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Hey there.
Andy Tegel here in for Marielle Saguera.
As amazing as it is to travel to new places and to have the time and money to do that, it's also a lot of work.
You know what makes travel even more complicated?
Taking a small child along with you.
Historically, babies and toddlers are not very good travel partners, to say the least.
They're heavy packers.
They don't communicate well or at appropriate volumes.
Many diaper changes.
They get overwhelmed easily, to say nothing of getting on a flight.
I think just about every parent dreads the thought of a plane ride with a screaming baby, and I am first in that line.
So here at life Kit, we wanted to know, how can you enjoy traveling with a young child?
We asked one such traveling parent about this reporter and producer, Emily Seiner.
Hey, Emily.
Hi, Andy.
Yes, my husband and I made the ambitious and risky decision to take a trip to Japan when my son was eight months old.
Wow, Emily, that is ambitious.
How did that go?
It was actually really fun.