Hello wise Mumsnetters - I should absolutely know the answers to these things but I don't and Google is not helping me! I thought there must be others in the same situation on here, hopefully the hive mind will come to my rescue 🙂
I couldn't face travelling to visit my parents in N Ireland when my little one was tiny, then the pandemic hit but I am rapidly running out of excuses to put it off! I am a bit of a control freak though and worried about the admin side - the airport/flight will be hideous I know but how do things even work with stuff like a car seat/travel cot? My parents normally pick us up from the airport and we have use of their car once there, but it seems ridiculous to buy a car seat for there when we'll maybe go twice a year at most and hauling one on the plane seems equally mental (was hoping to do hand luggage only but that might be wishful thinking)... is it possible to just hire a car seat without also hiring a car?? What do people do in this situation??
Same re travel cot - we have one for when my little one naps (or doesn't 😔) at MIL's but again getting it there would be a horrendous PITA. My girl is a strict creature of habit (even more so thanks to lockdown) and I'm dreading how much she will be thrown by the change of location/routine - just popping her in a normal bed I think would be a disaster as she has never slept in one before and I don't think she would understand it was bedtime!
Oh dear, I suspect the answer is that I am massively overthinking and panicking about nothing... but if anyone has any words of wisdom/practical tips I'd be really grateful!