Does your family have the traveling bug? Or do you travel just as a couple?
Our family has the traveling bug bad...(OK maybe it is just the parents!) But when we travel we travel as a family. This makes many question WHY????
When we traveled to Zimbabwe, everyone from friends to the public health nurse questioned why we would bring a 1o month old. It was even suggested more than a few times, that we leave her behind! We were gone for a month!!
Last week, our family was privileged to travel to the Dominican Republic, as momstown papa Paul was awarded a work trip, and us 4 girls escorted him! When I told people that we were going away, so many asked why we didn't just go the two of us, leave the kids with the grandparents... and they knew we have a 5 week old! She is exclusively breastfed to start with, but she is not sleeping thought the night, not even close, and I cannot imagine asking my parents to look after her for week while we went away... that is a lot to ask, but I know those who have done so, even with younger babies...
I am a true believer in choice, and it is not my place to question how others parent, but this is not our choice. We believe that traveling as a family brings us closer together, is amazing quality time, and we wouldn't do it any other way.
What about you? How young is too young for you to travel with your kids?
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