9 hour road trip

lindseyshaw85

We are suppose to go to the Wisconsin dells to an Indoor water resort leaving on dec 20 coming home dec 27, I am due dec 6. I dont think it's a good idea for me or my newborn baby to go. Opinions?

Crystal7perry

Newborns are generally easy to travel with but heck no! I don't think I would go that far!

lindseyshaw85

My husband an in laws just say it will be ok she will sleep a lot and there will be a lot of people around to hold her so you can relax in winter wonderland and we will stop half way

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Annie&Raggy

Im making a 9 hour trip too around the same time. Im due the first. My SO is just gonna make sure we have lots of time to get there and we're just ginna take our time.

lindseyshaw85

I agree it is crazy

Eora3

A "water" resort? Like a water park? You won't be allowed to go swimming until you have stopped bleeding.

Plus I can't imagine having to pull over every hour or so to feed the baby (it is two hours from the beginning of one feed to the beginning of the next). Plus extra stops to change your enormous maxi pad and potentially change clothes from leaking boobs or blood.

Just nope.

SissynJitters

My family drove ten hours 13 days after I delivered DD.  DHs best friend was getting married.  The trip itself wasn't bad - we took our time and DD slept most of the way.  However, I couldn't even enjoy myself because I was so exhausted and still healing (I had a C-section).  I'm glad we were able to celebrate the day with everyone, but I'm definitely not traveling for awhile after this little one comes along.  

amedbery

lindseyshaw85 said:

My husband an in laws just say it will be ok she will sleep a lot and there will be a lot of people around to hold her so you can relax in winter wonderland and we will stop half way

There is 0 chance I'd be passing around my unvaccinated newborn to a bunch of random strangers in the middle of cold and flu season. Just me.

riansmommie

Until your cleared at 6 weeks PP you aren't supposed to take baths/soak in bodies of water. So I would say totally not worth it. I would hate to go and have to sit by and watch everyone have fun.

Serunatu

Being 9 hours away from home for a week would make me more uncomfortable than the drive itself.

Kmm1023

FYI indoor water parks are a cesspool of germs! Took DD there when she was three and we both came back with Streep throat! Yeah wouldn't take a newborn!

ebilbao

Nooooope.

Manateearmz

Hell to the no.

MrsNash37212

No way in hell would I do that, for many reasons and each one is good enough for a veto in my book. Your recovery, LO breastfeeding. What if LO is in a growth spurt? Turn that nursing every 2 hours into every hour. And most importantly, it is not good for babies to be in car seats for extended periods of time. And 9 hours is an extremely extended period of time.

CandEChicago

lindseyshaw85 said:

We are suppose to go to the Wisconsin dells to an Indoor water resort leaving on dec 20 coming home dec 27, I am due dec 6. I dont think it's a good idea for me or my newborn baby to go. Opinions?

lindseyshaw85 said:

My husband an in laws just say it will be ok she will sleep a lot and there will be a lot of people around to hold her so you can relax in winter wonderland and we will stop half way

lindseyshaw85 said:

I agree it is crazy

If you agree it is crazy then why are you asking us?

Manateearmz

CandEChicago said:

lindseyshaw85 said:

We are suppose to go to the Wisconsin dells to an Indoor water resort leaving on dec 20 coming home dec 27, I am due dec 6. I dont think it's a good idea for me or my newborn baby to go. Opinions?

lindseyshaw85 said:

My husband an in laws just say it will be ok she will sleep a lot and there will be a lot of people around to hold her so you can relax in winter wonderland and we will stop half way

lindseyshaw85 said:

I agree it is crazy

If you agree it is crazy then why are you asking us?

Maybe we have the power to alter peoples life choices?

I feel pretty badass if that's the case.

ColeyCannoli

So wait... your in-laws and your husband are all trying to convince you to take a brand new baby that will need to be fed every hour or two on a long 9 hour car ride (which would make up a significant portion of her life at that point) so that you can go to some indoor water park (?) with them even though you can't go swimming and will still be bleeding and sore. But it's okay cause they'll play pass-the-baby all day when you get there? When does that get fun?

