Why is traveling with a baby and toddler so miserable?

“We’re currently on vacation with a toddler and an infant and I’m wondering why we even did this. I haven’t slept longer than two hours consecutively and everyone is out of their routine and miserable.”source ↗

“My child will be in kindergarten next year and I was thinking about what happens when she has friends over and I have to drive them somewhere? Kids aren't 4'9" until late elementary/middle school so am I supposed to have several booster seats in my car?! How do people manage this?”source ↗

“At first i was happy to go to vacations but now i am having a mental breakdown trying to figure out how to behave with a baby in vacations. All i think is all hid routine will be thrown out of the window.”source ↗

“I work from home with him and i have worked so hard to have a routine, so i am terrified all my work will be useless from when wr come back. Also, i will meed to pack half of the house.”source ↗

“My kids 6 and 4 are just absolutely out of control.”source ↗

“I’m just over it I walked them both back to the room and as soon as we’re inside I lost it and just started lecturing them in anger.”source ↗

“I feel defeated I just don’t know how to recover from this. Help!”source ↗

“What would you consider a reasonable amount of time to leave the house with kids between ages 4-10?”source ↗

“I am having anxiety about the situation because my LO has never been on a plane, I envision him having a meltdown.”source ↗

“I am torn - I want to be there for my friend and show my support, but I’m worried about the flight and financial burden.”source ↗

“She attended my destination wedding so I feel obligated to attend hers. What would you do? Am I a terrible friend if I back out?”source ↗

“We are trying to decide if we should take our two year old to Disneyland along with our five year old. The alternative is she spends the five days at grandmas house.”source ↗

“We are debating because I think she may enjoy the rides and the park, but my husband thinks she may be too tired, fussy, and little to enjoy them.”source ↗

“The bigger issue is the entirety of my husbands family is going, and I just worry she may look at pictures down the line and think she was left out, but my mom who plans on watching her says she will keep her entertained and spoiled.”source ↗

“My stress is the baby and the routine 🤪 my baby is relatively an easy baby however i am not sure how he will behave at the beach.”source ↗

“My family and I are travelling to NZ from the UK next year (splitting the journey up with a few days in Singapore).”source ↗

“My older daughter has flown before, but only short haul daytime journeys, so have no point of reference.”source ↗

“im nervous flying with her especially since ill be doing it by myself due to my husband not being able to get off work.”source ↗

“The part I'm struggling with is the stroller situation for our toddler.”source ↗

“Would it make more sense to buy/use a double stroller and then check both kids' car seats with the luggage? Or am I overthinking this and there's an easier setup I'm not considering?”source ↗

“I don't want to check a ton of stuff, but going to be going solo with a toddler who will be in their car seat. I have a travel stroller that can fit in the overhead bin. Trying to figure out what I can carry and still wrangle the child.”source ↗

“I am very torn on this!”source ↗

“My daughter does "travel well" but it is also more exhausting to travel with her. But also it is stressful to get a sitter totally set up with all the routines and homework and transportation, etc.”source ↗

“We're on a really tight budget right now so I'm hoping to get some tips to make it a bit easier on the budget.”source ↗

“I'm nervous about the actual Las Vegas experience. I'm worried we'll get to the resort and see all the things we want to buy: toys, souvenirs etc.”source ↗

“Having kids made me stop wanting to go travelling. I have a lot of family overseas, and when the kids were little we had so many problems.”source ↗

“With my 4 year old I always assume it will take 5 mins and it actually takes like 15-20 lol”source ↗

“I now say we have to be gone at 6pm when I want us out the door by 6.30 to 6:45pm otherwise I might have died of a heart attack.”source ↗

“Anything beyond i get thousands of questions and statements (when do we go, is it time ect)”source ↗

“Unless you can handle being asked a million times when you're going or is it time to go yet, then I'd go with what your husband is suggesting.”source ↗

“yeah one time I surprised my daughter (she was 3 so I didn't think it was a big deal) and she cried so much, not happy tears either.”source ↗

“When I was little, I’d inevitably make myself sick with anticipation!”source ↗

“I was so glad we hadn’t told the boys we were going. I hated disappointing them!”source ↗

“We have an international trip in February, Washington state to Brazil. Our little one will be about a year old at the time.”source ↗

“for a 20 hour travel day??? Wtf are we doing with them? She’s veryyyyy distractible and FOMO baby, so I worry the “just hope they sleep” is NOT a solid strategy for us.”source ↗

“So, this is where I'm struggling a bit. Backpack with seat on my back. Baby backpack on front (backwards). Crossbody on hip. Do you just pray the kiddo will walk nicely onto the plane? I'm afraid of a meltdown moment and not being able to carry a screaming toddler and the gear. 😬”source ↗

“is 9 hours doable with a 3.5YO and a 8 month old?”source ↗

“never done a long drive with the baby.”source ↗

“Maybe I half it and stay overnight midway to be safe including a stop & rest every couple hours?”source ↗

