My DH got home and I talked to him about it:

He said that everything I do is fantastic and that DS spends sooooo much time with me that the "shock" of being somewhere completely new without his mummy probably came across as "high maintenance". I would have thought they would be able to understand that though.

DH, says that even the time he spends with DS is minimal compared to the amount of time I have with him. I am his primary carer, 24hrs a day - love always on tap.

What a great DH. I am not going to stop "molly coddling" my little baby, he is mine, and I will be back at work next year, so I am "drinking every moment with him".

Unfortunately, Caro, I live in a small town and the other options are non-exitant....... unfortunate, but true. My parents live in the same town, but I don't want to tie them down to my baby - they've had their children.