We've just booked a weekend away in February at a lodge a few hours away with 14 of our friends. Our first born, who we're taking with us, will be about 6 weeks when we go!
We all grew up together in a small town and are that group of friends who despite being scattered throughout the country and not seeing each other anywhere near as often as we would like are incredibly close. As we've all gotten married the partners have been welcomed into the group as well and we love them as much as the "core group". Next year is the first 30th birthday and for the last few months, before I found out I was pregnant, we were talking about booking a massive lodge at a resort for us all to stay in for the week as a surprise for the birthday boy. We've now booked it and the only concession hubby and I have made to having a baby is that we're staying in a separate 2 person lodge instead of the big one that sleeps 16!
Everyone knows I'm pregnant and we made sure that people were happy for the baby to come with before it was booked (there's no way I'm leaving the baby with one of our mums for the weekend at that age but we're the first couple to have kids) and while I'm looking forward to it now the deposit is paid I'm starting to think of the practical side of this, ie we're going on holiday with a 6 week old! I don't really know what exactly is worrying me, the lodge is only a two hour drive away in a well known resort, I know we wont be partying as hard as the rest of them but that doesn't bother me in the slightest, there's just a bit of me that thinks it will be a disaster.
Anyone any experience/advice they can share about holidaying with a newborn that will settle my mind (or not, I want to be prepared for impending disaster as well!)