This year for Mother's Day, we wanted to take it in a different direction. Last year we seamlessly provided sentiment and practicality with our list. Our goal this year, however, is to encourage you to help the Outdoor Mama in your life feel loved all year. One of Hike it Baby's core values is to "Inspire Self-Care". We firmly believe that parents can do their jobs better if their cup is full. ...
Hello! Hope you’re having lovely spring weather full of flowers and sunshine wherever you are. Spring is one of my favorite seasons. It starts to warm up, but isn’t too hot. The leaves are beginning to grow on the trees. Flowers are blooming. Rivers are rushing. It’s great! But for those plants to grow and those rivers to run, it takes rain. And there is plenty of it in the spring. But don’t be...
Hiking is just one of many things we do to be outside and commune with our natural world. Yes. I'm referring to Extreme Sports! But we're a baby wearing family so you know we kicked it up a notch.
There is nothing you cannot do with a child on your back!
We've been avid extreme sport participants since before it was a “thing”. Sky Diving? Of course. Surfing the Eddies on the North Shore? Every...
Hiking with kids is an adventure. Sometimes a fulfilling success, sometimes a complete failure. Kids are volatile and make everything more difficult, but they share with us the purest joy in discovering the natural world. Hiking is an ingrained part of my family and what we love to do. We hike very often and most of the time our hikes are wonderful family experiences. Those hikes are the o...
Another Hike it Baby 30 is on the horizon, and if you’re not feeling motivated by that thought, it may be more than just the decidedly un-spring like weather gracing your locale right now. Jumping on board for a HiB 30 is essentially forming a new habit. It involves setting expectations for ourselves for an entire month, then following through. That is easier for some of us than others, famil...
Sometimes deciding how to spend your time outside as a family is just as hard as getting out the door. Most of the time, inspiration can be found in our own backyard. Other times, we could use some fresh ideas for motivating our outdoor adventures. We are quickly approaching the start of the April Hike it Baby 30 Challenge so we wanted to give you 30 ideas for places to go to spend time outdoor...
This is the first post in the monthly conservationist series. Each post will detail a conservationist's life, notable accomplishments, and ways the conservationist connects to kids.
Environmental activist. Writer. Inventor. Ecologist. Travel Enthusiast.
The next time you visit a national park, you have conservationist John Muir partially to thank. Muir, often referred to as Father of Our Nation...
Have you read any good books lately? We like to share reviews on books that our members have read that are hiking or outdoors related. From infants board books to adult page-turners, we love to hear about what you are reading! Share a book review with us on this form and we may feature it in an upcoming blog post!
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Colette Cl...
You've packed the tent, the stove, the screen tent, the reusable camping dishware, the fuel, the hammock, and the cooler. You even covered your bases with flashlights, water bottle, rain suit and rain boots. You think you're ready to take your toddler on their first car camping trip, but are you?
Camping with toddlers isn't scary. We just recommend being very, very prepared. Today we're going ...
For me personally, one of the hardest parts of heading onto the trail with a baby in a carrier is keeping warm and dry. While Wisconsin doesn't have as much rain as Portland, we do have plenty of wetness. Whether it's snowing in April (happened to us last year) or raining, getting Sky and me onto the trail and staying dry can be a challenge. Amy of Wanderling seemed to have the same challenges ...
