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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For us, yes it was totally worth it. We got to know what kind of travelers are kids were, they learn to adapt to changes in time, schedules, foods. We had to modify what we did and where we went. It took more planning but now are kids are in college and they are very comfortable and capable travelers. They love going places and they share their memories of our trips together. So like I said for us, it was totally worth it. [/quote]

I’m sorry, but this is the kind of advice my parents give and it drives me nuts. If you were “getting to know what kind of travelers” your kids were and they remember the trips fondly, you are NOT talking about infants and toddlers. You’re talking about, at a minimum, preschoolers who are 4-5 years old. That’s not the question. When your kids are in college and you’re looking back, whether your baby was a young toddler or almost in kindergarten might seem like a rounding error, but they are vastly, vastly different when you’re in the trenches.

OP, your kids are not going to “learn to adapt” or not based on travel when they’re under 3. Don’t stress about that at this stage.

Sheesh, this is like how when I’d been home from the hospital for less than 24 hours and I was trying to soothe my crying baby to sleep, my dad said “you know, when you were a baby we read a book about letting you cry and you’d go to sleep and it worked great.” Yeah dad, not at less than a week old!!! “Oh, yeah, I guess that was later, cause you were sitting up in the crib.” Yeah, dad, you think? Oy. [/quote]

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