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[quote=Anonymous]It’s possible your kid just has a personality that makes traveling tough. I don’t know your kid. 
I will say that while we have fun with our kids (9 & 5) on trips and outings, it’s not ALL fun and of course still involves all the normal work of parenting. We travelled a lot when our second kid was 1-3. Kid 1 was pretty easy at this age, but kid 2 was harder. There were meltdowns in art museums, unpleasant flights, etc. But for us, we felt the positives far outweigh the negatives.

One thing that helped with older kids (4-5 and up) was preparing them for the trip in advance. We read a lot of books about the history/people/wildlife/whatever of where we were going and talked about what we’d see. We talked about where we would stay, went over things like “our airplane arrives late at night” or things like that. We got them a sketchbook or journal and let them use a camera. That way, they know what to expect and look forward to it themselves.

All that said, if you think your kid would be happy staying with his grandparents and no feel like you are casting him aside (since you originally planned to bring him along), of course it’s fine to travel without him sometimes. [/quote]

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