Traveling with The Babe
We are back from 10 days in Washington, DC and Martha's Vineyard, and lived to tell! It was a great trip and the whole point was to attend an amazing wedding.
It was also a reminder that the word "vacation" takes on a whole new meaning when a baby is involved.
Vacations used to mean extra hours of sleep. Now, it means the baby's schedule is all off, then "hey look, he's sleeping in my bed because otherwise his crying will wake up everyone in this friend's house/hotel," and consequently, no sleep for mama while baby catches up while riding around town in his stroller.
Vacations used to mean pleasure reading. I brought three books on this trip, and they weren't War and Peace, either. Silly mommy! I actually did finish one yesterday on the way home from the airport. It was about 150 pages of large type teen lit.
Vacations used to mean heading out for the day for unknown adventures. Now, it's "can we take the regular stroller? or do we need the carseat snapon? What if we need to take a taxi?"
So, those are the tough parts and the reason why I breathed a sigh of relief to arrive home and realize: back to the old routine! I can finally get some rest!
But, I have to admit traveling with a baby is still worth all that. His cute little smile-and-wave routine charms people everywhere we go, he's so fun to be around and he's great company.
Also, he's a great navigator.
It was also a reminder that the word "vacation" takes on a whole new meaning when a baby is involved.
Vacations used to mean extra hours of sleep. Now, it means the baby's schedule is all off, then "hey look, he's sleeping in my bed because otherwise his crying will wake up everyone in this friend's house/hotel," and consequently, no sleep for mama while baby catches up while riding around town in his stroller.
Vacations used to mean pleasure reading. I brought three books on this trip, and they weren't War and Peace, either. Silly mommy! I actually did finish one yesterday on the way home from the airport. It was about 150 pages of large type teen lit.
Vacations used to mean heading out for the day for unknown adventures. Now, it's "can we take the regular stroller? or do we need the carseat snapon? What if we need to take a taxi?"
So, those are the tough parts and the reason why I breathed a sigh of relief to arrive home and realize: back to the old routine! I can finally get some rest!
But, I have to admit traveling with a baby is still worth all that. His cute little smile-and-wave routine charms people everywhere we go, he's so fun to be around and he's great company.
Also, he's a great navigator.
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