Cruises

"I would not do it with this age, having done it with an almost one year old.

First, my bias: I was never too into the idea of cruising. This was a no-choice trip with inlaws!

But: At this age, babies can't go in the pools. Dinner times on our ship were fixed, neither of which was a good fit with DD's schedule. That said, DD's schedule was shot to hell on the cruise: nightly waking at about midnight and because I didn't want her to cry - couldn't have her cry, given the proximity of neighbors - I breastfeed her back to sleep.....a habit to break once we got home (we had been long done with night feedings!). And UP for the day at about 4:30am. DH took her out to walk the decks and let me sleep until 6:30 when they would come back. With this age, you likely can't do any of the excursions; and you won't be able to use the ship babysitting service (too young).

It was, in short, about the worst 5 days of my life, and certainly the worst non-vacation I have been on.

All that said, if you love cruising, and have an upper level suite where you have a separate living room so baby can go to bed while you remain awake in a lighted room (or someone is up with the early riser without having to get dressed and leave the cabin); and have more flexible dining options; and/or are on a line which is considerably more young child friendly (even Disney I think has a lot that kids need to be at least 2 for) go for it!"