Where was the first trip with your infant and how young were they?

4months, sometimes when they are younger it’s easier, esp if breastfeeding.

Took my 5 month old to Waikiki

Son was 4 months and I flew alone to Detroit. Daughter 4 months and son 2 years and went to Germany

8 week old we took him to Bali. It was the best trip and easier than expected

My daughter was 3 months, we went to Peru

3 months went on a Alaska cruise

My daughter was 4.5 months and we went to Las Vegas.

We went on a 3 days cruise with our 8 month old.

4 months to Niagara Falls, then 6 months to Sedona and Palm Springs

6 1/2 months - now Amber puerto Vallarta Mexico

Flew to Edmonton at five weeks old and again at four months. We also went to Vegas with a four month old and a 20 month old.

Couldn’t afford to go anywhere!

9 months - Hawaii

Took my 3 month old to el salvador and my second was 5 months old when we flew to Phoenix drove to LA hopped on a plane to El Salvador and drove to Guatemala...babies are way easier to travel with then toddlers!

Courtney yes!

Hawaii! Stroller friendly. Kid friendly.

This sounds like a plane I don't want to be on.

Ryan not very helpful

Vanita You arent wrong. As it is their right to travel, it is mine to request a different seat or area on a plane, or complain on a travel message board. Isn't life grand. Also... travelling with infants on planes who ears aren't formed enough to adjust to the air pressure is torturing them... and everyone else on the plane.

Ryan that’s true but you gotta re-read her question. She wasn’t asking for opinions I’m sure you can make your own post about your right to travel !

Vanita I will never forget the one time on a plane a woman arriving to sit in front of us and she heavily sighed and loudly complained about having to sit near a baby. Her husband looked embarrassed. Then the flight attendant comes around to check the overhead bins and she cannot close them and learns that the woman has brought 6 small pieces of carry on. The flight attendant told her to choose two pieces to keep and the rest will be check in or she has to get off the plane. The woman huffed and puffed but agreed. My infant did not make a peep at all during our whole flight to orange County.

Alina adults are just as “annoying”! Ryan read the above

Disney at 2 months for the first overnight trip - we were living in Florida at the time; Bahamas cruise 2 months after that.

Took my youngest to her 6 week check up a week early, left from there to Disneyland

Did Vegas with 4 and a half month old. It’s baby friendly with strollers for rental. We were not able to catch a show though

8 weeks, Mexico
was the best!!

Whistler for a weekend at about 1m old. Not recommended.
Short flight to Calgary- Banff approx. 4m old. Not bad, had help.
6months went solo (met hubby in 2nd country a few weeks later) to Aus, Malaysia, Japan for 6 weeks. Best age, vaccinated early with MMR. Breastfeeding primary helped a lot.

We did Mexico with a 4 month old. It was totally doable. It was when we flew to Mexico with him at 2, that was way harder.

Camping in Tofino at five weeks, three older siblings. She had entered the I'm-awake-and-crying-24-hours-a-day stage and I was pumping. Regrettable for me, older kids look back on it fondly.

6 months to Regina, and 14 months a month in Asia- Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Bareboat sailing in the BVIs with a 3 mo. old. Nursing made it easy.

#1 child - 6 weeks old - road trip from Calgary through Montana & Idaho out to Oregon & up the coast to Vancouver then back through the Rockies.
#2 child (+ the 2 year old toddler) - 6 weeks old - Barbados via Toronto. Stayed 7 weeks.
Breastfeeding rocked on both trips as could do it anywhere. Road trip was easy, mostly ate, slept, pooped. Easier than a later camping trip with a just-walking little who didn't like the car seat.
Delayed luggage and heat in the Caribbean while singlehandedly taking care of a babe and a terrible two was a challenge, but we settled into a routine.

3 months . From bc to qc. Easy peasy.

Disneyland
11 months, we drove there

Edmonton (9 hours away) we drove. Pandemic baby hasn’t been very many places

Matia we’re hoping to drive to Edmonton from Vancouver when our babe is 6-7 weeks old this summer. How old was yours at the time if you don’t mind me asking? Did you stop lots?

Jennifer he was 4 months. He did great. I think being that young, your babe will do fine. We didn’t stop anymore than usual. 2-3 times for bathroom and food. Have you thought about driving through the night?

