Well, we did it! And it was brilliant. We have made our first trip in the van as a family of 5 and survived – actually we more than survived, we really enjoyed it. I won’t lie, it did feel like we were packing for weeks before we went but to be fair every first trip of the season is a bit like that. We had to do things slghtly differently i.e. making sure Baby T had her own cupboard, making room for the steriliser, finding space for her carry cot etc but that was part of the challenge. As far as travelling with a baby goes, I can highly recommend newborns. They stay in the same place and there seems to be something about the fresh air that knocked her out – she slept brilliantly and there was no sign of the dreaded colic. (It did come back once we were home!) We even managed to ‘adopt’ some 4 year old twins so our van was even more hectic but its all part of the fun and it is much easier to keep the girls entertained when they find a friend. We really didn’t expect that there would be more »