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53.3%
With enough planning and preparation, everyone can have a good time.
489 votes
8.6%
The stress and extra work take away from the whole point of a trip.
79 votes
22.5%
Why not wait until the young one will remember the experience?
206 votes
15.6%
Grandma and Grandpa can watch the little one -- Mom and Dad need a break.
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With enough planning and preparation, everyone can have a good time.

we've taken our daughters on holiday to visit family in the UK. i agree, the pace slows down and a new appreciation for the journey begins

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    #1
     - lori-560905
     - 7:40 pm EST on Fri Nov 13, 2009
    Grandma and Grandpa can watch the little one -- Mom and Dad need a break.

    My husband and I leave for Argentina next week - just as our two-year old leaves for a vacation to visit her grandparents - yay!

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      #2
       - jeandawga
       - 3:10 pm EST on Sat Nov 14, 2009
      Grandma and Grandpa can watch the little one -- Mom and Dad need a break.

      Vacations should be about taking a break and relaxing -- not babysitting in a foreign setting. Americans get so little vacation already...

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        #3
         - saltyexpat
         - 11:33 pm EST on Sat Nov 14, 2009
        With enough planning and preparation, everyone can have a good time.

        If I had a job that required that much travel I would take my child too. We just started traveling with our 5 yo son and it has been great

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          #4
           - Dee-b
           - 7:51 pm EST on Sun Nov 15, 2009
          Grandma and Grandpa can watch the little one -- Mom and Dad need a break.

          Other people in the area need a break too. I've been run over by too many strollers.

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            #5
             - CJ-639134
             - 1:40 am EST on Mon Nov 16, 2009
            With enough planning and preparation, everyone can have a good time.

            Absolutely! Train 'em young to love the big world. With a little (okay, a lot) of flexiblitly we also travel with our nine-month-old.

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              #6
               - Elizavet
               - 2:11 am EST on Mon Nov 16, 2009
              With enough planning and preparation, everyone can have a good time.

              We do it all the time and have since kids were 6 weeks old! Can't wait for those middle school years when they're actually absorbing it! :

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                #7
                 - FSS-770330
                 - 7:40 am EST on Mon Nov 16, 2009
                With enough planning and preparation, everyone can have a good time.

                The parents seemed to have really experienced their own travels a different and positive way because of Alex being with them. Kudos to them

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                  #8
                   - Lynda in CT
                   - 9:33 am EST on Mon Nov 16, 2009
                  With enough planning and preparation, everyone can have a good time.

                  I have taken my son on snowmobile trips strapped his car seat on and lets roll! On horseback, that's what the sling was made for rights?

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                    #9
                     - brooker-1485797
                     - 9:21 pm EST on Sun Nov 22, 2009
                    Why not wait until the young one will remember the experience?

                    It is also unfair to those around you to subject them to your screaming child; the rugby crowd cheered for a reason.

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                      #10
                       - frw
                       - 9:59 pm EST on Tue Nov 24, 2009
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                      Tina-293371

                      We took our kids all over on vacation, but that was when they were in grade school and not when they were babies or toddlers.

                      A child under say 7 yrs old is too young to get much out of the experience anyway.

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                        Reply#1 - Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:30 AM EST
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                        Dee-b

                        If I had a job that required that much travel, I would take my infant too. We have waited to take big vacations until now (our son is 5) and it has been a great experience for all of us.

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                          Reply#2 - Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:56 PM EST
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                          Geepa

                          We've taken a 6 day old child in our private plane to visit his grandmother. Flight was 2 hours. Took out front seat, put baby carrier in facing the back seat, and it was easy. Could feed, change diapers and the baby loved it. When he was 9 months old we took him to the Bahamas in a private plane (rented). Again, put baby seat in backwards, did the same thing. Had arranged for a sitter when we went on special tours and in the evenings. We took him to the restaurants, where he was catered to like a prince I might add, out touring, where he was spoiled rotten by everyone. We all had a ball! But planning ahead was essential and really saved us a lot of grief. Would do it again anytime. Believe me, we got fantastic service when him along.

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                            Reply#3 - Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:53 PM EST
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