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June 9, 2009 at 11:11 pm #62858

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DH decided to take me to Cape Cod for our wedding anniversary next weekend and since the day he’s told me about his plans, I’ve been a nervous wreck. I’ve never left them for 2 nights in a row with my or his parents (other than the time when I had Ilan and Ariella stayed with my inlaws). How are they going to do without me? Will they sleep/eat and generally be ok? Ugh…I seriously need to relax and enjoy my first time away since our honeymoon and I’m afraid all I’ll do is worry about them!! That’s no fun 🙁

June 11, 2009 at 9:22 pm #62878

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easy for me to say you’ll be fine, or, better yet the KIDS will be fine…

we left our kids for the first time (!), also for two nights, just this past may (and ours are almost 6 & 3) and it was FINE. to be honest, they did AMAZINGLY! it was ME who was nervous! but after trying to talk to jonah on the phone and he didn’t even WANT to, then I knew he was having the time of his life, lol….they will eat, they will sleep AND if they don’t, well, not your problem, LOL!!! they’ll be more than fine! again, easy for me to say but really we just went through this…

June 11, 2009 at 10:16 pm #62879

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Laura, I’m sure they’ll do great since grandparents let them do whatever they want 😉 I’m more worried about my parents since they’re staying with Ilan (Ariella’s staying with the inlaws) and he’s a TERRIBLE sleeper. He wakes up every 2-3 hours and can be exhausting during the day 🙁 I hope he behaves!

June 12, 2009 at 7:16 am #62882

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I bet he’ll surprise you- like how when you bring them to the doctor’s and they’re angels

June 12, 2009 at 1:37 pm #62885

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i feel you!!! 😉

i have a wedding coming up next weekend that i am in.. so rehearsal dinner.. one night wedding the next day and night. so my parents and inlaws are watching both. and i am soooooo nervous about leaving the baby!! mostly due to her reflux and eating issues. no one else can ever seem to feed her! then she cries cuz she is hungry .. and wont sleep. its a mess! and i have anxiety about it.

so.. anyhow… no advice. but your fear is greatly shared 😉

June 16, 2009 at 10:52 pm #62972

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Good luck to you and to us! Hopefully, we won’t hear too much complaining. Have fun at the wedding.

June 25, 2009 at 5:46 am #63041

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I think your kids may surprise you! We left Dagney when she was 9 months old for 3 nights (we went to Vegas for a friend’s wedding). We left the latest flight on Friday and came back on the earliest on Monday. She did GREAT–she stayed with my in-laws, but my sister also took her for the day on Saturday. THey had her so exhausted that she passed out and didn’t evenwant her bedtime bottle! WE, on the other hand, only ended up getting about 3 hours sleep each night due to the time change and our nervousness (we can’t blame this on Vegas!). I wish we’d left her a few more times, because now we’ll have 2, and it’ll be a while again before we can do that. Have fun!

July 2, 2009 at 10:34 pm #63193

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Update: the getaway was great! We needed it BADLY and I’m glad DH insisted we go. Ilan was himself and didn’t sleep nights. Ariella did somewhat better than Ilan. Nobody was hurt in the process 🙂

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July 3, 2009 at 9:37 am #63196

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yay!!!!
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