Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have always loved to travel and so does DH. Taking our then baby - now 11 year old to exotic places has always been a part of her life. We were in Kenya when she was 12 months old, Iceland when she was two. Scotland, the northern isles, pretty much every year. China when she was 3. (amazing trip). She is a comfortable and happy traveler which is exactly what we wanted for her. Every year we plan an abroad trip. Lived in Austria for two years when she was 7 to 9 where she attended local German-speaking school. We are going to Senegal in August this year.

But you do what feels most comfortable for you and your family, OP. Travel isn't for everyone, I know. But Costa Rica is lovely and a great place to take a baby/toddler.

Does anyone else find posts like this to be bit classist?

"Travel isn't for everyone, I know". Rolling my eyes hard at this. You mean like people who don't have as much money as you? My family is fortunate enough that DH and I earn enough money that we can take international trips regularly, but so many people love to travel and cannot afford to. You sound incredibly unaware, PP, or perhaps knowingly elitist.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We took our then 14 month old to Cuba last March. It was a great trip and she did great. So glad we went. We geared a number of activities to her - visits to farms and the beaches - but also just took her in the portable stroller to see the sights with us! We visited a school where she danced with the "big kids" and was in her glory. Our tour guide graciously invited us over to his house and DD played with his toddler.

We were careful with water but DD loved the food - everything was so fresh and local. She became obsessed with rice and beans and chicken. She obviously heard a lot of Spanish which was good for her, too.

So, yes - I might be a crazy adventurer but I believe in travel as a way of broadening a child's mind and starting travel very young so they learn to deal with flights, waiting, and a world not made just for them.

We brought a full extra suitcase of diapers, snacks (although we never used them and ended up leaving them there), a few books and her travel stroller. No need for a car seat in Cuba since the cars don't have seatbelts.

Hahahaha this is precious. Bless your heart, PP.

Anonymous wrote:I have always loved to travel and so does DH. Taking our then baby - now 11 year old to exotic places has always been a part of her life. We were in Kenya when she was 12 months old, Iceland when she was two. Scotland, the northern isles, pretty much every year. China when she was 3. (amazing trip). She is a comfortable and happy traveler which is exactly what we wanted for her. Every year we plan an abroad trip. Lived in Austria for two years when she was 7 to 9 where she attended local German-speaking school. We are going to Senegal in August this year.

But you do what feels most comfortable for you and your family, OP. Travel isn't for everyone, I know. But Costa Rica is lovely and a great place to take a baby/toddler.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We took our then 14 month old to Cuba last March. It was a great trip and she did great. So glad we went. We geared a number of activities to her - visits to farms and the beaches - but also just took her in the portable stroller to see the sights with us! We visited a school where she danced with the "big kids" and was in her glory. Our tour guide graciously invited us over to his house and DD played with his toddler.

We were careful with water but DD loved the food - everything was so fresh and local. She became obsessed with rice and beans and chicken. She obviously heard a lot of Spanish which was good for her, too.

So, yes - I might be a crazy adventurer but I believe in travel as a way of broadening a child's mind and starting travel very young so they learn to deal with flights, waiting, and a world not made just for them.

We brought a full extra suitcase of diapers, snacks (although we never used them and ended up leaving them there), a few books and her travel stroller. No need for a car seat in Cuba since the cars don't have seatbelts.

Hahahaha this is precious. Bless your heart, PP.

NP here but hearing different languages actually is good for babies and toddlers. Studies have proven that it lights up different areas of the brain and creating those synapses is always good. We do a class with DS in Los Angeles where we sing and count in various different languages as well as sign language to light up those areas.

Might be truly "precious" but also true.

Anonymous wrote:Op, you are never "wrong" for thinking - whatever -
Stop believing you need a reason to say no
Stop believing you will need to justify, explain or convince
re: whatever decision you make - about anything.
Always - you are allowed a preference.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We took our then 14 month old to Cuba last March. It was a great trip and she did great. So glad we went. We geared a number of activities to her - visits to farms and the beaches - but also just took her in the portable stroller to see the sights with us! We visited a school where she danced with the "big kids" and was in her glory. Our tour guide graciously invited us over to his house and DD played with his toddler.

We were careful with water but DD loved the food - everything was so fresh and local. She became obsessed with rice and beans and chicken. She obviously heard a lot of Spanish which was good for her, too.

So, yes - I might be a crazy adventurer but I believe in travel as a way of broadening a child's mind and starting travel very young so they learn to deal with flights, waiting, and a world not made just for them.

We brought a full extra suitcase of diapers, snacks (although we never used them and ended up leaving them there), a few books and her travel stroller. No need for a car seat in Cuba since the cars don't have seatbelts.

Hahahaha this is precious. Bless your heart, PP.

Anonymous wrote:We took our then 14 month old to Cuba last March. It was a great trip and she did great. So glad we went. We geared a number of activities to her - visits to farms and the beaches - but also just took her in the portable stroller to see the sights with us! We visited a school where she danced with the "big kids" and was in her glory. Our tour guide graciously invited us over to his house and DD played with his toddler.

We were careful with water but DD loved the food - everything was so fresh and local. She became obsessed with rice and beans and chicken. She obviously heard a lot of Spanish which was good for her, too.

So, yes - I might be a crazy adventurer but I believe in travel as a way of broadening a child's mind and starting travel very young so they learn to deal with flights, waiting, and a world not made just for them.

We brought a full extra suitcase of diapers, snacks (although we never used them and ended up leaving them there), a few books and her travel stroller. No need for a car seat in Cuba since the cars don't have seatbelts.