Would you travel overseas with a 4 week old?

femmegem

DH will have to work on an excavation in Israel starting around a month after this next one is born. I'd love to go along, but is this crazy? Otherwise I'll be home alone for a month with a toddler and a newborn. Oy.

Zenya

I would!

eta: I would only go b/c it's something anonymous . I wouldn't travel in any other capacity.  Like if you told me I had to travel to see my family or something I'd be horrified.  But to just go and be invisible for a month sounds blissful to me.

isabella22

No, I don't think I would.  I thought you weren't suppose to fly until they were 6 weeks old?  I would definitely do it at 8 weeks, but I would worry about it that young.

veloelle

I would travel w/ a newborn, but probably not 4 weeks. No real rational reason, but I'd probably wait until the baby was just a little older. We are thinking about doing an oversees trip when #2 would be about 3 months old.

W&J'sMommy

I don't think I would, only b/c of the flight, I'd be really afraid of what the kids would get illness wise and getting them treatment if necessary in a foreign country.  But I'd be really tempted!

femmegem

The hospitals there are awesome, so that's not a worry. But I might have to ask our pediatrician about illness risks, etc. from being on the plane. Hmmm.

GreenEggs&Ham

no, i wouldnt have a newborn in a foreign country where I didnt know my Dr, location of everything, etc etc

i am too chicken shitt

stacynikki

Yes, I would!  Newborns are super easy to travel with.  I would ask my pedi first about being only 4 weeks but if I got the okay from the pedi I would absolutely go!

Rose.9.6.03

I would, as long as I was going to be at the destination for a substantial amount of time to make the time adjustment worth my while. 

Bellisimo

I was going to say "Sure" but then I thought about the baby not being vaccinated and being so young.  We vax so it's something I would think about. 

butterbeansmama

I absolutely would! What a wonderful trip.

noonecarewhoiam

What if your baby isn't born on the due date, but 10 days later? What if there are complications and your child has to remain in the hospital? I think there are too many variables to make a set-in-stone plan. Personally, I'd talk to my doctors (OB and ped) and see what they say. Then I'd make tentative plans, knowing that things may not work out.