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would you take a 6 wk old baby abroad or on holiday anywhere come to that?

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serenequeen · 05/08/2004 11:22

we are absolutely desperate for a holiday, but are very, very limited on dates due to ds's imminent start at pre-school nursery. the latest we could go would be w/c 6th Sept, but dd will only be 6wks then - probably waking in the night, no jabs yet, routine probably not established, fastened to mummy most of the day, not allowed in the sun etc...

so mumsnetters is it worth going on holiday abroad (no further than say greece) or even in the uk for that matter with baby this small?

thanks in advance for your comments

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serenequeen · 07/08/2004 20:27

prufrock, sorry, meant to say, thanks for your offer. don't think we will need to take you up on it, but i will CAT you anyway, it would be good to catch up...

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Beetroot · 07/08/2004 21:02

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serenequeen · 09/08/2004 22:51

just a quick update...

twiglett, i think you live in the neighbouring borough, but you hit the nail on the head... we will have to wait until after we would need to have already left (iyswim) to register the birth due to long wait for appts, therefore no passport, therefore no trip abroad before ds has to start pre-school.

although there must be emergency procedures to get a baby's passport in the case of a crisis, (1) it's not a crisis and (2) blu you're v. kind but i'm afraid i'm not up to making a big to-do about it and (3) we are skint!

looks like it will be dorset for us - but as beety says there are babies there too

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serenequeen · 09/08/2004 22:51

it is v. disappointing though... next year maybe.

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MammyShirl · 09/08/2004 23:05

Hello

Took my dd on her first holiday at 4 months to Cornwall and it rained the whole day so we mostly went on drives to places inside. Spent one sunny day on beach and ended up staying inside the sun tent the whole day as it was too sunny for her.

This year went to tuscany, it was so beautifuland sunny but too hot for dd so spent most of time inside villa, it was just too hot for her, we went exploring one day and she got so hot i thought she had heat exhastion and had to take her to a&e. i came home without a tan and slightly depressed. going thre i had images of her splashing all day in the pool, going on walks etc... she got in the pool once! the sunlight was too strong!

so my answer is no! yes if your going to centre parcs or somewhere cool but in this climate you will only get frustrated! 6 weeks is quite young and they need to be with you most of the time, so you would end up indoors!

i would wait.

Linnet · 10/08/2004 00:27

WE always go to London on holiday in the summer to visit family but this year dd2 arrived and would have only been 6/7 weeks when we would usually have gone on holiday.

We decided to postpone our holiday until the October holidays so that dd2 is older and more settled. But in saying that she's been a really good baby and I have remarked more than once to dh that maybe we should have gone during the summer holidays so as to break them up a bit more. But then looking at the hot weather you've been having down in England I'm quite glad we stayed home. I don't think I'd have chanced going abroad with a 6 week old baby though but then that's just me, I'm worried enough about how we're going to cope in London with a 5 month old.

bloss · 10/08/2004 04:09

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littletree · 10/08/2004 07:49

Hi Serene Queen-

Don't know if you're still into thinking about a holiday, but we took our bubba (then 7 weeks old) on a fabulous holiday in Scotland. We went to one of the western isles- (Islay) and got a self-catering. It was a beautiful little flat that looked out over the sea and had every convenience you could want. It was beautifully decorated and had 2 bedrooms so we could pop ds in there when he needed a nap and we needed respite. I will agree with whoever said that it is so so much better with young babies if you have at least another room in your accomodation so that you can shut a door when needed when they are sleeping. I think Scotland gets underated sometimes as a fabulous destination that is incredibly beautiful, restful, drivable and affordable!

Twiglett · 10/08/2004 08:27

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makamsi · 10/08/2004 08:45

If anyone does want to get their baby a passport and has to wait weeks for an appointment to register the birth (DS also born in Lambeth) you can just turn up at the registery office on certain days and wait without an appointment. Its not a very pleasant wait at all - the queue is massive before the place even opens - but you don't have to take the baby. I sent DH one morning and then we got DS's passport via the post office's guaranteed two week scheme which costs £5.

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Linnet · 12/08/2004 00:56

I'm in Scotland and when dd2 was born we went along to register the birth and were asked if we had an appointment. I had no idea we were meant to have one as when dd1 was born 6 years previously we just turned up. we waited about 5 minutes then were seen. Have now sent off for dd2's passport as we need it for flying down to London. I'm looking forward to some interesting looks when she's 4 and has a photo of her as a 7 week old in her passport.

carla · 12/08/2004 01:16

serenequeen .... no.

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