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Ericka Kammerer wrote: *Hillary Israeli wrote: * * I find that when I look at "kid-friendly" places online, I get very * discouraged. Most of the activities are for children 4 yrs old, and * rarely do I find that anything is listed as ok for an infant! * * That is true of a lot of places. There are a lot more *hoops for them to jump through providing care for infants and *toddlers (higher staff ratios, diaper facilities, etc.). I *have seen a few places that have more stuff for babies and toddlers, *but not many. It's not so much that I want to LEAVE my infant with them (heaven forbid ), it's more that I want to BRING my infant with me while we do stuff. * * I think with the beach thing the under-4s can't go :-( See, that's just not fair *Also, the kids club is for 3 and up (potty trained). You can *get babysitters for the small fry if you want, but there isn't *as much in the way of structured activities for them. We solve *the problem of littles by going with family and playing pass *the baby ;-) Ah. We can't do that any more, now that everyone has up and joined the family business! No one on my husband's side can vacation at the same time, and since my dad is recently unemployed again, no one is vacationing on that side. Well, my brother, but we wouldn't vacation together and I'll leave that at that * Anyway, if you wanted to hit the ground running and do lots *of activities, you'd probably feel a bit hindered by having kids too *young to do most of the activities or put in a kids program. If you *have enough adults to pass around the little kids, or if you're looking *for a less event-full vacation, then I think it would be just fine. *Either way, you would find that they are very welcoming to kids of *all ages. We never felt awkward having small kids around, and lots of *other guests had small kids in tow. Well, that's something. But really, I would like a place like the Homestead, which allows parents to bring the little ones along on hikes and to beaches and so on -h. -- Hillary Israeli, VMD Lafayette Hill/PA/USA/Earth "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too dark to read." --Groucho Marx |
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Hillary Israeli wrote:
Well, that's something. But really, I would like a place like the Homestead, which allows parents to bring the little ones along on hikes and to beaches and so on There definitely *are* things you can do at the Homestead that the whole family can do, and lots of things are family oriented. We haven't been in the summer, so the beach thing was never an issue for us. They had toddler sized ice skates at the skating rink. You could certainly take littles on a hike (but maybe not on a guided hike that had to keep a certain pace, if the kids were on foot). You're right, though, that there aren't all that many places that have lots of whole-family activities including babies and toddlers. If I get a moment, I'll try to dig around in my stuff to see if I can find the few I saw that seemed to have more than usual. Most of them are very camping-ish sorts of things, which aren't really my cup of tea, but maybe they'd fit your bill. I seem to recall that there was one family-oriented resort even in PA, but I can't recal the name right now. What we also found was that most of the resorts that catered to families with young kids were not the sort of places that my parents or my single sister would enjoy at all, so we couldn't choose them for extended family vacations (which, as I said, is a lot of what we do). The fancier the place and the more adult amenities, the less likely it is to have family-with-young-kids activities, it seems. Take care, Ericka |
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Ericka Kammerer wrote: *If I get a moment, I'll try to dig around in my stuff to see if I *can find the few I saw that seemed to have more than usual. Most Thanks, Ericka *The fancier the place and the more adult amenities, the less *likely it is to have family-with-young-kids activities, it *seems. Yeah. Sigh. I remember on our honeymoon my husband and I were traipsing around the Amalfi coast, and we kept seeing people in fancy restaurants with little kids. I'm thinking I need to convince my husband we should just go back there now -- Hillary Israeli, VMD Lafayette Hill/PA/USA/Earth "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it is too dark to read." --Groucho Marx |
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Hillary Israeli wrote:
I remember on our honeymoon my husband and I were traipsing around the Amalfi coast, and we kept seeing people in fancy restaurants with little kids. I'm thinking I need to convince my husband we should just go back there now Oh, I don't worry about the fancy restaurant thing--we just take the kids. They're used to it, so they do well. The whole lack of activities for families with small kids isn't such a big deal for us as we're pretty lazy on vacation much of the time. We just don't do a ton of activities other than eating and ambling about and making use of some of the more general facilities (e.g., bowling or the pool or whatnot at the Homestead). So, the fact that littles couldn't go on the beach trip wouldn't slow us down much since we probably wouldn't have gone anyway ;-) We pretty much find that eating and relaxing is a full time job there! But, lots of other families are more activity oriented, so it's much more of an issue for them. All I care is that folks are friendly and welcoming towards the kids. Best wishes, Ericka |
