Have you ever gone on holiday without your child (toddler age)?
Im supposed to be going to Bali at the end of March for 2 weeks. Toby will be 19 months old by then. But i really dont feel that i can leave him for that long! The closer it gets, the more i feel like i cant do it.
Toby will be staying with my mum (who we live with at the moment anyway and have done since he was born). So he wont have any big changes in that side of things ie., being away from home for 2 weeks. This is also one of the reasons for the timing of the trip as we will be moving out next year.
My biggest fear is that he will think im not coming back! The thought of this breaks my heart.
Is it worth going away for just one week to Bali? I've been there before but it was 12 years ago!
Has anyone else been away from their child when they were that young?
I went to qld for 10 days when my girls were 2 and 5. To get them used to the idea we talked about it lots before it happened and stressed the coming back after 10 sleeps. they crossed the days off on the calendar while i was away. and i told them all the time i would bring back LOTS of presents for them! They were ok, and i had a ball. but i did miss them heaps.
I was away from DS (at about 18 months) but he was with DH and my parents. It was easier than I thought on my side although I did miss him a lot. I think it was helped by the fact that I didn't really have a choice in us being apart (why may differ for you if you are going on holiday) On his side he seemed fine but was rather clingy for a while afterwards. Being with people he was very close to obviously helped him and I haven't noticed any reduction in how close we are attached to one another (but of course some things may have effects that aren't noticed till later or may not be attributed to the original cause). He was unsettled for about a week afterwards but was also sick with a blocked nose etc so hard to know what it was from. He settled back down quickly once we were home again. Not sure I could do 2 weeks though. HTH
Can you not take Toby along? We are going away next March to Malaysia and we will be taking our 18 month old along. Like you, I think we would be stressing too much about her. Also we took her to Malaysia in Sept this year and she was so good. Would you consider taking Toby?
Have you ever gone on holiday without your child (toddler age)?
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