“I submitted a request via their SMS service and the rep added our son as a lap-infant to both tickets (free) despite being older than two on the return flight. Should I say something, or is this their problem now?”source ↗

“This is our first kiddo, so we don't really have a context for who's fault this would be.”source ↗

“We're, of course, happy to avoid a costly ticket for our son (who is very small and has never been asked about his age), but don't want to be left out on a limb if they decide on the return flight to flag us and blame us for this issue.”source ↗

“I know they don’t care much for the fancy restaurants but it’s the only place for breakfast and all I’m asking is for them not to complain for atleast 30mins atleast let me finish my coffee.”source ↗

“I am stressing out about the car seat and stroller situation.”source ↗

“I’m feeling overwhelmed with the amount of gear and stuff needed.”source ↗

“I’ll rent sleep stuff through bsbyquip, but even those logistics are giving me anxiety.”source ↗

“I think it’s right to be anxious about lugging all that stuff! It’s so much!”source ↗

“I want to use screen time as a way to entertain him while on the plane if he is particularly fussy.”source ↗

“He has had no screen time since he was born.”source ↗

“We’re leaving Thursday for a week-long vacation and driving 9 hours 😬 I know there’s gonna be some pent up energy zoomie breaks and I plan for extra rest stops.”source ↗

“I’m looking for tips and tricks that helped you travel long distances in the car with toddlers and preschool aged kiddos, my two boys are almost 3 & 4. Toys that travel, entertainment, games to play, food ideas, anything at all that made your life easier”source ↗

“trepiditiously working out travel plans. I have a few scenarios I’d like advice on from people who have done the trip or trips of similar lengths with similarly aged children.”source ↗

“what were the most challenging parts about long haul with a toddler? Our boy is already toilet trained and no longer bottle/breast feeding, so we’d have new challenges this time and are unsure what we should be most concerned about other than being stuck in a metal tube with a chaos monkey for ~10+ hrs at a time.”source ↗

“The part we can't decide on is when to leave. She usually sleeps until around 7am and I feel like it might be better to leave around 4am to at least have a few hours of her sleeping in the car but my husband is worried she'll fully wake up and not go back to sleep. In y'all's experience, is it better to leave at a normal time or early?”source ↗

“imagine during an hour or two long turbulence where he has to sit in his own pod, buckled, by himself.”source ↗

“It is even worse if you have the two middle pods and have to circle around the row to help your child next to you.”source ↗

“You can have problems if this is the separate-pod type of business class where you can't see the other seat, because you won't be able to check if he's got up and out of his seat when he is supposed to be belted in.”source ↗

“We had visions of them enjoying the scenic countryside when we booked 6-hour train trips. Yeah. No.”source ↗

“One kid has motion sickness and though he had no issues and had the patches/medicines, by hour 6, he was ready to get off. It was his first time on a longer train ride and I don't think he'll want to do that again any time soon.”source ↗

“The jet lag and additional travel sound rough for that first day”source ↗

“there is a chance we would be miserable that first day there.”source ↗

“I'm making a spreadsheet of restaurants that have been recommended to us, but I'm wondering if anyone has any great food recommendations that are reasonable to have a toddler with (likely no Michelin dinners, sigh...).”source ↗

“We struggled with altitude sickness the one time we went to Breckenridge, have been to Winter Park many times with no issue.”source ↗

“What would you recommend as the best way to travel for a family with a toddler who has just finished a week in Albufeira and needs to go to Lisbon for a few days before flying home? Realistically speaking, considering we'll have a ~20 kg suitcase, a stroller, a backpack, and a couple of other bags.”source ↗

“I'm worried that he's gonna want to be next to me, on me, etc... how is he gonna eat alone? Do I bring him to my chair to eat?”source ↗

“Feeling very anxious about it.”source ↗

“Trip has to revolve around the toddler. We love Europe and have been several times, this trip is a toddler trip, so will be different to our ‘walking a million miles, up hill and down dale, stopping for beer and wine’ trip!”source ↗

“I'm looking for recommendations of resorts to take my 1yo and 2yo for a snow trip in December/January that ideally is less than 2h drive from Denver.”source ↗

“Managing a toddler, a stroller, and luggage on transit is already high-stimulation. I really don't want to spend our entire vacation constantly looking over my shoulder or feeling on edge.”source ↗

“How high is the actual day-to-day stress level regarding pickpockets in Barcelona when navigating with a stroller and toddler? Is it easily managed with a crossbody bag, or is it a constant mental drain?”source ↗

“My question is, should we stay in Puglia the whole week after? Is there enough to do for a whole additional week? Should we do day trips around? Is it worth the hassle of traveling elsewhere in Europe if we are staying another 5-7 days after the wedding?”source ↗

“Not child friendly either huge coble stone roads people parking infront of almost all crossings or dropped curbs no one gives a flying fox.”source ↗

“Yeah going around with a travel pram with my 1 year old was not fun wheels getting stuck in everything almost launching my child. Worst times it happened as im crossing the road.”source ↗