I am currently writing a magazine for adventurous young
mothers and one of my features is on travelling with your
children. I would love to hear about any positive
experiences that you have had whilst travelling world wide
with your kids.
Any information would be greatly appreciated, as i would
like to write a positive, empowering piece that will be
encouraging.
CHEERS!!
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Hi.
We've backpacked twice with our kid.
A three month tracking exp, when our kid was 9-12 months.
Three weeks tramping Japan.
If you want info - let us know.
Nathan.
It's been a breeze so far, travel with a three-year-old and
I think one thing to remember with kids that young is they
don't really realise the strangeness, just revel in the
difference. Examples: if a kid likes rice, eating Mexican
rice in Mexico is just fun. A kid doesn't know how long 12
hours is so the nightmare 12-hour flight just has to be
divided up into activity segments -- you work it out in
advnce. Not too much fussing, just a circular round of
colouring, book-reading, eating an exciting meal
(unwrapping all the various bits), playing with the sets of
cheap new tiny toys you have brought along, a nap and then
back to the beginning of the routine...Even airports are
fun with kids (at that age anyway). You can watch planes,
look at the various airport trucks and things, shop for a
cheap and silly toy, have a treat snack meal...Well the
list goes on -- but kids are much more ready to travel than
one might think. We've been to England, France, Greece,
Mexico. He wants to go to Brazil now, having learned where
it is! Have fun with your efforts to get kids on the move
and out of the "kid-oriented" places which don't sound much
fun.