At Just One-Year-Old, This Baby Has Been To 10 Countries And She’s Not Slowing Down

Once you have a kid, your life is now ruled by your little one, right? Not quite, as an Irish Mum and New Zealand Dad are proving.

However, when Karen became pregnant, the well-traveled couple didn’t miss a beat and they took their little one Esme with them along for the ride.

Crazy as it may sound, they packed one backpack between the three of them and set off to bring their daughter to ten countries within the first year of her life:

“Both Shaun and I were keen backpackers before I fell pregnant,” said Karen in her blog, Travel Mad Mum:

For her maternity leave, Shaun left his job, sold their car, and put the house up for rent:

After being born in London, Esme was vaccinated and breastfed. Then Mum and Dad packed their bag and hit the road for Asia, Australia, and New Zealand:

“We have no regrets, she got to experience new sights, scenes and smells as she grew,” Karen says about taking Esme along at such a young age:

Karen and Shaun aren’t the first ones to do this. Karen says she was inspired by her best friend, who is also a “traveling Mumma”