Should I go or am I mad to consider it??

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My dad wants to go on holiday and has asked if we would like to join him, he wants to go on a boating holiday in the Norfolk Broads, DD will be 8 months old, she is very active, can crawl and pull up to standing and obviously has no sense on danger Will we have fun or will I spend the entire time trying to restrain dd?? What do you think? Anyone been brave enough to go on a boating holiday with a little one??

Personally I wouldn't go but that's because I had the worst holiday of my life on a boat on the Norfolk Broads! I just hated it, being penned in on a stupid little boat for days. I jumped ship three days early. But that's just me, I know a lot of people love it! More relevant to you is your baby and her safety, I really don't think you'd be able to relax.

a crawler is a nigthmare on a boat

too old to stay put in bouncy chair, too young to be interested in the experience of being on the boat, or to wear a lifejacket with grace.

say no thanks and go next year when she will love it

I don't think it is a good idea at all. We are big sailors and my dh says no to a sailing (or boating) holiday until children are old enough to know what danger is!

Mad.

Don't do it! Wait until your dd is old enough for you all to actually enjoy it.

Thanks guys, think I'll wait till next year

That will be a nightmare! I don't know if there are better designs but we have had a number of goes at life jackets and small children and they just don't work. DD had a life jacket on in Mexico and her arms were stuck out and she could not move her head and screamed and screamed and screamed.....