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[quote=Anonymous]Trying to get a realistic perspective, because all the FB groups I'm in and articles I read are all like, "Do it! Travel with your kids anywhere at any age! My kid has flown 100 times in the past year and we love it!"

And everyone seems to have these rosy stories of fancy international trips with their little kids.

But how do you do these trips with toddlers while still keeping them comfortable and happy? The long flights / connections / delays, being cooped up in a stroller, disrupted sleep/food/routines, etc? Like, how far do you push your kid in order to get that dream trip in, especially if you know the kid is too young to appreciate or remember it?

We love to travel and have done a lot of family trips, especially before COVID, but I found that after the baby phase, when they can pretty much sleep and breastfeed anywhere and are easily portable in the carrier, I have to really work to keep my kid happy during travel. She hates to sit buckled in for long periods of time, whether it's in the car for a road trip, in the stroller for urban exploration, on a plane, etc. She doesn't nap on the go. So that really limits the kind of travel we do with her. It's usually a rental house somewhere pretty where we can have short excursions but come back for naptime every day. Plenty of time for her to roam around a park or playground. Not much sightseeing. No hikes.  Shorter flights, direct only. No extreme time zone changes (since we usually only have a week or less).

What am  I missing? How do other parents  do these epic trips with multiple toddlers/preschoolers? Are the kids  on tablets for hours per day? Or are they unicorn kids that will sleep anywhere , eat anything, and calmly sit in a stroller while their parents run around the city ?[/quote]

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