Letters to the Editor
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Go On vacation and try it
I traveled a lot before my daughter was two, (free airfare)--I too liked being with her but was driven nuts at home alone with her--if we were in a different place, it forced me to go out and hike or go to museum, she in a backpack with me--sometimes people we stayed with cooked and drank a cocktail with me, and I didn't have to entertain or drive. She got used to different smells and different situations. But I'd do it for a couple weeks at a time. If no one is sea sick, I think it'd be great to do a kid friendly cruise. But I think these are breaks that allow work from home parents to be with their kids more when they are really young and when it's prime bonding time. For the main course, find a good preschool, one they'll eventually love going to. You might be bored, but the kids will be developing a stable base.
(By the way, my daughter didn't like Costa Rica--the smells and different language--until she got older.) I was afraid to take her to France because I noticed all the children there were really quiet in public. I asked a french man why this was, and he said "we wait until we are adults to have our temper tantrums."
Also I'm a single mom who makes a low salary, but I have a flexible work schedule and have figured out how to travel cheaply. (after she turned two it settled down quite a bit) and it set her up for a love a travel--she forgoes Christmas and birthday gifts for the summer vacation and I give her the choice.