We've done 5 nights when they were 2. I don't think we will do a full week until they are older and in school because triplets is a lot of work. I'm just grateful my parents will watch them but it's definitely limited.
We're hoping to do a just-us trip for our anniversary in April. DD will be 14 months then. I'm not sure if we'll do a week or more like a long weekend…probably the latter if she is still nursing and we're not ready to wean. But definitely 2-3+ nights.
We left DD for 1 night when she was 3 months. She's 7 months now and if the opportunity came up for us to go somewhere right now we'd take it.
We have a wedding on the other side of the country in July. We'll likely be gone around a week or so. DD will be 15 months and we are torn on whether or not we should take her with us.
Post by Velar Fricative on Nov 29, 2014 14:41:06 GMT -5
No idea. We did 3 nights earlier this month at 13 months, and a few overnights here and there over the last few months. We tentatively planned a trip to Prague next summer which would have been 5-7 days (our limit for vacations before we get antsy), but decided to postpone since we just bought a house and need to allocate money to house stuff.
I say if you have the means and a reliable caregiver, taking vacations sans kids is a good thing!
Both of us? Never, not more than 1 night in over a decade.
Seperately I have once when DD2 was 18mo and I felt pangs of regret over that for YEARS.... I also cold turkey weaned her that week & I really felt like it changed her personality...but I like to make up scenarios a in which I am to blame for everything.
I take the kids alone up to our vacation home every summer & they've gone weeks without DH. I feel like that's less of a deal for some reason. Probably because I SAH & they always see me 7+ hours a day & them not or barely seeing DH isn't unusual.
Post by leonard131 on Nov 29, 2014 18:45:55 GMT -5
We did 6 days in October when we went to London. He had just turned 2. We will also be going away in March for 7 days. I have done some work trips as well for a couple nights.
We would have gone away earlier without him but don't have childcare. We need to have our nanny stay with him which is a lot to ask and adds to the cost of any trip.