Travelling With Not-Even-A-Year-Old Child
The thought of travelling with a child is
the top-most source of stress for parents. It’s not difficult to picture a
vacation with your child tagging along. More than half of your vacation time
will be spend behind tending your child. From the start of your journey till
the end, when you reach back home, you will have to constantly look after every
need of him/her. How can you forget the strenuous task of carrying the baby in
your arms, when she/he decides the stroller ride is no more a fun-loving
activity?
One important point that every traveler
keeps in mind is to take minimum baggage so as to easily carry the stroller and
the baby bag wherever they go. No one can deny that babies need more clothes
than mummy and daddy. The moment you step in the airport and go through
check-in process, your effort increases double-fold. This is the time when baby
decides she/he needs a cry break, and let her/his parents know how bored he/she
has become with the long queues and delayed work. It’s not an easy task to
manage a crying baby and a shouting desk representative.
Even if you succeed in handling the
situation at your best of ability, it is no less than a nightmare when your
baby shrieks in the flight. Well, like it is said “The journey has just
started.”
Your trip cannot be a success based on the
itinerary and trip schedules alone. Moreover, no one can guarantee your trip to
be a success even when you have planned out everything. The following travel
tips will at-least streamline your trip and give you an easy travel experience.
Make the baby sleep: Let your baby play as much as
he/she wants at home before your journey to the airport starts. This will
ensure the baby will sleep through the check-in procedure and if you are lucky,
will sleep for longer hours. You can seize a peaceful boarding and flight
experience. If you are not fortunate enough and he/she wakes up in the transit,
don’t forget to feed your baby her/his favorite food. After a delightful meal,
even an adult falls into a peaceful sleep. Thus, your remaining journey will go
in peace.
Window-shop: The monopoly of window-shopping
is not reserved with women. Babies love to roam and see around. Make sure upon
reaching your destination airport, you take her/him around before approaching
the immigration procedure. Even when you are on a connecting flight, do visit
the airport play area or just roam around with the kid in tow. This will
provide the baby some exercise and will calm him/her down while travelling in
connecting flight or roadway car travelling.
Runway miles: A long-distance car journey can drive your
kid nuts. Your child tends to become restless in the confined space of a car.
Sometimes, even food doesn’t appeal to him/her. The toys or videos or audio
play doesn’t come to your rescue. It is because the child has reached his/her
exhaustion level and demands a change of scenery. In such a case, you can take
multiple halts at fuel station, fast-food corners that offer games for kids, or
a road-side stop for fresh season air.
Kid activities: When you plan your vacation, consider your
child’s interests as well. When your list says beach visits, spa therapies, shopping, site seeing, and more; make sure the list also says kid zones, amusement parks, and sand play, among others.
Don’t forget it’s a vacation for your child
too, and it is a delightful experience of enjoying the games and activities
with your child. Let her/him enjoy the time to the fullest. A little
consideration given to your child will ensure your vacation to be spent like a
vacation. A pre-plan trip should be coupled with arrangements for your kid and
speculations for the outcome if plans for your child are not in place.
Well, if you don’t want to stress on the
above tips, just take a baby-sitter along. But don’t forget to instruct her
clearly about her duties and make the child’s itinerary accordingly.
Either way, you make sure you enjoy your
vacation, and so does your child.
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