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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that it depends on your personality and your child's personality and also your budget. Our son is 16 months and we have traveled with him a bunch - many visits to see family scattered around the country, beach trips in the Caribbean, long weekends as a family of 3 in big cities, Europe. He isn't the most low key baby, but he is kind of adaptable, and naps in a stroller on our sightseeing vacations and we get a room with a balcony on beach vacations so we can enjoy the sunshine and read a book when he naps or goes to sleep for the night.

This is going to sound jerky and like the nanny comments, but if you have a larger budget, you can make travel a lot easier, like buying first class or main cabin extra or a seat for the toddler, membership to the airport lounge, TSA precheck/global entry, paying an airport porter to haul your bags, taking a car service from the airport right to the hotel vs. public transportation, renting baby equipment at the destination and having it delivered vs. carrying it around with you, paying for a suite or connecting rooms so you can have your own space at night, arranging a babysitter with the concierge after your child goes to sleep so parents can go out to dinner. We definitely did NOT travel like this when we were younger, so it has been an adjustment, but it does make a big difference.

Is it sometimes stressful? Sure. You have to strike this odd balance of being crazy organized but also going with the flow. Has it been worth it? For me, yes. He won't remember going to Paris as a baby but I will never never forget being with my husband on the banks of the Seine at night drinking wine in a plastic cup while our 9 month old baby looked up at the sparkling Eiffel Tower. Travel memories are some of my favorite memories, and I want to have those memories from all stages of my son's life. [/quote]

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