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Non Clicky: WWYD-DH traveling to Europe
So DH just found out he is going to Europe for a week. I have never been and really want to go so, what would you do?
A. Just let DH go and stay here with kids
B. Take all the kids(22 hour flight with a 4, 2 and 11mt old)
C. Leave the older two with grandparents and just take the baby
(I'm still nursing him and just don't want to leave him)
I really want to go. I've never been to Europe and it just seems like the perfect excuse to go.
ETA: sorry about the formatting, I am on my phone and I am pretty computer illiterate so I have to idea how to fix it.
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Re: Non Clicky: WWYD-DH traveling to Europe
Definitely C.
Where in Europe?
Yep. And I only say that because I would loathe to fly that long with 3 small kids. And this way, you can sort of get "the lay of the land", and be better prepared to plan a family trip in the future when everyone's a little bit older. That's what I would do, anyway.
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We left the girls with my folks for 6 days in July when we went to St Lucia. I didnt want to leave them again so soon.
Honestly, I wouldn't go, if it were me. I loathe long flights--the only thing that could make it worse is having to care for young children and I feel like the time change would be really hard on my child if we're only there for a week. However, I'm kind of a homebody like that and I'm sure lots of people could go, take an 11 month old, and have a great time. It would be especially doable if you have a super flexible, sleep anywhere kind of a kid (I don't). If voting between B and C, I'd definitely do C.
I definitely want to take our kids to Europe-I went for 2.5 weeks in high school and it was awesome-but I'll wait til they're old enough to appreciate/remember it.
A 1 hour trip through Natural Bridge Caverns with the girls definitely sealed the deal for me. They were not yet capable of listening, looking or really doing anything other than just running from point A to point B. Hence, I didn't enjoy most the tour or even look up all that often either. I was just making sure they weren't going to kill themselves. I imagine the same would happen in the busy streets of Europe.
Do all your kids have passports already? Because I looked into doing that within 4 weeks and it's kind of a nightmare. FWIW though, DH is a manager and he's sending one of his single employees in his place. At least that's the plan. He mentioned the other day he may still have to go on his own =( Which would suck but I'm not going to put myself and my kids through hell so DH isn't lonely.
Take the baby.
We've been traveling to Sweden with H since he was under a year. It's not bad at all. And they never ask you to go through the naked machine when you havea munchkin
Since it's your first time, I said just take the little one, otherwise, I'd bring them all. It would be wonderful
With all due respect I think you're delusional
But you're a lot more well traveled than I am so maybe the whole process is just less intimidating than it is for me. Flying to Buffalo NY was almost more than I could handle.
Right now I am leaning towards just taking the baby. However, by no means is he an easy baby, he won't sleep anywhere but his crib. With that being said, he is more than content to just sit on my lab and snuggle.
I would never have even considered doing this with my first or even second child but after my third, I tend to be much more laid back and not overly concerned about schedules and what not like I was with my other 2.
I figure he is still nursing so if all else fails then I can just put him on the boob and hope that he will fall asleep... Of course, all this could backfire and I could be stuck with a screaming baby. But, I know he will be fine when we get there, it's really just the plane ride that I am worried about. Although, a week in Europe might be just what I need to forget about a miserable plane ride!
Option A is not even an option
I'm leaning strongly towards C as well. The older kids are still too young to enjoy and appreciate it. And, as you said, you're a pro so taking the baby won't be bad. I get the impression that you're laid back enough to enjoy the trip even if the baby has sleeping issues. I'd go in a heartbeat with mine!
I'd do Option B only if: Your husband could be really hands on and help with the older kids, and you know your kids well enough to know that they'd be well behaved (i.e. easy for y'all so you could still enjoy everything) and they would have a good time (cause you know, at that age some kids just would be shell shocked and have a hard time).
HAVE FUN!!