This trip was a disaster!

gitiggr · December 2012

I'm so irritated! DH, DS and I flew to the northeast to see my family for Xmas. My parents are the only ones who've seen DS in person, but not since the day after he was born. So we get to my parents' house where we'll be staying. My stepmom is sick but says she's on the tail end of it. So I decide to let her hold DS on Xmas eve.

DS is usually a really chill baby, but traveling really threw a kink in that, which is understandable. We've spent the past few months slowly working on LO's sleep so now he's able to fall asleep on his own in his crib. Well not anymore. I've been having to nurse him to sleep for everything since we got here last Saturday. I'll do what I can to make sure he gets the sleep he needs, but now I'm worried about when we get home.

DH flew back on Wednesday cuz he had to work. So DS is teething hard now, routine's all jacked, and now in the middle of a growth spurt. Oh and now he's full on sick. Turns out my SM has bronchitis!

The worst part about it is 2 months ago I changed my flight so we wouldn't go back home until this Sunday, otherwise we'd be home with dh. I did that cuz my sis is due with her 2nd LO on the 2nd. I was hoping to be here to meet the little guy. Well she had him this morning : but now I can't even go meet him cuz poor DS.

So not looking forward to Sunday's flight alone with my poor boy. This is his first time being sick and I don't even know how to help.

Ok vent over.

ETA: my sis gave birth in a birthing center, so she'll be heading back to their house soon. It's 40 min away from here, so I can't leave DS with my parents and go over there cuz a: he's nursing more often due to the growth spurt and b: he doesn't even wanna leave my arms.

Samiantha101 · December 2012

That really sucks. I would suggest pumping and going to see the new LO anyhow. From the sounds of it, there may not be another chance for awhile.

We've been living a crazy lifestyle for the last two months. We were without any of our stuff, including our crib, lived in a hotel for 10 days, got on a plane and flew 3000 miles, stayed in another hotel, got on a another plane and stayed in another hotel, got on a train for two days, stayed in another hotel for ten days, moved into our new home with no stuff, and now we're readjusting. We are in a different time zone even. My baby is readjusting.

Yours will too! Don't do something you'll regret because you're upset.

mylittlesunshine · December 2012

That stinks that your baby got sick! But, it happens. He will get sick again and it might be from going with you somewhere like the grocery store or from your or your DH. Try not to be too upset with your SM.

As far as sleeping goes, travel can really mess with a lo, add that to the fact that he isn't feeling good. While we haven't travelled anywhere, DD2 got an ear infection over Christmas and her sleep is all out of sorts. I too would put her to bed awake and for the most part she would drift to sleep. With the ear infection she was miserable and I thought for everyones sake, I would nurse her to sleep. We are just not starting to not do that and she is adjusting back ok.

The good news, is that once he gets over what he has, he might go back to how he was before and be easy to put back down.

I agree with the pp, in that you should pump and go see the new baby!

ETA: Since you haven't gotten home yet, when you do get home, just go about your old routine you had when you were home. So no more nursing to sleep. When we have travelled with DD1 we made "exceptions" for how bedtime routine was done, but once we got home, it was back to businesses and that is how she adjusted quickly back to her old routine. 9 times out of 10, getting back into her old routine was never an issue once we got home.

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