Matia we did consider leaving maybe middle of the night. My husband is a pro at long distance driving. Also have a 3 yr old. That could be a little more tricky but he’s pretty good in the car. I guess we’ll see how the new one sleeps at night. She’s not here for another week! Thanks for input:)

8 weeks old..flying from Calgary to Ottawa

Vancouver to Puerto Vallarta for two weeks with a 3 month old.

9 mons and we went to Maui

From Bali to Canada ( 21 hours flight total with layover ) and baby 6 month old.

Our daughter was 2 1/2 months and it was Vancouver to Toronto then Hamilton #Grandparents

9 months. YVR to Miami.

Robyn Lyn

5 months - YVR - London, UK.

My friends took their 3-month-old on a camping trip in New Zealand several years ago. They said it was easy

Seattle, 6 weeks old, took him to a Seahawks game.
Quebec City, 3 months old.
Honolulu, 5 months old.
California, 6 months old.

Edmonton (5-6m), Disneyland (8m), NYC (11m). I wouldn't do NY again with a baby and a stroller. We have also flown to Hawaii too.
I do recommend purchasing a separate seat to install a airplane approved car seat. I did a lap baby to/from NY and it was so uncomfortable. For Hawaii we had to pay and my son slept each way in his car seat. Luckily my dad traveled with us and we just carried him sleeping in his car seat out of the plane.

Six Months - YVR-HNL

My kids were born in Brazil and Thailand. Both went on their first airplane rides at about 1-2 months olds and a long haul flight at about 6 months. We purchased a car in Chile and drove to near San Pedro de Atacama at altitudes if close to 15,000 ft at ~5 months.

Six months old to Mexico.

Toronto, 2 months. We celebrated her due date while we were there

To Egypt and Morocco they were babies

Thanks everyone!! We are entertaining the idea of travelling with a 2-3 months old this fall,then more at about 6m and these answers give me lots of hope
probably more questions to follow…

To Vancouver. He was 10 months. Slept all the way through. Passengers around us complimented on the quiet baby

YVR to Edmonton - 5 weeks.

Maui - 6 months

Thailand 7 mo.

Nova Scotia. 5 months.

Maui, 6 months

Maui @ 4 months and 5 months

Ontario 3 months. Much better than Europe at 20 months.

Maui with both my kids. 2 and 3 months old. Easiest trip for both.

3 weeks

Across Canada. 4 weeks old. With a 1.5 year old too.

Georgia, 4 months old

Mexico City at 5 months old

One from India to Canada when she was 7 months old and second was from Canada to India when he was 5 months old

2 months old. Went all over India on a 35 day tour. 17 hour plane ride each way. What were we thinking
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6 days old ! Vancouver to Prince George.

10 days old. 3 days camping - breast feeding, so easy.

Dubai at 7 months. It was a loooong flight. Ask for a bulkhead seat and bassinet if they have one. It was exhausting but I kept feeding based on home time so we didn’t have to adjust, then adjust back.

Kim, were you travelling alone or with a partner? I didn’t have a great experience and wonder if others have experienced the same. When I travelled alone with a 7week old (YVR-Amsterdam- Joburg-Antananarivo), I found that the bulkhead seat was the second seat in a row of 4. The problem was that I was trapped. With the bassinet in place, and a stranger on either side, I couldn’t easily get out to the aisle. It was actually awful. If baby cried or I needed the washroom, it was a whole ordeal. I felt SO bad for the people around me.

Toronto to Vancouver 5 yrs old was my first flight

7 months old did Vancouver to Toronto. Stayed about 10 days. Then he was almost 14 months old Vancouver to Hawaii. Stayed a few weeks.

3 months. Easy to travel with newborn especially if you breast feed. Once they start crawling it becomes a lot harder!

3 months to Asia

11months Mexico

5 weeks old - Florida

4 months old. Writing On Stone Provincial Park in southern Alberta.

4 months old. Went 10 days to London and 3 weeks across Italy.. from Venise to Sicily

Europe 6 months. Interior bc at 2 weeks

New Zealand & Fiji. 8 months.

I flew home from BC to Newfoundland when my son was 6 wks old and again when he was 18 months

Roadtrip from Vancouver to Calgary with a 3 week old

Hawaii at 12 weeks

8 months, Japan

6 weeks old -- From Canada to England.

6 months Canada to Scotland

3 months old to Melbourne from Vancouver.

5 months old Rome and Florence from Vancouver.

Vancouver to London, 5 months old

Vancouver Island- 1 month
old

Took my 8 month old daughter to Mazatlan……she ate sand on the beach and got quite sick…In hindsite, spending that time with Gramma would have beena better plan.

