to go to the hotel early?

[NellyBluth]

This weekend I've off to a wedding without DP and DD (6mo), but with friends. I'm staying over in the hotel and my parents have DD, DP is working nights. GPs adore DD and are really good with her, she's never had a problem settling at night, and she's very happy with the GPs.

I could leave late Saturday afternoon and still be ready for the wedding on time - won't be back until Sunday afternoon, after all. However, I could also leave on Saturday lunchtime, check in early, and have a few hours on my own with a swimming pool, a sauna, and a book in the bar with a glass of wine...

WIBU to leave DD a few hours earlier? Can't decide if I should embrace the chance to recharge my batteries, or whether I'm being bad to leave her for longer than I actually have to!

go to the hotel early and enjoy yourself.

good god woman.. leave early!!!!

besides, you never know how bad the traffic might be...

OMG why are you even asking...........

DO iT

really, just do it

enjoy

For goodness sake you're not leaving her in a lion pit. Go early and enjoy yourself.

embrace the chance and have a ball!!! wont get this chance for a while. dd is being spolied and well looked after. go for it.

Go early and relax!

If you don't, I will!

Go!

I'd go .. but check in advance that you can check in early (tried to do this once and wasn't allowed in).

Do it!

Heh, nosleep, I think I'm mainly questioning myself now as when I mentioned to other friends who are going, who have a DS six weeks younger than DD, they were really surprised that I was leaving DD hours before I had to - made me worry I was being terrible to leave DD for a good 24 hours! I seem to be surrounded in RL by mums who haven't even left their baby's for an hour or two

either they've never had the opportunity and are so green with envy that they're rubbishing your choices or they're lying.

or maybe they just don't want to leave their DCs but that doesn't mean that it's wrong to do it.

Bloody hell, I'd try and go the night before never mind just a few hours early!! I have no children so it's easy for me to say this however

I seriously don't know anyone in RL who'd react like your friends though. All of my friends would not hesitate in having the extra time to themselves, and most of them would try and go the night before too

Go early but your room might not be ready.

Go and enjoy the chance to chill!

If your Dd will be happy with her GPs then go for goodness sake!

I wouldn't hesitate. She's going to be well cared for and you know she settles well.

Go and have a lovely relaxing few hours, maybe book a spa treatment if available, then you'll be ready to enjoy the wedding instead of being frazzled.

Have fun!

Your friends may have a baby who doesn't settle well without them (mine never would until over 2!), which is probably the reason for their comments.

Go early! and if your room is not ready, ask if they have a room set aside for early guests to get ready in (I drove to a wedding down the country 2 yrs ago and check in time was 1pm, ceremony was 2pm a half hour's drive away. The hotel set aside a room and about 5 different women used it to shower and dress, very handy - otherwise I would have been at the church in me trackies!)

So you could go down, have lunch, get showered and changed, and then put your bag in your room and go socialise with the other guests in your nice frock!

I'm not sure why you had to ask this!! Enjoy yourself!

I wont tell...

Do it!

"A few hours on my own with a swimming pool, a sauna, and a book in the bar with a glass of wine.." sounds like heaven. And if the others cant do it, then thats their call but I certainly would. When you have children and get the opportunity to have me time then grab it !!

I'd be going on Friday night!

Seriously, though, go early and enjoy some quality "me" time. :)

Yes, mishy, I hadn't thought of that - I know I'm lucky DD is happy to settle with other people so I tend to forget that other mums aren't in this position.

I guess because I find it quite easy to leave DD, I have done before, and my initial thought here was blatantly "ooh, I can go early the have some 'me' time" I suddenly got a bit worried when someone else (who I thought would be doing the same thing, but isn't) questioned me. Sad to be bothered by it, I know, but there you go