Travel with 16 month alone on train tips

[Sunshine1991]

Tomorrow me and dd are going up north by train alone any tips am getting scared now

What are you scared of?

Dd screaming its her new thing at the moment se won't be happy about being on my knee for a while aswell

Do this regularly. Take plenty of toys and food; you'll be fine. Sit in the carriage closest to the disabled loo, which will have a baby change in it. If your toddler wails badly enough to annoy other passengers (very unlikely IME), take him/her out into the vestibule area until they calm down.

Most people on trains are surprisingly nice and helpful when it comes to small children.

No need to be scared at all!

Ok - I have teens so no helpful information for when you're on the train. But in case you're scared of the logistics of getting in and off with buggy and stuff, people on the carriage and platform will help you.

I found going first class helped as you had more room to walk around. I also used to take a bag with stickers, play doh and lots of touchy feely stuff that she'd not seen before such as tangled wool, pasta shapes, bottle tops. I didn't bring everything out at once but waited until she was bored with one before I produced another.

Plenty of food too. How long is your journey. The longest I did was 3 hours to London. I was exhausted by the time I got there!! But my daughter was pretty full on. I think my son would have been a different story.

It will be fine.

Plenty of drinks, snacks, paper, crayons and books (not noisy toys or anything too messy, they piss everyone off), if you have changes to make then have everything organised in such a way that it is easy to carry, but still get at the things you need, I usually have snacks and toys in a carrier bag (with a spare for rubbish) then my clothes etc in a rucksack or wheelie case depending on how long we are going. With the snacks and books (and nappies) you are better to take too many than not enough so over pack.

I second sitting near the toilet if you can, it gives somewhere to walk to for a change of scene if your dc is getting grumpy as well as being handy for nappy changes etc.

I regularly do 10 hour train trips (then a 2 hour bus trip) with 4dc the first couple of times were nerve wracking, but as long as you are organised you will be fine.

How did you get on op?

Fine she fell asleep mainly going but coming back she pretty much screamed apart from when I was walking up and down with her but I didn't mind to much thanks all for tips .