ideas for baby friendly holidays

[wizzywig]

Hi, does anyone have any suggestions for good places to go on holiday with a three month old? any having real trouble finding anywhere where they take baby's that arent horrifically expensive. helllppp!!

what about a self-catering cottage somewhere?

hi cazzybabs, do you know of any good websites?

Are you thinking of satying in the UK or want to travel further afield?

this looks good

You could go on to the MN tips and reccommended page too

We have used this one:
www.welsh-cottages.co.uk/

we stayed at number 792. It was lovely. Had a cot, toys, a highchair, a sandy beach 1 mile away, a farm to visit, a castle, we went on a boat ride from St. Davids round some island. There was a pub within 5 mintues walking which served great food and v. family friendly. It was a great holiday.

thanks yeahinaminute (love the name!), id love to try a UK break first then try eurpoe later on in the year

Ok - well self catering is always worth a shot - especially with a little one - try the landmark trust - lots of beautiful interesting buildings available for rent.

Alternatively - if you would like to relax wooley grange hotel is totally geared up for families - although to be honest it's better for older children - we have family Sunday/evening lunches there as the kids are fully looked after !

From past experience would recommend a nice break in a hotel when your LO is SO young. We went to Sprowston Manor when our DS was 4 months and we gave him his evening bottle, settled him in the pushchair and walked him round the hotel grounds/hotel until he was asleep and then had a lovely meal in the corner of the restaurant -they kept the quietest, dimmest corner for us, and then when we had had a lovely meal, we went back to the room, fed him again and he slept in the cot. He actually slept through for the first time whilst there!

Then, later in the year, we rented a villa with my parents and spent 10 days in the September sunshine abroad. A word of warning on that - make sure the villa is genuinely baby friendly with cots, sterilisers, bibs etc so you don't have to take everything but the kitchen sink from home!

woolley grange and srpowston manor looks fantastic (woolley is pricey though at 300 a night). has anyone tried villa pia in italy?

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We stayed in a fab cottage in North Wales, with hot tub within baby monitor range! It wasn't expensive and there were lots of things to do within about half an hours drive. Its called The Apple Store and we booked it through Hoseasons.

We have also done Center Parcs - great if you are feeling apprehensive about your first break away as so baby friendly, Nice which was wonderful but lots of driving and a house swap, again fine.

Great idea going when they aren't walking, crawling or being weaned, its now much more hassle with 12mth DS although lots of fun.