Need Input: Thinking of Taking a Short Trip with My Bios before Baby Arrives
What are your thoughts on this? I'd like to try and take a trip about 2 hours from my home with my three kids ages 12, 10 and 9 about a month prior to my due date. Just a little beach trip to hang with them alone before the new baby comes.
SS13 will be with his mom and DH will be working. I'll be on maternity leave and kids will be on summer break.
I know my husband will worry about me being far away, pregnant and alone with the kids - just in case something happens. He'll miss me too, but I'm sure he's a big boy and will be able to handle himself for 2 days without me.
Is this selfish? Ok?
On another note, this is the first summer that SS13 is supposed to do two weeks on/off with his mom. DH mentioned that we should make sure to include him / schedule any camping trips, etc during times when SS13 is with us. My thought is that I'll plan what I can and some of it may fall into the time that SS is home and some of the trips may not. Any thoughts on this?
We both feel strongly that we are a family and try to promote strong bonds between all the kids (and us).
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I think your trip away sounds
I think your trip away sounds fine...just check with your Dr to make sure that there are no signs of early labor.
As for the summer....I think you should plan stuff for the weeks SS is there and also on the weeks that SS isn't. Its not fair to your own kids to have to put their own lives on hold waiting on SS.....who isn't sitting around waiting on them. He's off having a great time with his mother. Its nice to foster those relationships and a feeling like all the kids are family....but the reality is that its not a regularly nuclear family. SS leaves and life has to go on when he's not there. You dh and your kids deserve a nice summer just as much as SS.
NOT selfish at all and I
NOT selfish at all and I think it would be a great idea as long as you have a healthy pregnancy! I'd do it if I were in your shoes.
Just have a good backup plan in case anything happens (early labor, etc) and pack your kids and go!