https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 21:13:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024957 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:24:02 +0000 Foodnerd81 2024957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: takes too long to get to key west! We went once when we were in Miami, prebaby, and it was actually colder than Miami but that was just a fluke I think. </p> <p>Now I'm back to thinki Puerto Rico. And to needing to convince Dh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024954 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:22:00 +0000 LuLu Mom 2024954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say go for it! we haven't flown with LO yet, but we did take a roadtrip and she did great. She loved staying in hotels and swimming in the other pools, it was small but it was fun. I wish we would have taken a flight with her before LO2 comes, but it's too late now as I'm hitting the "no fly zone" in my pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024893 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:54:47 +0000 looch 2024893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You never know until you try it...I think you have to prepare for the worst and then be surprised at how smooth things go wrt to travel. And plus, just because one time they were angels, doesn't mean they will be again, and vice versa. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024879 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:43:11 +0000 lawbee11 2024879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: What about Key West? I bet it would be warm! And it's so fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024874 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:39:43 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2024874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I adored Puerto Rico. Pre-kid, i stayed with my girlfriends at the Renaissance on Condado Beach. It was a nice area with tons of stuff within walking distance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024851 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:23:26 +0000 Foodnerd81 2024851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: those are really the two places we are looking. I'm worried that Florida in March we aren't guaranteed great pool/beach weather. I like the idea of a condo complex with a pool though, good mix of having your own space but still a resort feel. </p> <p>I'm convinced we should go somewhere. Now I just need to convince Dh- I may have better luck after we pay the credit card bills from christmas. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024848 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:16:01 +0000 Anagram 2024848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81:Florida or Puerto Rico? Pensacola Beach is a really family-friendly beach because it's almost all condo rentals, so you have a fridge and kitchen, AND the water is almost glass-still, perfect for babies. I went this past August and paddleboarded for the first time and it was super fun.</p> <p>ETA: I could actually PM you the specific condo complex we stayed in--it was one of the cheapest I could find, but it was super clean and nice, 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, and the condo complex had a pool--and this unit wasn't on the beach, but the complex was on the beach...so you just walked past the pool area through a second row of condos to the beach. It was about half the price of the other condo rentals I was looking at. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024828 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:00:01 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2024828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took our kids really young, both times to the beach, and we've traveled a lot with them since. What I can say is that sometimes they adjust well and sometimes not so much. Often times we end up cosleeping. But when all is said and done I barely remember the bad sleep and just all the wonderful memories we've made. Seriously I have never regretted any trip and as long as you keep expectations low I think you will have a good time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024819 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 07:46:39 +0000 ValentineMommy 2024819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took a week long trip to the beach (which is only an hour and a half drive from home) when DS was 19m old. It definitely felt like a vacation and was wonderful. He LOVED it. We're going back this summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024815 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 07:38:43 +0000 illumina 2024815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had taken her on several weekend breaks in the U.K, just driving, from 2 months onwards. She usually did great so we decided to take her on her first flight to Spain at 11 months...I think we probably picked one of the worst times to travel since she was mobile but not yet walking and also just beginning her picky eating phase. I'm not going to lie, it was tough and we had to massively change our expectations of what our "holiday" was going to be like, but we all survived and I would do it again, only maybe a few months later. </p> <p>We are travelling overseas this year at 19, 21 and almost 24 months so it'll be interesting to see what challenges those ages bring! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024762 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:32:47 +0000 Pumuckl 2024762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: We went on a transatlantic trip when LO was 5 months and again a year later. He was even going through a sleep regression for the second trip. I actually found it quite easy to deal with while on vacation since one stays in the same room anyways. So I'd say go for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024760 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:30:00 +0000 lamariniere 2024760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We traveled a ton with DS in his first year (a ton of new cities and 4 new countries!). Our very first trip with him was at 4 months, just a long weekend to Martha's Vineyard. Other than screaming in the car seat the whole way, he was a great traveler. Our first big trip was to France when he was 6 months, the jetlag was rough, but everything else was fine. If you can do an all-inclusive somewhere warm, it would probably feel more like a real vacation because then you wouldn't have to worry about cooking, which I always struggle with with LOs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024755 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:12:00 +0000 FannyMae 2024755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we took our daughter on holiday just a few days after her 1st birthday. from melbourne to greece via singapore and dubai. LONG trip, but so worth it. its absolutely amazing how much kids learn while travelling, she really blossomed on that holiday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024752 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 02:36:27 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2024752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I suppose 6 hrs is kind of long, but compared to the 15+ hrs flight (a full day's travel) to visit family, it felt like a breeze! </p> <p>I think you should go. Even if it is difficult, you'll have the warm weather to relax outside in (that was our rationale, at least) :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024174 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:29:58 +0000 Ra 2024174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to Florida for a week when B was 12 months, the Dominican Republic for a week when he was 16 months, and are going to LA/San Diego for 10 days next month. I love taking him places! