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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate it when people think that having kids means they can never go on vacation again.  You can still go on vacation, even to exotic places, with your children!!  They actually travel very well when they're tiny and breastfeeding, and you can stick them in a carrier or backpack while wandering a city or hiking or whatever.  [/quote]

Newsflash: A "babymoon" is a romantic vacation that a couple takes to focus on their relationship before the baby arrives and requires large amounts of their attention. Travel [i]with children [/i]is not a "babymoon." I'm not opposed to travel with kids, but that is an entirely different type of trip, and not responsive to OP's post. [/quote]

Newsflash:  You're missing the point.  I was replying to the people who said "oh we definitely took a babymoon because we're not going to be able to take a vacation again for 18 years".[/quote]

You're probably referring to me, since I specifically mentioned 18 years.

In my case, I was talking about a very specific kind of vacation (scuba diving in an exotic location), which is what we planned to do for our honeymoon, until I got pregnant. I know you can travel with kids; heck, when my sister and I were little, we lived in England for five summers (my dad was teaching there) and traveled all over Europe while we were there.  We've discussed taking a family trip back to this amazing lodge we stayed at in Belize, so I'm not opposed to traveling with children/adolescents. But there are some activities that don't lend themselves well to having small children along, such as scuba diving in exotic locations.  I have no interest in bringing my daughter along on a live-aboard in the Maldives, but maybe that's just me.

Even for DCUM, there's a lot of nastiness on this thread.  If you enjoy global travel with your children or don't like the term babymoon, that's fine, but why do you feel the need to dump all over the honest questions and answers that have been posted here?  Seriously.[/quote]

What are you talking about?  You can't scuba dive while pregnant![/quote]

Uhhh...  that's why I said we were planning on going scuba diving until I got pregnant.  I was responding to the spin-off discussion around the suitability (or lack of) of some forms of travel with small children.  We actually have been diving since our daughter was born; we brought along our moms to babysit, and paid for their room and board.  So that's one expense.  It was unbelievably worth it and I'm sure we'll do it again, because in contrast to a PPs accusations, I'm not "damn poor" nor do I care little for giving my child "interesting experiences."  (Although clearly I've hit a few nerves with some of my comments on this thread.  Oh well.)[/quote]

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