Family holidays with toddlers are tricky. But if you’re willing to change your expectations then you’ll have a good time, writes our Netmums contributor
This summer my husband and I took our son away for a week in Portugal, to stay with some friends at their family’s home in the Algarve. The brochures show happy families laughing in the sun. But here's what a vacation with a toddler honestly looks like:One of the major things I stressed about was flying with a toddler, because even though I knew my son would have distractions at the airport , I also knew he wouldn’t want to be strapped to one of our laps for the best part of 3 hours.
This routine pretty much went out of the window from the minute we boarded. It didn’t really come back again until several weeks after we’d returned. I had visions of working my way through a stack of books, soaking up sun and maybe enjoying a cocktail or two by the pool. HA! Essentially all the things I used to look for in a holiday to help me relax and reset had been replaced with everyday parenting … only in a different country.After a few days of stress — and a few heated arguments with my husband — I realised that to enjoy myself on the family holiday, I needed to change my expectations.
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