Travelling with 2 small kids
HI, We are looking at moving back to New Zealand (have been there before in 03-05 before the kids), we now have a 6 year old and 6 months - anyone have any information travelling with them and settling in quickly so not to disrupt their routine too much.
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Re: Travelling with 2 small kids
Originally Posted by leelob
(Post 8912777)
HI, We are looking at moving back to New Zealand (have been there before in 03-05 before the kids), we now have a 6 year old and 6 months - anyone have any information travelling with them and settling in quickly so not to disrupt their routine too much.
Make sure you get bassinet (sp?) cots on the airplane(s) though, they're a huge help! We came across last year with a 4 and 2yr old... we were expecting the trip and initial settling in process to be bumpy to say the least, but it just wasn't. I do think though that the timing of arrival assisted... e.g. it was night time (around 01:00am I think) when we arrived at the hotel and all collapsed on the same bed and when morning arrived, we made a point of just getting out there and exploring our surroundings for the day... we've got photos of that day and the wife and I look like zombies, but we kept with it until darkness arrived again and then did the "usual" bedtime routine of bath, story/song, sleep that we'd instilled in them since just about birth anyhow... the next day the wife flew off to a small place south of Christchurch for a job interview while I took the boys to Auckland Zoo and tired them out, before repeating the same nighttime procedure that night. I suppose what I'm saying is, whatever your nighttime routine is already, just stick to it at the relevant time of day/night here... they'll soon adjust and it'll be far less troublesome - in my experience! |
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