feeling like a bad mom- re- vacation

triplea1819 · January 2010

DH and I booked a 7 night cruise. it is in the middle easy, UAE, Oman, and Bahrain.

The problem I am having now is that we will be gone for 10 days and 9 night!! urgh, that is a LONG time to be away from DS. He will be with my mom and dad, I know he will be safe, and happy. Our dog will be with him as well. but the phone calls will be sporadic due to the time difference and the countries we are. There will be email on the boat, so my mom can email me updates, but not a lot of phone calls.

I am really nervous he is going to be mad when we get back..

This is really DH and my last chance to go on a cruise like this. My parents just retired and still lives kinda close, 2 hours. But they are selling their house and will move to Florida. at that point we really have no over night babysitters..

How long have you left your child before? Our longest was 4 nights before.

brightning · January 2010

I've never left DD overnight. Not that I haven't wanted to, we just haven't had an occasion. Our families are all OOT and so she comes with us everywhere.

Could you pre-record some videos for your DS and your parents could play them for him? You could even record reading some bedtime stories, etc.

sshep · January 2010

brightning:

I've never left DD overnight. Not that I haven't wanted to, we just haven't had an occasion. Our families are all OOT and so she comes with us everywhere.

Ditto, and now that there are three of them I can't imagine we will be leaving overnight for a LONG time to come!

Happy2beMrsT · January 2010

Wow, sounds like a fun trip!

I've never been away from DD for more that 24 hours. We're leaving in 2 weeks for 5 day trip without her. I'm really nervous about it even though I know we'll have a great time.

Have a great time and try not to worry. He'll be fine!!

triplea1819 · January 2010

that is a good idea. hmm, I wonder if we have a voice recorder someplace.. no video camera, so that is not an option, besides the fact my parents do not own a DVD player or are technical enough to run the video camera!!!

Thanks for the idea!!!

triplea1819 · January 2010

just wanted to say, just remember my phone records video!! and I can email it to my mom to play on the computer. So I can record something for every day!!!

WOW, I am really surprised at the we have never left over night... now I really feel like a bad mom, because we left DS at 11 weeks to go to my best friends wedding and my parents took care of him!!!

Mrs Manners · January 2010

That sounds like an awesome trip! Don't be nervous...you're going to have a blast and they are going to have so much fun with your parents. We went to Costa Rica for 7 days in March and didn't call at all. My parents emailed once per day and sent pictures every other day. It was great to hear from them and know that he was ok...but we were too busy (and they were too) to be sitting around waiting on phone calls. We've planned another trip to Cabo this March and I know he's going to have a blast with my parents again. Have fun on your trip!

punkfiction_v.3 · January 2010

we did a cruise that long. twice. (first time we only had aidan). my kids had a blast with my parents. i didnt even think twice about it, to be honest.

brightning · January 2010

I wanted to add how completely awesome your trip sounds! Enjoy yourselves!!

punkfiction_v.3 · January 2010

triplea1819:
that is a good idea. hmm, I wonder if we have a voice recorder someplace.. no video camera, so that is not an option, besides the fact my parents do not own a DVD player or are technical enough to run the video camera!!!

Thanks for the idea!!!

ok i think that would be a horrible idea. and make your ds upset. at least it would with aidan. she would not like that at all.

jnksmom · January 2010

punkfiction_v.3:
triplea1819:
that is a good idea. hmm, I wonder if we have a voice recorder someplace.. no video camera, so that is not an option, besides the fact my parents do not own a DVD player or are technical enough to run the video camera!!!

Thanks for the idea!!!
ok i think that would be a horrible idea. and make your ds upset. at least it would with aidan. she would not like that at all.

I think it depends on the child. My DS would not care at all if I left him my mom and dad for 2 weeks but he would also like the videos. But the videos would upset my DD and make it harder on her.

jnksmom · January 2010

And to reply to the OP...Have fun on your trip. It sounds awesome. I am sure your DS will be fine. We went to Vegas last summer for DH's work and left DS with my parents for 8 days. I think it was harder on me than it was him. We live 5 hours from my parents and he asks all the time to go to Gram's house. I think he could go for a few weeks and be perfectly fine. We have left DD with my parents for 3 nights 2 times and she did okay too.

yellalakes · January 2010

triplea1819:

now I really feel like a bad mom, because we left DS at 11 weeks to go to my best friends wedding and my parents took care of him!!!

Don't feel bad. We left ds when he was like 5 months old so we could go on our honeymoon...to disneyland. hahaha

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