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024169 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:27:38 +0000 Foodnerd81 2024169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SugarplumsMom: lucky for us we are like a five minute drive from the airport. And I think six hours sounds like a long flight! Maybe I'm too wimpy. </p> <p>We have flown with her once a year ago, but it was for Christmas with family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024157 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:15:50 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2024157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was 19 months old and we had a relatively short flight (6hrs) but with travel time, it took all day. It really helped that we spent the night at the airport before our flight. In the 2 weeks we were away, LO really blossomed! It all turned out surprisingly well, except she refused to sleep in her crib when we got home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024129 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:56:08 +0000 lawbee11 2024129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went 3 hours away to a resort when she was around 9 months old and it was fun. I mean it wasn't relaxing and she was still BFing and therefore waking up in the MOTN, but it was fun to get out of the house and take her swimming. Our LOs are the same age and I'd totally go on a vacation with M. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024117 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:49:53 +0000 ElbieKay 2024117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to Maine when T was 6mo. It was a ton of work, and we both felt much more relaxed after "staycation" in December when he was 9.5mo since our nanny still worked part of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024101 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:43:33 +0000 Foodnerd81 2024101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Charm54: everything you said! C would be about 18 months when we would go and I'm just afraid she would be miserable and therefore we would be. </p> <p>But everyone else is swaying me that it might be worth the chance. We just don't want to spend a ton of money since so much of it will be dominated by her sleeping and whatever anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024096 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:42:18 +0000 AprilFool 2024096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just took LO at 19 months to Hawaii and it felt like a vacation to me! We had such an awesome time. I think the beach is perfect with a LO. No expectations so no stress. I am hoping to plan another trip soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024091 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:39:58 +0000 Charm54 2024091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are debating this... Dd is 16 months old . Dh and i usually go down south somewhere every winter to escape the brutal canadian cold.. But our babysitters are all tied up during my spring break this year. So we are tossing around the idea of taking her with us. </p> <p>I'm not sure if it would be at all relaxing though and worth the $$. Plus the last time we went to a hotel she was a DEVIL CHILD all weekend and refused to sleep. It was awful for everyone.</p> <p>If we had lots of $$$ lying around I would totally go, but since vacations down south are so expensive when flying from Canada, I think we will probably save the money and take her in a year or two when she (and we) can enjoy it a little more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024065 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:19:29 +0000 blackbird 2024065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do it!!!</p> <p>E was 15 months and we took her to Cancun. At 23 months, we're going to key Largo, Florida </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024062 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:15:10 +0000 Smurfette 2024062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 months for a long weekend. But it was only a 2 hr drive, but it didn't go well. Then at 18m we went to the beach for a week. 5 hr drive. We had a great time even when LO decided she wouldn't nap/sleep with out and the PNP is the devil. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024059 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:13:48 +0000 mrsjyw 2024059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went to myrtle beach w Ds for a week when he was 8 months old. We loved it and he loved the water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2024022 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:41:10 +0000 BadgerMom 2024022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took LO to Florida at 5mo. and have a trip to Cozumel coming up, LO will be 9 mo. We had a blast in FL so I'm really looking forward to our trip to Mexico. Full disclosure tho, we had and will have family with us both times, so I think that does ease some of the stress, but I would still totally go someplace warm without help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2023990 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:21:14 +0000 Tanjowen 2023990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took our LO to cancun at 9 months to an all inclusive. It was nice to not have to cook or clean and he loved the pool so we got to relax a bit while he splashed in his float. </p> <p> I agree that st. Thomas or Puerto Rico would work without a passport. I've heard very good things about Puerto Rico! And they have all inclusive resorts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2023980 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:14:14 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2023980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say go for it but then again I just took a 14 hour flight with a two year old so I'm feeling kinda brave lately ;)</p> <p>I would suggest St. thomas or Puerto Rico, no passport needed for either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-vacation-with-lo#post-2023959 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:03:46 +0000 Foodnerd81 2023959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old was your LO when you first went on a family vacation- as in, not visiting a relatives house but actual vacation (even if other family was with you, I guess). </p> <p>We haven't been on a vacation since I was pregnant and I'm sick of the New England cold. But I'm wondering if a warm weather vacation would actually feel like vacation at all or just more hassle taking care of the baby away from home. It doesn't help that she is just getting through a nice sleep regression, making Dh and I both a little skittish of taking her anywhere! </p> <p>But, we don't have much longer to take advantage of a lap infant, and if we have another baby it will only get more difficult, so then I think we should just go.</p> <p>Also trying to figure out someplace warm, direct and not too expensive flight from Boston, no passport required. </p>