Holiday with a 3 year old and 4 month old

Looking for advice on how best to holiday with two little ones! We will be taking one pram which our baby will be in most of the time… our 3 year old still currently has an afternoon nap and on our last holiday he slept in the pram but it was obviously just him so no baby.

Has anyone gone away with two of similar ages, how did you manage the naps? Did 3 year old just sleep on the sunbeds?

Any other general tips welcome ☺️

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We have always taken our boy back to the room to nap / get away from midday sun - heat, and we chill on the balcony or one of us goes to do what we want. He has fallen asleep in the pram on holiday but generally always find the room better x

Same as Jade! We have an 18 month gap so slightly different but I think baby was like 6 months when we last went to Greece and definitely just took toddler back to the room to nap as baby wasn’t on a set schedule yet but he was. We also got the baby city jogger double which has been one of the best purchases I’ve made since having kids! We still use it almost daily - if toddler wants to walk I can stick my bag in the other side, and it’s easier to fold up and down than our single

We have a 17 month age gap, I take a double pram abroad with us so if eldest wants to nap and we are out he can, and if he wants to walk around an not go in the pram, then that’s also an option

We have 2 yr age gap. Took a wrap and buggy to Japan over Christmas. Baby napped mostly in the wrap and toddler is buggy when he fancied a nap

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