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Would you be ok with Dh taking dc on a flight for the first time

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Tomisstheolddays · 05/06/2024 11:53

Without you, for 3 days, my dc is 5, never flown before, never been away from each other overnight.
I’m not sure about it

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Tomisstheolddays · 05/06/2024 13:55

@MaryFuckingFerguson Why? We don’t live near family, I’ve been for girls nights and back around 3, but she’s asleep and sees me in the morning

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MaryFuckingFerguson · 05/06/2024 13:29

Of course! I’d enjoy the time to myself.

I am amazed you’ve never had a night away from her in 5 years!

bluetopazlove · 05/06/2024 13:07

I think there were men that took their children on the Titanic alone , that didn't end well .But they can manage . Women are not mythical creatures . I wish they were but they're not. Alas they're not or the ship wouldn't be such a disaster .

Lastandfirst · 05/06/2024 13:02

Yes but I wouldn’t be worried my dh couldn’t cope. I would just miss them.
if she’s going to family there are people who will love and help look after her. She’ll love the attention.

FaceTime and call x

Enjoy this time in your early pregnancy. Rest, relax and eat well.
I hope all goes well xxx

ItsFuckingBoringFeedingEveryoneUntilYouDie · 05/06/2024 13:01

As others have said, miss yes, worry no.
I had to go back to work in a job that requires travel when my boys were both babies. I was the other side of the Atlantic by the time the first was 6 months old, and snowed into a European country when the second was 7 months old. I missed them both horribly, but had every confidence that they would be fine with their father. So for me, it is unusual that by age 5 you have never had a night away from her. Not wrong, but unusual.

As you are pregnant now, you may need to start 'separating' yourself a bit, for the longer term good of your family. To fully trust your H that he will look after her, and know how to calm her if she is upset for any reason.

OperationPushkin · 05/06/2024 12:58

She'll be with her dad. Why wouldn't she be O.K.?

In your shoes, of course I'd miss her. But that isn't a reason for her not to go.

Galliano · 05/06/2024 12:56

Flight - not a first I’d care about, in fact as small children are hard work on flights a bonus to miss that
First time apart for 3 days - can see you might be worried. I have 2 DC who would have been fine with this and one who struggled to be away from me. In fact she’s 22 now and still likes a high level of contact! You could do a trial run of shorter time/same country to acclimatise
Meeting husband’s family - I’d be a bit sad to miss out as it’s a big milestone but not worried unless I knew something averse about the family

MangshorJhol · 05/06/2024 12:56

Miss yes. But by this time I would have always been away on work for up to 2-3 nights and DH for longer. Has your DH been away from home? Presumably your DC has also been in school so isn't around you 24/7. As long as DH is competent I wouldn't worry at all. I might miss them, and the whole adventure but I wouldn't be worried. For the record DH first took DC1 on a flight without me at about 2 to see the parents (I was at a conference), and since then has taken one or both away without me.

Also 3 nights is not long- it's an extended weekend yes? For a little baby with no sense of time that might be long but not for a five year old.

Piddypigeon · 05/06/2024 12:55

I don't understand the question. Why wouldn't you (I assume he is their dad)? What an odd question.

W0tnow · 05/06/2024 12:54

She’ll have a lovely time. She’ll be fine. Congratulations on your pregnancy.

SpringleDingle · 05/06/2024 12:52

Why not, she is with her Dad? I am separated from my exH and he has been having our DD on his own in his new house since she was 7. I also used to travel for work from when DD was 2 and she stayed home with her Dad 2, 3 or even 5 nights. It was tough (single parenting is) but they survived and whilst pleased to see me back, my DD was never upset that I'd gone.

Edited to add that of course I miss her. I miss her now she is 13 as much, or maybe more, than I did when she was 3. I chat to her on the phone and hug her a lot when she gets back.

DJSteves · 05/06/2024 12:49

Tomisstheolddays · 05/06/2024 12:19

Would no one else be worried and miss their child 🙈maybe I have issues, I still see 5 as young to be away from me for that long in another country. If something happened I couldn’t be there
Its not another culture, I can’t go as I’m in the early stages of pregnancy after many losses, I don’t want to risk anything

Miss my child yes. Worried that are with a competent parent who is more than capable. No

CelesteCunningham · 05/06/2024 12:48

I wouldn't worry about the DC for a second if they were away with DH, he's their parent, same as me. Is your partner not very involved in the day to day parenting?

I took DD away by myself at 4 to visit family, her first flight. DH was slightly envious he was missing the excitement, but no other issues.

DelurkingAJ · 05/06/2024 12:44

Miss DC, of course. But I’d see this as the start of her being a little less dependent on you. Otherwise you’ll be the one whose DC can’t cope with a one night school residential in Y4 and she’ll miss out on so many things.

AuntieMarys · 05/06/2024 12:42

I'd relish the break! Dh took ds to Oz when he was 8. They had a blast

DappledThings · 05/06/2024 12:42

Would no one else be worried and miss their child 🙈maybe I have issues, I still see 5 as young to be away from me for that long in another country. If something happened I couldn’t be there
Worrying and missing are totally different things. I'd miss her, I wouldn't be worried. Nor would I send her away to another country with another family member but with her own dad of course it's fine

Shelby1981 · 05/06/2024 12:41

I would miss my child, sure, and tbh I'd probably also feel sad that I didn't get to be on their first flight with them - just to see their excitement etc! Not that I'd tell them that and spoil it for them. But worry, not really, DH is also his parent and capable?

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 05/06/2024 12:39

Tomisstheolddays · 05/06/2024 12:19

Would no one else be worried and miss their child 🙈maybe I have issues, I still see 5 as young to be away from me for that long in another country. If something happened I couldn’t be there
Its not another culture, I can’t go as I’m in the early stages of pregnancy after many losses, I don’t want to risk anything

My DC went with GPs to Italy for a week when youngest was 4.

Yes I missed them.
No I didn't worry as completely trust my parents.

FrenchandSaunders · 05/06/2024 12:39

As she hasn't spent a night away from you in 5 years I'd take it as a great opportunity to change that.

VeniceVentura · 05/06/2024 12:38

You're projecting your upset on not seeing DC for a few days onto her.

She'll be fine. Totally.

Don't make her miss out because you'll miss her.

CorylusAgain · 05/06/2024 12:33

Of course parents (fathers as well as mothers) miss their dc when they're away from them. And as you will be away from your dd for the first time I understand you may feel anxious.
I have been a single parent to my dd since her birth and she was 5 when she first stayed away from me. I was anxious before hand because it was an entirely unknown experience but it went brilliantly.
Your dd will be with her other parent. A parent she has lived with all her life. She will be fine.

SpringerFall · 05/06/2024 12:30

Tomisstheolddays · 05/06/2024 12:19

Would no one else be worried and miss their child 🙈maybe I have issues, I still see 5 as young to be away from me for that long in another country. If something happened I couldn’t be there
Its not another culture, I can’t go as I’m in the early stages of pregnancy after many losses, I don’t want to risk anything

Miss yes, worry no it's not about me

DreadPirateRobots · 05/06/2024 12:27

I'd miss my child, but I'd also enjoy the break. I wouldn't be worried because there would be nothing to be worried about.

DragonGypsyDoris · 05/06/2024 12:26

Think about your husband and daughter having a great time away. Stop making it about you.

LunaBunaD · 05/06/2024 12:26

I'd miss them of course, but I totally wouldn't stand in the way. It would be a me problem. I'd get over it.