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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have travelled with those ages.  Everyone walks.  bc of the same issue (whiny older kid), I stopped used strollers when the younger one was around 1.5 years.  [/quote]

This is what I’m leaning towards but how did you manage 3yo when your hands had to be full (eg before you got your luggage checked in, when you were focused on getting it off the belt, when you were providing cards etc to a rental car person).  It’s those moments in particular where I feel like I need a way way to force him to stay put.  They’re all boys and the 3 and 5 yo are particularly high energy, silly, and wind each other up[/quote]

You know your kids better than us.  If 2 out of your 3 kids can’t be reliably counted on to not run off if you are not physically holding their hand then you need to rethink your travel plans.  If it were me, and your 3 yr old is completely feral and your 5 yr old is going to exacerbate things and also not listen, you have no business trying to fly solo with them [/quote]

This is a fair point. There are certain periods in parenting where you just have to say "we can't do this trip right now." I do think part of this is a problem of having three kids this young but also age 3 or 4 can just be a hard time to travel for certain kids regardless of how many kids you have. You might just need to wait a year or two before you can do a solo trip with them and in the meantime work on the skills they will need in order to make this kind of trip feasible for you. [/quote]

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