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leaving my son for the first time.

clanager03clanager03 member
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My fiancé and I are going on our honeymoon next week and we are leaving our 2 year old son behind for the first time. I have made copies of his health insurance card and left the hotel name and contact number. Is there anything else I should leave with my parents. 
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  • maryxc1maryxc1 member
    I always leave a couple pages of instructions (normal schedule, nap/bed time routine, food info, etc). If your parents are used to keeping him that might not be necessary.
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  • LSU628LSU628 member
    Ditto the letter giving permission to get medical help. Will someone different be picking your LO up from daycare or school? If so you will need a note there too. I'd also prob let the teacher know that you will be gone so if your LO acts out of sorts they will know why.
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  • eyenigheyenigh member
    edited May 2014
    Are you going somewhere where you'll be out of contact by cell phone? If not, I definitely wouldn't worry too much if you forget something little. Like others have said, definitely the medical authorization letter and if he goes to daycare, make sure that they know what's going on. Also, if your parents are like mine, go over how to use the car seat with them one more time if they don't use it often already. My mother is continuously confounded by the straps. I don't think the fact that this is your first time leaving him is a big deal or overly uncommon. If you don't have dependable people or family nearby who are available to do overnights, your options are pretty limited. For us, it would be way more work to try to find someone to watch my son than it would be to just have a quick getaway together. Our son travels well and we all have a good time. My husband and I still get plenty of alone time in the evenings and we often go out alone on the weekends. A honeymoon would be a different story but that's not an issue here!
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  • clanager03clanager03 member
    I have only left him with my parents a couple of times but only for a night we will be gone 7 days !!! I won't be able to call him but I do have FaceTime on our iPad and I checked with the hotel about wifi so that is covered. My grandmother is with him almost every day or every other day so naps snacks and those little things are already known. I am leaving my car with the carseat already in it with my parents so they do not even need to take it out of the car because they have done it once and the car seat moved all over the place it was not tight enough on the base. And probably leave the spare car seat in my grandparents car so there is zero need for them to moved into another car. 
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  • eyenigheyenigh member
    Regal Mama said:
    clanager03 said:
    I have only left him with my parents a couple of times but only for a night we will be gone 7 days !!! I won't be able to call him but I do have FaceTime on our iPad and I checked with the hotel about wifi so that is covered. My grandmother is with him almost every day or every other day so naps snacks and those little things are already known. I am leaving my car with the carseat already in it with my parents so they do not even need to take it out of the car because they have done it once and the car seat moved all over the place it was not tight enough on the base. And probably leave the spare car seat in my grandparents car so there is zero need for them to moved into another car. 
    Make sure they know how to use the car seat properly.  Show them and then watch them do it.  I assumed my parents knew what they were doing and I was horrified when I saw loose it was and they thought it was perfectly fine.
    Right. This is more what I meant, too.
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  • laurakaz13laurakaz13 member

    We did a Power of Attorney for my parents as we travel often and want them to be able to take care of DD if need be, in any situation.  Otherwise, just make sure they are set up on Skype.  That works for us. 

    DH and I travel quite a bit for both work and pleasure and have since DD was 9 weeks old, so we're used to separation.  You will be fine.  Enjoy it! 

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  • skibunny59skibunny59 member
    Nicb13 said:
    This is kind of weird because it's so vague. What kinda of things does your son need normally? Health insurance card and hotel info are good but I'm not sure what else you mean. It's also nuts that this is the first time you've left your 2 year old! Wow!
    Meh.  I don't think it's so weird.  We've left DD plenty of times overnight but my parents live 15 minutes away and they love having her.  I think it's weird when people have never left their 2 year old EVER but I think she means it's the first time leaving him overnight.  I think you misunderstood her post.  She is going away on her honeymoon which means she will be far away and be gone multiple nights.  
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    JENandJEH said:
    We've always left a signed note authorizing certain people to seek medical care for our kids in addition to the insurance card.  
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