My Mom has offered to fly M and me out to Seattle with her so we can meet my nephew who was born in Sept 2011. Would you prefer to fly cross country with a 14 month old or a 26 month old?
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@mediagirl: 14 month bc 2 and under flies free!! I'm jealous!!! I want to see Seattle.
Def 14 month bc otherwise that's another year before you meet your nephew!
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They're equally annoying, I'll be honest. At 14 months, you might have a new walker who wants to explore. At 26 months you might have a strong willed toddler who refuses to listen to you.
But I do believe that the more you expose them, the better they are, because they know what to expect. That's why flying protocol is always the same...buy a seat, install car seat we use for flying, snacks, ipad.
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@looch: haha. Thank you for the honest opinion.
We do fly to Florida once a year but we don't have a lot of reasons to fly so the exposure to airplanes isn't great.
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We flew cross country with DD at 15 months and it went pretty well; we took her on a 16 hour one way road trip at 24 months, and she also did really well. For us, the difficult travel age was 20-24 months, so any time after 2 has been a breeze. Since you can't really predict how your LO will be at 26 months, I would say go now. At least at 14 months most kids are sleeping more, so that should help.
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For my kid 26 months would have been a better bet. He was still really scared of new things so I think he wouldn't have listened as much. At 26 months he was fully potty trained, talking well so he communicates what he needs much more clearly, and would have been a little more confident to enjoy the experience. Granted, the different challenges wouldn't stop me from going at 14 months.
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I think you never know because it just depends on the kid and their mood on that particular day, too. So I say go soon and meet your nephew! That is really nice of your mom!
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I was scared to fly with my kid between 12 and 24 months. At 24 months you can bribe them and they understand. At 12 months they don't listen to reason.
We do fly to Florida once a year but we don't have a lot of reasons to fly so the exposure to airplanes isn't great.
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