What would you do ??

[Ebonyk]

I don't know what to do I need to go up to Norwich every month on a Saturday with my 1 yr old baby but I don't know what's best way to travel with a 1 yr old I've got a few choices in mind or ideas that will make traveling easier it's a 4 hour journey there from mine option one is go up on train but it's loads of changes and with baby and pushchair hard option 2 is taxi all the way but that's £300 pounds and don't think taxi man will do stops for baby ect option 3 night time coach trip so baby sleeps through the night wot would you do and Has any one done a 4 hour journey with 1 yr old xxx thanks

Is there any chance the person you have to see could come to you ?

Can you drive?

'What would you do' out of those options I would probably go train as long as you can fit all your things on the pushchair. Night bus - baby could cry, nappies could be tricky, weird people might be an issue and you're stuck with them..

Obviously I would do anything possible to avoid going in the first place.

I guess you can't drive? I'd be asking a friend to help out, maybe pay them. Also a taxi driver will stop for breaks but will charge, it's 2 hour maximum for child car seat use then break you could probably negotiate a price with taxi firm or make friends with a taxi driver and sort a fee out directly.

Dont think there's any contest here it would have to be option 3 for me. Take the overnight bus with the baby sleeping hopefully you sleeping too. The problem though is if he/she doesn't settle what do you do then especially as other passengers will be trying to sleep to. If you could drive it would be far easier, is this not an option for you?

What about flying?

Whereabouts do you live?

Do they do flights to UK Norwich tho from surrey Guildford ? I can't drive but could get a taxi and I'll be visiting my other children as they live with there dad and he won't bring them down to me xx

TRain. Especially as they start to get mobile. Book seat with table.

Thanks for the advice guys :)

Train. What if the baby doesn't sleep on the night bus? You wouldn't really have any way of keeping them on the seat.

Could you do a combination of taxi and train to miss out some of the train changes?

Train. Guildford to Norwich isn't too bad. Take stuff in a big rucksack. When going down escalators take baby out of pushchair be and hold him and give a passerby the pushchair. Give yourself plenty of time to get across London. The advantage of a train over the bus or taxi is that you can get the baby out on the train and point at cows etc.

I'd steer clear of the taxi as its so expensive. Could you try one each of the bus and train on your next two visits and see which works out easier? Could the baby sometime be left at home with someone? I appreciate you probably want them to have a relationship with their half siblings though.

Is this going to be a long term arrangement or just for a limited amount of time (ie you're eventually hoping to move there or something?). It sounds really hard going for you to keep up over years.

Thanks for all advise guys :) I'm having a long think and maybe I'll have to get train up there and stay in a hotel and then next day visit my kids cos I have to be there at 10am to see them so feels like a rush in one day to travel could I do it in a day to make it there for 10am ? Its just so expensive all this but its worth it so I can finally see my kids haven't seen them in 2 years :(

Sounds like a hard journey op but it will be worth it. Just give yourself lots of time so you're not in a rush.

:) thabks flitwit99

Have you done your journey yet? I hope it worked out and you spent some time with your kids.