Dumb question RE holidays

[loken11]

Hi!

This is a dumb question, but how do/did you manage holidays? My twins are 11 months old and are of course Into everything. I can only imagine come thanksgiving and Xmas they will be even more!

When you take your kids to a relative or friends homes who dont have small children, how to you do it? Do you find you have to bring a million things with you?

Is there a trick to make it more manageable? I forsee a lot of chasing in a house that's not child proofed

Thanks!

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We host the holidays at our house so this isn't an issue then, but, when we do visit family or others without a childproof home we basically have to have someone with the kids at all times.

This past weekend we had a family party at a relative's house with a pool and about a million ceramic items and other breakables. Luckily my MIL was helping with J and H and I each had one of the twins. I always pack books, small toys, and snacks.

To be honest, we usually only stay a couple of hours because it isn't very enjoyable lol. We can't ever really have a conversation with the adults because we are constantly wrangling a kid.

[loken11]

Sept 25, 2014 6:41:38 GMT -5 @awinter said:

We host the holidays at our house so this isn't an issue then, but, when we do visit family or others without a childproof home we basically have to have someone with the kids at all times.

This past weekend we had a family party at a relative's house with a pool and about a million ceramic items and other breakables. Luckily my MIL was helping with J and H and I each had one of the twins. I always pack books, small toys, and snacks.

To be honest, we usually only stay a couple of hours because it isn't very enjoyable lol. We can't ever really have a conversation with the adults because we are constantly wrangling a kid.

lol I can't imagine well last more than a couple of hours either!!

[loken11]

Sept 25, 2014 12:33:43 GMT -5 @cookiemonster03 said:

We usually travel with a small toy each and a couple of books. Luckily most places we go don't have a lot of knicknacks. We're pretty low maintenance w the kids though.

It's great you're low maintenance. How old are your kids? I really want to be low maintenance too. I know my anxiousness is way more than anyone else's around us about the kids. Haha. Any pointers?