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"Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message ... Hillary Israeli wrote: I remember on our honeymoon my husband and I were traipsing around the Amalfi coast, and we kept seeing people in fancy restaurants with little kids. I'm thinking I need to convince my husband we should just go back there now Oh, I don't worry about the fancy restaurant thing--we just take the kids. They're used to it, so they do well. I took my 5 month old daughter to a ski resort on time. We went to dinner. She had a poopy diaper -- not just *any* poopy diaper, but a complete blowout, up the back, poopy diaper. I went to the restroom, there was no changing table. I asked the staff what I was supposed to do with her, so they called another restaurant near by, and there were no changing tables there either. I couldn't just change her on the floor of the bathroom because in addition to being dirty, it was wet with all the people walking in out of the snow. And the sinks were individual with no counter space. They finally let me into the manager's office. It's the only time or place that I've ever encountered no changing table in a public bathroom. Bizby Best wishes, Ericka |
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"Hillary Israeli" wrote in message
... I remember on our honeymoon my husband and I were traipsing around the Amalfi coast, and we kept seeing people in fancy restaurants with little kids. I'm thinking I need to convince my husband we should just go back there now To quote Nike, just do it! We didn't spend our whole trip on the Amalfi coast, but certainly ate in nice restaurants on the Amalfi coast and no one batted an eyelash at the kids. Seriously, my experience tells me that it's easiest when one of the kids is a baby, if only because you don't have to watch where three of them are going at once! The flight can be a bit rough, but they sleep a lot at that age and, on transatlantic carriers these days, there are almost always in-flight movies for kids. And you're already on the east coast, so you get to chop off 5-6 hours of flight time from what we do coming from SoCal. So, convince your husband. We had a lovely time while we were there. I don't think you'll be sorry. -- Be well, Barbara |
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"Hillary Israeli" wrote in message ... I remember on our honeymoon my husband and I were traipsing around the Amalfi coast, and we kept seeing people in fancy restaurants with little kids. I'm thinking I need to convince my husband we should just go back there now Took our kids to the Amalfi coast a few years ago. Lots of things for kids to do. They love the beach, though to my mind they aren't near as comfortable as Hawaiian or Southern Californian beaches. There are lots of cute towns with piazas. Liked all the different forms of transportation: ferrys, hydrofoils, funiculars...And most importantly, the people in the stores and restaurants there seem to adore kids. Our children were treated well in every restaurant we wandered into. I've found that children are welcome tourists in every part of Italy that we've traveled. |
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That's why you should hire a sitter.
I'm sure the other guests enjoyed your child's crying. "bizby40" wrote in message ... "Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message ... Hillary Israeli wrote: I remember on our honeymoon my husband and I were traipsing around the Amalfi coast, and we kept seeing people in fancy restaurants with little kids. I'm thinking I need to convince my husband we should just go back there now Oh, I don't worry about the fancy restaurant thing--we just take the kids. They're used to it, so they do well. I took my 5 month old daughter to a ski resort on time. We went to dinner. She had a poopy diaper -- not just *any* poopy diaper, but a complete blowout, up the back, poopy diaper. I went to the restroom, there was no changing table. I asked the staff what I was supposed to do with her, so they called another restaurant near by, and there were no changing tables there either. I couldn't just change her on the floor of the bathroom because in addition to being dirty, it was wet with all the people walking in out of the snow. And the sinks were individual with no counter space. They finally let me into the manager's office. It's the only time or place that I've ever encountered no changing table in a public bathroom. Bizby Best wishes, Ericka |
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