Cruising with a baby

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We are hoping to have a family holiday this year, but I found flying/airports really stressful with a young baby. Baby would be around 14 months when we are planning on going. We are looking at a cruising leaving from the UK so no flights involved, would this be a good alternative? Any hints and tips for first time cruisers? Thanks in advance :-)

Yes, it would be a good alternative and cruising with a baby can be incredibly easy and low hassle. Do your research into the different cruises carefully though, so you don't go to ports where you need to negotiate tricky public transport or transfers in order to get to places.

We cruised when my son was 17 months and it was a great holiday. We went from Southampton with P&O and did the Norweigian fjords. It was lovely being somewhere new each day, lots of activities on board and never far from your room if you'd forgotten something or he needed a nap

Oh and they also have a night nursery if you fancy that - you can put them to sleep there, staff will watch them and you can go out for dinner. Never worked for us - our son wouldn't sleep there - but friends loved it.

Biggest pitfall for us was that the travel cot on some ships is very small (and our baby was 90th centile) so he slept on the sofa bed with rails