Post by ElizabethBennet on Jul 22, 2013 12:02:17 GMT -5
Assuming that your trust your parents entirely with your child and your child adores them, would you allow your parent to take your child on a vacation another state away? Your child is 2.5.
Depends how long. I would just worry about my kid at that age getting homesick and ruining grandparents fun. They would be fine for 2 or 3 nights though.
Post by Stingyshark on Jul 22, 2013 12:08:08 GMT -5
If they had had other successful overnights before - not necessarily out of town, but if they had stayed at the grandparents overnight without issue.
ETA: I just saw the 10 days. How far away? Would you be able to get your kid easily? I'm not a parent yet... so maybe I don't know anything - but I know my niece/nephew would never make it 10 days. They barely made it on vacation for 4 days and their Mom was there. (they are 9 &5)
Post by lilafowler on Jul 22, 2013 12:09:42 GMT -5
I am letting my parents take my daughter to Storyland next week for 3 days. Originally I was supposed to go along with them but they realized they needed someone to take care of the dog.
Probably. Ten days seems long but I bet in 2.5 years I could use a break. They live a few hours away so maybe it would be a chance for them to spend time with B to make up for the more frequent time they spend with their other grandkids. But who am I kidding, my parents would never go out of town for ten days. They don't like leaving their county.
Yes, but not for 10 days. I know my kid and after like 5 days she would be a hot mess and I wouldn't saddle my parents with that. When she was older and more in control of her emotions, no issue.
My parents want to take DD to Hawaii with them and they wanted to take her this year in August, she'll be 3 in November. DD goes to my moms daycare 3 days a week so it isn't a trust issue, I just wasn't ready for DD to be gone for a whole week yet and be so far away. Most likely I will let her go next summer with them.
My parents always went on one week-long vacation a year just the two of them since they adopted me and I stayed with relatives while they were OOT. I remember it being awesome and always looked forward to them going away. These trips started when I was about 2.
could a 2.5 year old really handle 10 days apart from mom and dad? I would think they would be an emotional wreck at that age. I don't know that I would do it for that long, but up to 3 days at that age would seem fine to me. *Disclaimer, my DS is 9 months old, so I have zero experience.