drive a Subaru now, we are never going to be a true outdoorsy Subaru family. But we agreed that in a few more years, when the double BOB stroller has long been sold and Sawyer is the age that Easton is now, we\u2019ll give hiking another try. Until then, my trekking skills can be confined to Morton Arboretum or better yet, the outlet mall.<\/p>\n

Have you hiked with your kids? Tell me how it went for you with #NeverDoneWIthFun!<\/p>\n

\"XOXO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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