Took each kid at 6 months old to Hawaii. They were fine on the plane. They loved the beach and water when they were there. Double stroller was handy for sure as we were able to put a shade around the stroller when they had to nap.

One week old driving from Halifax to Toronto in June, he slept and ate.....

Cuba for two weeks 10 months old

To Peru, he was 3.5 months old, and cried most of the flights

Flew across Canada at 6wks old.

5 months old took our travel trailer and wandered south through the western US to northern Mexico for 5 months! Best , fun and easy decision ever!

3 weeks old Philadelphia to Vancouver. Flew at night and used a front baby carrier. She slept and I read my book

Our son flew more in his first 2 years of life than he has from 2-20.
He was a great traveller. He would always wail while we were boarding but that's because I wouldn't feed him. Then I'd nurse as we were taking off and landing and during the flight he'd sleep or I'd entertain him with new toys. Never had a problem.

Exactly! Lots of ways to deal with flights & infants. But it’s not for the faint of heart.

4 months old, 1 week all inclusive in Puerto Vallarta. It was great, lots of poolside stroller naps.

Canada to Ireland at she 7 months.

Canada to Ireland. He was 4 weeks old.

Vancouver to Palm Springs at 2 months, Kauai at 3

To Mexico City she was 2 months for a month.

My older son was 6 months, we flew 13 hours to Hong Kong

Fredericton, NB to Vancouver, BC with 6 week old son. My mom passed in New Westminster, BC.

Back to Quebec from Germany.
3 weeks old

YVR- Amsterdam-Joburg-Antananarivo, at 7 weeks old.
Reverse order at 22 months.
YVR-Chicago-Paris-Antananarivo with a 2year old & 4 month old.

First kid - 5 months San Francisco to Altlanta via Houston. Second kid 8 weeks, San Francisco to Bella Bella

One mounts old 36 hrs!
Tehran to Manila
Lay over in Singapore

3 weeks old, she slept in the suitcase in our tent while camping near Tofino.

1 week old, to Vancouver from Victoria. I don’t know what I was thinking … took him on the Skytrain and he caught a bad cold. Welcome to the world of germs!

6 weeks old from kelowna to an all inclusive in mexico. Some people reacted negativity to us having a small baby there. It was an interesting study on human behavior really. She was breast fed and only strapped to us or in a stroller so we felt safe. Happy travels!

3 months old and we took him to France for 3 weeks! Best time to travel in my opinion

London England and she was 3 months old

Michelle Thorne pack EJs bags!!

Uganda, at 2.5 months. Total flying time was over 24 hours with layovers. She did amazing! And just slept the whole time.

8 weeks old for my oldest.
6 weeks old with my youngest.
Both to see family.

6 week old daughter in a box on the floor in a small Datsun pickup enroute to Saskatchewan to see family.

We did a Rockies roadtip last year for 2 weeks. Baby was 3 months old. Round trip from Vancouver to Jasper/Banff/Lake Louise with some stops to break up the drives. Definitely glad we did it then because as they get older, and are having longer/fewer naps that are better in a crib in the dark, it's harder to get away with car/stroller/restaurant naps. That's what I've found anyways.

Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Daughter was 5 weeks old.

My son was 3 months old, daughter was 2. Took them on a flight by myself from LA to Vancouver, via Las Vegas. Used a baby carrier for my son and an umbrella stroller for my toddler. It wasn't too difficult

10 months to Hawaii and again at 13 months to Japan. Had to bring along feeding pump, month worth of feeding bags for the pump, CPAP, oximeter, oxygen concentrator, and any related supplies and backup pieces.

6 months - we went to England for a year, then 3 years later we did it again with a new 6 month and a 3 yr old. I would totally rather travel with a baby than a toddler. Old rule: Before they walk and after they read/use a computer.

3 months to England

2 months, his first Seattle Sounder game 1981!

3 months old. Tokyo, Japan.

I took a 2 month old and a two year old from Vancouver to New Zealand with a hour or so stop off in Hawaii (about 15 hours). I was the only parent travelling The airline didn't give me a bulk head seat with a bassinette. When we took off I was 30 years old - when we landed I was 47.

Mexico 4 months !

Alaskam cruise, 1 yr old. Severe allergy.

13 weeks old. Drove from Fort Mcmurray to Victoria with a nice stop at Jasper.