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going away for the weekend without my DC for the first time since my DS1 was born six years ago?

YANBU. Enjoy! Spa? Beach holiday? Morecambe? Blackpool? Brazil?! Centre Parcs? Spill, woman!

YANBU. If your dc are being well looked after and are happy to be left then why should you feel guilty? Have a great time.

Spa weekend in Harrogate with two of my best friends from my time as an Au Pair in austria.

Have never had a weekend all to myself (am single mum) but my brother is really good about taking DS1 on holiday with his family (his DS is 4months older than mine and they are great friends) but i have never left DS2 with anyone (he just turned 3 in march)...

Oh lucky you. i would jump at the chance

i havent had a break in 7 years

1)you have permission to not feel guilty about going away
2) enjoy, relax, push any guilty feelings out of the way the second they enter your head
3) if you can't do 2), don't go.... but I really,really hope you can.

Let's face it, it's ok to leave DC1 to go into hospital to have DC2 for a few days, but people are too quick to cry foul if you choose to take a couple of days out to recharge your batteries... yet you will come back with the capacity to be a better mum/wife. It's not like you're doing it every other weekend (are you??!)

Hope you have a fabulous time..

I do it every weekend, for one night at least. I highly recommend divorce

Left my DS (few months younger than your DS2) alone for 5 nights at Easter. As long as we had regular phone updates so knew he was ok, I found I could enjoy myself minus guilt and really remembered bits of my pre-DS self.
He was absolutely fine with me too when I returned, which I'd worried about a bit.
If you're happy with the childcare arrangements you have in place, then go. Don't drink the spa water though, it's awful!

both DS will be staying with my parents. I am really really looking forward to it as i haven't had much time off since the boys were born.

Just thought it was a bit unreasonable NOT to feel guilty about going...

Go away, enjoy yourself, come back refreshed and do something really nice with your DCs.
There are enough things to feel guilty about in life, I really don't think this is one of them.

go,have smashing time

nope, not at all unreasonable to not feel guilty. Please, please, please just have a fab time.. and remember, your DCs and parents will probably have a blast and have possibly been willing you to do this for ages.........

don't feel guilty! your dc's will be having a mini break of their own with people who love them and will care for them.
have a great time

was talking to my mum today about my break and she said i was daft to even think about feeling guilty since "its not easy with the two boys on your own so you deserve some time to yourself"

was gobsmacked - mum and i don't really have the best relationship. Think she is planning on having DS2 toilet trained by the time i get back.

Cool go mum go one last job for you to do ;-)

haveaseat my mum is never happier than when all 14 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren are around so yeah she probably wouldn't notice one more

How lovely, have fun and absolutely do not feel guilty.