So, My DH has a big birthday next month and as a surprise I bought tickets to the 2016 British formula 1 GP back in July (he's a lifelong fan who's never been to a race yet). At the time, the dates for the race was wknd of 24th June.
My plan had been for me & DH to go, and for our DS1 and soon to-be-born DC2 to be looked after by a combination of my parents, DH's mum and DH's sister & BIL.
The dates have now shifted by 2 weeks to the 8-10th July. This means 2 thirds of my childcare options have been erased as DH's mum and his sister's family will be abroad. This would leave only my parents to look after both DC's for fri/sat/sun/mon am. This just seems like a long time with two young children and although I know my laid-back mum would say that is fine I don't think she would appreciate the reality of it. Especially as my dad is pretty useless at looking after young children so I just know it would be 90% on my mum with minimal help from my dad.
I was SO excited about having got the tickets (had been researching/planning it since Feb). Now I'm just stressed and don't know what to do about childcare!
Taking the DC's is not an option. The only thing I've come up with so far, to give my parents a break, is seeing if the nursery would take older DC on the Friday as a one-off.
DH knows nothing about all this (being a surprise present) so I have to sort it out alone for now. Only DH's mum is aware of the issue.
So, AIBU? If so, I am desperately seeking advice on how I can I sort this out??
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AIBU?
To leave my 3.5yo & 7m old with parents for 3 days??
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u32ng · 03/10/2015 22:27
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