I don't know if I have a ton of moms reading, but I figured I'd put this post out there regardless. With the end of my pregnancy hanging over my head, I'm getting a little anxious. Not about labor, I'm not scared of that in any regard, but about being responsible for taking care of this little human for pretty much the rest of my life. More specifically, I think about this summer and how different it's going to be from last summer. BBQs, vacation, 4th of July picnics, summer birthday parties, etc.
From that list, vacations are the top of my list. The vacations that are already booked for August. Two vacations, one booked, one not. Back-to-back, 9 hours apart vacations.
The first is Ocean City, Maryland. I've been going here pretty much my whole life with my mom's family. This year, because my brother is graduating from high school, he got to pick the vacation. Initially, he wanted to go to Virginia Beach, but then my mom couldn't go the week we picked because of her job, so that was scrapped and I was a little bit relieved. VA Beach would be about 8 hours from home, and knowing that we'll have an, at most, 3 month old if she comes a two weeks early, or a 2 month old if she comes 2 weeks late, I wasn't quite comfortable going that far away. To compromise, we decided to go to OCMD again, and stay at a place we've already stayed at. I'm more comfortable with this because I know that we could break the trip up if the baby isn't so great in the car - it's 6-7 hours from home, but my aunt and cousin live about 3 hours from us, and 3 more hours to the beach. Ideally, we could go to their house the night before if the baby is terrible in the car and break up the trip. We didn't have to pay anything for the trip, my mom and aunt split the cost of the condo, and it's a familiar place with my family - people I'm more comfortable with.
The second vacation is with Mr. Skinny's family. To Vermont. Which is 8 hours away from home, and the week after OCMD - which ideally if the baby is good, we'd probably go right from Maryland to Vermont - a 9 -10 hour trip. Of course, all these times don't include baby stops, bathroom stops, nursing or diaper changing stops, etc. We have to pay for this trip and it's a new vacation spot. I've said for years I'd love to go on vacation with Mr. Skinny's family, and I would. I just feel like this year isn't the year for it.
It's not fair for me to say that we'll go with my family, and not Mr. Skinny's because they're both far away, but I can't help but think that this year isn't the year for two back to back trips. Let alone the fact that Mr. Skinny might be laid off and we wouldn't have the money at all. Also, we're not in the greatest of financial situations anyway right now, with us getting used to Mr. Skinny's check being the main one, and me quitting my job.
Anyways, sorry for the ramble, am I crazy to think that taking a 2-3 month old baby on vacation is realistic? I know that she could have colic, or other problems that wouldn't make it ideal, and we could always back out of vacation if we needed to. We knew going in that we'd have a baby and we'd have to see how it worked out. Honestly, my brother has had so many birthdays ruined because of something else, he's always been a good sport about it, but I would hate to take this away from him, too. This is his HS graduation present, and if it was any other year, we probably wouldn't go to be honest. Then to take another vacation the week after that one seems not to smart to me.
Moms: Would you take a 2-3 month old on vacation?
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