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Take your baby!. My husband and I took our 2 1/2 yr old on his first cruise last fall along with my parents to help us. We had a great time. Know your childs limitations, however. If your daughter can sit through a 2 hour dinner without becoming miserable, by all means take her. Personally, our son would have had a major melt down, ever with 4 adults tending to him as he is very high enery. For our sanity as well as for the consideration of others in the dining room, we opted for a private baby sitter for all dinners. My son would not have eaten the food anyway and we would have all been frazzelled. This worked well for us. We did eat with him in the dining rooms/buffets for breakfast and lunches. This was usually a struggle, but we just dealt with it. Since your daughter is only 1, she will be much less likley to try to run off or get into everything.I think even though it is harder to travel with children, they are part of your family and I for one would not want to travel without mine, even with the challenges. Have fun on your cruise. Having your sister in law with you to help will definately work. My parents really enjoyed spending time with their our son, but since we were able to take turns, they had adult time and so did we.
Take your baby!. My husband and I took our 2 1/2 yr old on his first cruise last fall along with my parents to help us. We had a great time. Know your childs limitations, however. If your daughter can sit through a 2 hour dinner without becoming miserable, by all means take her. Personally, our son would have had a major melt down, ever with 4 adults tending to him as he is very high enery. For our sanity as well as for the consideration of others in the dining room, we opted for a private baby sitter for all dinners. My son would not have eaten the food anyway and we would have all been frazzelled. This worked well for us. We did eat with him in the dining rooms/buffets for breakfast and lunches. This was usually a struggle, but we just dealt with it. Since your daughter is only 1, she will be much less likley to try to run off or get into everything.
I think even though it is harder to travel with children, they are part of your family and I for one would not want to travel without mine, even with the challenges. Have fun on your cruise. Having your sister in law with you to help will definately work. My parents really enjoyed spending time with their our son, but since we were able to take turns, they had adult time and so did we.
