To have a short holiday with just the children?

[whynowblowwind]

Without DH. He can't get away from work and child friendly holidays aren't really his thing - i like them :)

I was wondering about booking a short UK break for DS and I and my 2 month old DD. Obviously the baby wouldn't get much out of the break, but DS would and he's been great so I'd like to treat him a bit and let him explore the beach, eat too much ice cream, and so on.

Or is this odd?

I seem to read a lot on here about men who are unwilling to muck in and join in with family stuff –with their own children – and it makes me really and a bit .

Sorry for overuse of the faces ...

YANBU. Go on holiday and have a lovely time with the children.

How are things going in general, whynow?

I've always done this and LOVE our little trips away. Mine are older so nowadays we can be quite adventurous. There's something very nice about having some time away just you and the kids. I adore DH but I don't miss him on those weeks!

I hope your DH won't regret the times he didn't spend with the kids.

Not everybody likes the baby/toddler stage. However we have had the most fantastic time as a family. I've Took 1000's of photo which are on continues play in the dining room. We have memories of our time as a family which goes so flippin fast.

I think we are such a close family because of all the stuff we did together.

I understand not having the same amount of holidays but not really wanting to be on a kids holiday! He needs to get a grip before its too late.

DH ruins pictures anyway

I don't know really, Elk I guess it's much the same.

... But thank you for asking!!

flip - do you want another teenager to take away then

The sad thing is that DH and I used to regularly take groups of young teenagers away (similar to Scouting) and seemed to do it very successfully judging by the number of 'repeat requests' - but spending time with our own teenager ends in tears (mine - just had an awful afternoon trying to do something nice today).

Only

Some men choose to do other things with their dc though. Just because they aren't sharing a short break doesn't mean they are unwilling to join in with other family stuff.
My dh says his best fathers day present ever will be the ability to sit at home on his own, with own company. In his pants
We have been together for 25 years and during this time he has been as much of a parent as I have.
But to outsiders they are he isn't coming with us.

I hope things improve for you, whynow.

But potato, it sounds as though this DH just doesn't like going on family holidays full stop, not that he wants the occasional break from them (which is different and totally understandable).

Sorry, missed that bit and it seems like OP and her dh have other stuff going on too.

Yes, you may well be right.