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Traveling to Europe with a baby
DH and I took our first trip to Europe last year - we saw Munich, Salzburg, Salzkammergut, Vienna, Budapest, Prague and Frankfurt. I am dreaming of going back to Europe this year but we are expecting our first baby the first of May. For those of you who have traveled with newborns/babies what is the best age to take them and what cities would you recommend? Some of our top considerations are England/Scotland, France, Ireland, Switzerland or Italy. Or. . . .we could wait until next year and leave the baby with my parents while we travel but I think I would really prefer to take her along.
Re: Traveling to Europe with a baby
I would also say 6-9 months; as long as you don't want a beach holiday then this timeframe would suit any of your suggested countries and you would get very good deals on flights as it is off-season (not including Christmas)
I live in London and travelled with DS to Brazil at 3 months and to the US at 6 and 12 months. The easiest was 6 months (and that was on my own with DS). The fact you can still carry them around makes things a lot easier!
Our son went on his first trip when he was 3 months old and that was really easy. He did his first overseas trip (to the states) at 6 months and that was also easy. He's 16 months now and we've travelled with him to all the places you mentioned except Ireland and I didn't find any of those places difficult. Paris was only "difficult" because the metros were often packed and elevators were often broken. That can be remedied by not using the metros.
Our second is due later this year and we have to go to the states 6-8 weeks after they're born. This is stressing me out a bit because we have to get their passport before we can go and I feel it's cutting it a bit close.
My DH and I also took our first Europe trip together last year, and loved it (we did Italy). We are expecting our first in July, and are hoping to go to the Netherlands and France next spring (April), when our little one will be 8-9 months. I've read it's a good time to travel with them, and traveling with a toddler is much more difficult.