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What's the longest you and DH have left your kids?
DH and I are going to Vegas for 3 nights this weekend. I'm excited, but nervous. I am admittedly a control freak when it comes to my kids. Which is exactly why I think this is a good thing for me, and my boys. My parents will be watching them, so I know they'll be in good hands, I just hope they don't wear my parents out too much! lol
It's not the first time we've left the kids (we've left the older one for 3 nights before his little brother came along), but this time feels the hardest. They're 4 and 16 months.
Anyway, just got me wondering - what's the longest you and DH have left your kids? Was it hard for you, or did you absolutely love it? Or a little of both? : )
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Re: What's the longest you and DH have left your kids?
I left them for 2 nights for a girls' weekend in Chicago in the fall. But they were with DH. Both of us leaving them with grandparents, only one night.
DS (who is almost 5) is going to spend 5 nights with Nana next week (in FL, we're in MD - I'm flying him down there). That's the longest.
10 days for DD when she was 12 months, and again at 3.5 for almost 2 weeks. DS for 4 days. I don't love it or hate it. It was nice the 1st time to leave DD and DH and I have a nice vacation and go to a wedding. Taking DD along would have made it much harder and not very fun.
The second time, I took DS to San Fran and my mom kept DD. It would have been a lot more work to take DD and expensive (DS was free). I would have enjoyed having her along, but it would have been too hard for me with my neck injury and I went out there for medical care, so harder during the treatments.
DS spent two weeks with my parents when he was 6 years old.
We've never left DD overnight. Would you like to take her?
dh and i went to a wedding for two nights last memorial day. my 13 mon dd was still nursing, so it was a big deal. it worked...she continued nursing after we returned. then one other night for a wedding late last summer. so three nights total in 3 years. we are leaving Thursday for Florida without them for 5 days...i am totally freakin' out now that it's close. my 3 yr old doesn't seem to care (told me she will take care of her sister), but my 2 yr old didnt eat for 5 hours when left wtih a sitter this weekend (her sister was with us and i think that was the real problem).
let's hope the army of people coming to watch them will distract them! have fun in vegas!
DD we've left for a week. Since DS was born, we've done a couple of long weekends (so 3 nights I think?).
When we left DD (she was 14 mo.) - the first couple of days were really hard, then it was fine. Leaving DS for the first time was rough too, but did a better job of managing my crying than I did with DD :-)
You will have fun! Enjoy your time away. We all need a little R&R from the kiddos now and then.
Christmas 2011
We only left DD#1 for 3 nights once when she was 14 months old. She stayed with my parents and did great. We haven't been away since, and now we have DD#2.
To answer your questions, no, it wasn't hard for me and I did love it. At first I was apprehensive but it was only 3 days--at that age she didn't even miss us. I'm sure it woud be different now with them 4 and 2. And as for now, I would kill to get away for a couple of days. My parents haven't offered to keep them overnight even once with us in town, so I don't think they feel comfortable yet. A few of my friends have gone away recently sans kids and I'm completely jealous. Not that I don't love my kids, but the thought of just me and DH alone for even just 24 hours sounds heavenly.
DS - 1 night when I delivered DD and was in the hospital.
DD - never.
We are going to leave them one night with grandparents next week!
4 nights/5 days Joe and I went to FL when Cam was 10 months old and Joey was almost three.
I have a horrible memory....but I think that is the longest we have ever left them. I have zero issue with leaving them for that long...I think I could do a week even. But more than that and I would start to get jittery/homesick. But that's not necessarily b/c of them....I get homesick in general when I go on vacation for longer than 7 days. I feel out of place when I haven't balanced my checkbook in that long!
We left DD with my parents for 6 days right before her 3rd birthday. We'd left her for a couple of overnights prior to that, but that was it. I can already tell I'm going to be more laid back about it with DS (and he's a more laid back kid in general).
I'm a bit of a control freak, too and I left a LONG list of stuff for my Mom. She actually appreciated it.