Tips for first holiday with 9 month old

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We're off on our first family holiday next week with our 9 month old DD. Driving to Brittany (day ferry) and staying at an apartment. DD is not crawling yet. I'm slightly nervous that it'll be 'same shit, different place' and more work than holiday for me! Any tips to make it more bearable?

I'm slightly nervous that it'll be 'same shit, different place' and more work than holiday for me

To some extent, you're right.

Make your OH share the load. Alternate lie-ins. Eat out or eat simply. Otherwise just go with the (baby's) flow.

I think expectations are important. Have a chat with your OH before you go about what you both expect it to be like, for example do you both get an hour to yourself each day, what will you do when DD is in bed (watch a series together maybe?). Once you have kids holidays do change, it’s no longer the break from life it used to be. But they can still be good, as long as you don’t expect it to be how it was before children.

Yes expect it to be a bit ‘same Shit...’ but relax your routine, go with the flow and most definitely make sure the load is shared with your partner. Which usually involves spelling it out not hopefully waiting for them to realise and offer to get up at 4am.

Yeah, it is a bit but hopefully with better weather and more wine! If she's not crawling it's probably easier as you're not constantly on the look out for danger!

We're a same sex couple on holidays with our 2yo. It's shit. And it was shit last year too, I was naively hoping it would improve. Unless you are really desperate for some better weather stay at home and buy yourself something nice with the money because that's what I will be doing. And I truly do my fair share of household duties / parenting both at home and on holidays. Children that age don't care about holidays, a local swimming pool would be as good as any other.