Leaving my daughter for a week

[hiramhayriye]

Hey guys,
Basically I'm going to turkey for a holiday with my best friend since secondary school for a week (7 days) and my my daughter will be 2year old and 9months... its going to be my first trip for long without my daughter ill be leaving her with my mum and my older sisters but I'm thinking i wont enjoy my time and will always be thinking about her, if any of you mums have been on vacation without your child please tell me how it was and how you chilf was when you returned

Went to Malaysia with DH for a week when DS was 3(work thing). My MIL came to stay in our house so DS would keep going to nursery as normal. I was SO worried and stressed but he barely noticed we were gone, had a lovely time with grandma and doesn't even remember it now. When I came back he wanted lots of cuddles for a couple of days but wasn't sad or clingy. Go, and have a lovely time I say!

If you are anything like me, you will feel very guilty all the way there. Then you will see your friends and be having such a great time you will forget to ring them to say goodnight. Oops. They didn’t even notice either because they were also having the best time ever with granny.

I think it depends how close your child is to your mum, and to an extent your child’s personality. I would never leave a clingy child who was not already comfortable being with grandma for a night or two for a week but think it would be perfectly okay for a child who was close to their grandma/whoever they’re staying with and had stayed happily before.

I have 3 and the older 2 were always quite close to my mum and stayed with her for the night every few weeks from aged 1. I never left them for a week but had several trips of 2/3/4 nights and they were absolutely fine. My youngest is clingier and does miss me/my husband more at bedtime etc so wouldn’t have left him for a week at that age and at 3 never left him for more than 2 nights as he is harder work for my mum!