Not enjoying holiday with 5mo

[Mumtonoah5]

Hi, I am currently on holidays with my son aged 5 months and my husband. We are 3 days into the holiday and I am really having a hard time. DS is fussier than normal and constantly moaning and crying. He is never this bad at home so I am thinking it's maybe the heat? It's not helping that all the other babies will just peacefully lie beside their parents on the sunlonger! DS had never been that sort of baby.
I have PND and recently been diagnosed with anxiety.
Really looking tips from anyone who can help me enjoy this more. I am on the verge of tears most of the day and I just can't wait to get home!
Holiday was booked before DS arrived.

You can lie him, sorry

Not crawling yet but wriggling loads. Last couple of days have been so hard. Only time he is content is when we are out walking in the buggy, so as you can imagine I have walked some amount of miles of this holiday!

Hang in there, it will all be a distant memory soon. I literally counted down the hours and considered getting an early flight home! This too shall pass!

Is there a nanny service? I only go places with nannies or kids clubs depending on age if children. At least you'd get a break for an hour, could have an uninterrupted dinner etc.

Messybun I am counting the days and considered an early flight but DH having none of it! Only 3 more days to go...

2014newme no nanny service here 😟

Going to try and make the most of it and of course have plenty of wine!

Holidays with young children are shit . If you drastically lower your expectations and aim for an hour a day each to relax on your own as PP have said then you might be able to enjoy some of it. It's a case of getting through the rest of it. If nothing else I always find they make you enjoy being at home more .

Our first holiday was this time in last year in Spain and it was boiling. DS was 20 months old. The whole thing was hideous. He was un happy and stopped eating and we hated it too because he was so unhappy. We spent most of the time in the apartment so may as well have been at home. This year we went to Tenerife with my parents to an all inclusive hotel that was geared for kids and we all had an amazing time. We are off to Centreparcs in 2 weeks for 5 days so am hoping that is also a success. I think it gets better!

Only today to go and then we are home 😊Thank you to everyone who said it gets easier as this has really put me off holidays in the future.

No, it's a dream in a few years. Watching your kid enjoy a different place, new food, say, "thank you" in a new language all pleased with herself.

I see things with new eyes now I see them with her. We were in a developing country with DD recently and driving a golf cart around an island. Two little boys jumped on the back and freaked my DDad out. DD met the whole thing with pure joy and was so happy to have two little boys to 'chat' to. It's lovely to travel with kids. It's utterly awful to travel with babies IME. Which is extensive because I don't learn

Mum2noah - holidays are hard for me anyway because I have anxiety, sounds crazy I know but ever since I was a small child I found them hard. When dd was 5 months old and was having 2 x 2 hour naps a day and sleeping 12 hours at night I was too scared to go on holiday in case it messed with her routine. The following year when she was 18 months old we tried a long weekend away in an idyllic cottage and it was anything but. It was so stressful and dd so unhappy that we waited another year to try going away again, I can still clearly remember her angry cries of mummy, daddy, nooooooooo!!! when we tried to put her to bed in the travel cot in the bedroom planning to then go downstairs to chill out, what were we thinking!? We ended up going to bed shortly afterwards with her at 8pm and I felt like a complete failure because everyone else seemed to be able to go on nice fun family holidays with their babies and young children.

At 2 and a half we took dd to Portugal and this time it was slightly better, v hard work at that age but she was so happy and having so much fun which made up for the tantrums and disturbed sleep. It got a bit easier each year after that and last year aged 5 and this year aged 6 especially we had a great time as a family. Actually looking forward to our holiday next summer already which I never thought I'd hear myself say! I still have some of my own weird feelings about being away from home, I try my hardest not to let any of my anxiety show so it doesn't rub off on dd though. Well done for getting through your first holiday with a little one and enjoy the feeling of getting back into your own bed and usual routine at home 🙂