Seriously, if you have any complications or your LO is born late or any number of issues with breastfeeding or postpartum bleeding come up... that trip would be miserable for you and possibly for baby. Reschedule for next year, the family can handle it.

mlee116

Personally, I'd rather cough up blood than do any of this.

And honestly, its pretty shitty and selfish of them to even expect you to do this.  Instead of recovering and relaxing from childbirth, you're supposed to be putting yourself and your nb at risk so that they can pass your kid around while they're taking breaks from having fun at a water park?  Um no.   

PacoCat33

I agree with others that it is a bad idea to go. If you need an excuse, my cousin just had a baby and the pediatrician told her to not take the baby out until the baby is 2 months b/c of all the viruses/flus/etc. going around. Even if our pediatrician doesn't say this, we plan to use this to get out of traveling for Christmas. 

AZMagnini14

I did an 8 hour road trip with my 3 week old last time around. It was so very easy. He slept almost the entire trip. I made sure to get up and walk every few hours per my doctors instructions because of clots. You will be fine. Easier at 3 weeks than 10 months! 

perfectlove09

AZMagnini14 said:

I did an 8 hour road trip with my 3 week old last time around. It was so very easy. He slept almost the entire trip. I made sure to get up and walk every few hours per my doctors instructions because of clots. You will be fine. Easier at 3 weeks than 10 months! 

Even if she "will be fine" on the car ride, based off of your one experience with doing this, what the heck is she supposed to do when she gets there?? There's no way she can get in the water bleeding like crazy, the baby can't get in the water, she justifiably doesn't want people holding her baby.... She'd be spending the entire time in the hotel, alone, caring for a newborn by herself. That sounds like tons of fun.

perfectlove09

perfectlove09 said:

AZMagnini14 said:

I did an 8 hour road trip with my 3 week old last time around. It was so very easy. He slept almost the entire trip. I made sure to get up and walk every few hours per my doctors instructions because of clots. You will be fine. Easier at 3 weeks than 10 months! 

Even if she "will be fine" on the car ride, based off of your one experience with doing this, what the heck is she supposed to do when she gets there?? There's no way she can get in the water bleeding like crazy, the baby can't get in the water, she justifiably doesn't want people holding her baby.... She'd be spending the entire time in the hotel, alone, caring for a newborn by herself. That sounds like tons of fun.

Oh and I'll add that not everyone's newborn sleeps all the time. Mine sure as hell didn't. And we've traveled around the world with her... 10 months was easier for us than I could ever imagine 3 weeks.

ColeyCannoli

perfectlove09 said:

I did an 8 hour road trip with my 3 week old last time around. It was so very easy. He slept almost the entire trip. I made sure to get up and walk every few hours per my doctors instructions because of clots. You will be fine. Easier at 3 weeks than 10 months! 

Even if she "will be fine" on the car ride, based off of your one experience with doing this, what the heck is she supposed to do when she gets there?? There's no way she can get in the water bleeding like crazy, the baby can't get in the water, she justifiably doesn't want people holding her baby.... She'd be spending the entire time in the hotel, alone, caring for a newborn by herself. That sounds like tons of fun.

Oh and I'll add that not everyone's newborn sleeps all the time. Mine sure as hell didn't. And we've traveled around the world with her... 10 months was easier for us than I could ever imagine 3 weeks.

Yeah... my sister made a 6hour drive (which was really more like 8 with all the stops) to stay with her inlaws when her baby was 2 weeks old. The baby screeched the whole way (it wasn't colic, she just hated the car for some reason). When she arrived, the grandparents gave them both naps in separate rooms.

But it's one thing to go to grandma's house or a private residence with people who will actually do things. It's another thing entirely to go to an indoor amusement part with a newborn. I just can't understand why they would ask the OP to do such a thing.