When Cheryl Crown of Parker, Colo., packs for a trip, she goes beyond clothing and personal care items. "We pack outlet covers, child-safe nightlights, a portable bouncy chair for the baby, a portable bathtub chair and a first aid kit," she says. "We bring our own car seats also."

Crown, the mother of Justin, 4, and Aaron, 1, also requests a childproofed hotel room. If that's not available, she removes furniture from the balcony, unplugs appliances and never leaves her children unattended. As one who travels frequently, Crown knows that child safety is as important when she's away from home as when she is there. It's an even more important consideration around the holidays when people tend to travel more often, airports are busier, airplanes fuller and the numbers of distractions grow exponentially.

Crown is so serious about baby-proofing that she hires professional home safety expert Louie Delaware, also known as the Home Safety Guru, to advise her both at home and away. Delaware says the first step in safety while traveling is to call the hotel and ask if they have any rooms that are childproofed.

"More hotels recognize families are traveling with toddlers and the last thing they want is an accident," Delaware says. "A number of hotels now have rooms set aside that are fully childproofed."

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