How soon can I start traveling with a child?

MRSVELA07 · February 2012

Hi All,

My husband and I love to travel and very soon want to start adding to our family! We would love to keep up with our traveling regimen after we have our child and want to take them with us but what is the appropriate age to start traveling with them? On airplanes, long road trips, train trips, etc? I think exposure is important and we would love for our children to have that exposure at an early age. Of course without jeopardizing their help or development. Thanks in advance!

lilygirl · February 2012

See posts about 10 down from yours - http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/63207210.aspx

iluvmytxrgr · February 2012

Read through the posts from yesterday linked above.

All four of my kids started traveling between 6 and 8 weeks of age. I cleared all travel that early with their doctor first. They are great little travelers. We are to a point where I can take all four of them on road trips or plane trips on my own. They range from 4-13.

alithebride · February 2012

i think i was about 6 months old when i went on my first trip. it also depends on the kid obviously.

stever · February 2012

We didn't really go anywhere with DS until he was 1, but that's just because we were too tired to go anywhere. After that we've made several road trips and one big trip to Europe.

lasirene · February 2012

By the time my daughter was 1 she had been on 4 round trip air trips all over the country (her first trip was at 3 months). Before she was 2 she had done all of that again and we we had taken her on a 20 day trip to Europe. I would start sooner rather than later (unless there are health reasons) because practice makes perfect! ;-)

frlcb · February 2012

Definitely sooner than later! Both my kids had 2 passports (dual citizens) by 2 months.

Go_Dawgs · February 2012

You can pretty much start traveling immediately. I flew on a plane with LO when he was two weeks old.

beachbum1980 · February 2012

my son's first plane ride was when he was about 3-4 months old to savannah, ga. it was so easy, as soon as the engine turned on he would fall asleep, lol.

april16 · February 2012

We went to The Smoky Mountains and rented a cabin and flew when our son was 6 months old and he did great on the plane going there but on the way back he was sick with a cold so he had a bad time.

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