| Life changes a lot when a
little one comes along, sleepless nights, endless
diaper changes but lots of fun, laughter and daily
joys of the miracle of life. Many parents fear they
won’t travel like they used to but with good
planning there are many great countries to visit with
little ones. On a scale of 1-5 with one being
very poor for kids and 5 being excellent taking into
account, overall child friendliness of the country,
the standard of changing facilities, the ease of
public transport, availability of child friendly food
and child friendly restaurants and fun stuff for kids
to do. |
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Here’s a list of some of
our favorite places so far:
1. Italy
Coming in at number one:
Italy with 4.5/5 overall Italy is brilliant for small
children; we were there when our daughter was 7 months old.
The country has a great love for family and babies from the
young to Grandma and Granddad’s. The Italians are more than
happy to assist with getting strollers up and down stairs,
getting a high chair in a restaurant and finding food for your
little one to eat. The only downside s in most Ancient
European cities, baby-changing facilities can be hard in the
older buildings.
2. France
France is a close second
with 4/5 again the French have a love of family and children,
its easy to find healthy and nutritious baby foods or snacks
for toddlers in the supermarkets, the TGV has excellent
changing facilities, however the older restaurants are not so
good. I also have to mention the French children’s clothing
stores are fabulous!
3. America
America 4/5 the strongest
point America has is its excellent availability of baby
changing facilities, high chairs in restaurants and
children’s museums and Parks.
4. United Kingdom
The UK again would come
pretty highly recommended, with good changing facilities and
accessibility of healthy kids foods, I was particularly
impressed with the services provided to heat food in Service
stations while traveling.
5. Japan
Japan would be 3.5/5 older
establishments do not have great facilities and my Japanese
friend informed me that often small babies stay home more,
however there are excellent parks and families try to take
their little ones at least once a day.
6. Costa Rica
Costa Rica 3/5 this is a
developing country but its well run, with good places to eat
and clean restrooms and with a decent budget for hotel, could
be a great family holiday complete with some of the best
wildlife in the World.
7. India
India 2.5/5, the biggest
downside to India would be accessibility of clean places to
change a baby and due to the population and state of many city
streets difficult to navigate with a stroller. My Indian
family states that small babies and toddlers would rarely
travel or leave the house. However it is a family orientated
culture and folks love children, and your kid would get a rich
cultural experience going there.
Wherever you decide to
travel have fun and be flexible if needed find a quiet street
to change your little one, pack snacks from home and enjoy the
adventure.
