DH is a kind, gentle, loving husband and father but tends to be overprotective. He is very thorough and always looks into what could go wrong when planning an outing etc. We have booked a house for the week for my mother's because we couldn't get a house for the weekend. My sister, bil and dh have taken Fri and Mon off but I then thought I could stay on with dd who is 21 months for a couple of extra days - sounds reasonable enough don't you think? My mother is a widow, in her seventies and this will be her only holiday of the year - she went away for 4 days last year. DH is now annoyed that I have changed the original plan, thinks 4 days is sufficient holiday for everyone and concerned about me getting back to London - from Bournemouth, not Outer Mongolia - with my mum, some luggage and dd on the train. He is now insisting on taking Thursday off work so he can come down and go back with us on the train. It feels like he thinks I can't do anything on my own. When I say that this little trip is nothing compared to a taking a flight somewhere he says we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. Feeling suffocated and annoyed. Apart from this sort of thing which doesn't come up much because we don't really go away we have a pretty good relationship. What are people's views on the way forward?