We leave for disneyland in a week... I have a 5 year old and a 22 month old... My 22 month old has started throwing tantrums lately, she wont ride in a stroller or carrier or be carried! She wants to walk. Well I was talking to my mom tonight about being concerned about taking her with her not wanting to ride in a stroller.
My mom offered to watch her while we are gone. My DD does love my mom, as a matter of fact, she prefers my mom over my dh or I. I just feel like leaving her behind, I would feel guilty. I feel like we would be leaving her out. Yet I know it would be so much less stressful.
IDK what to do!
What would you ladies do?!?!
Its tough do you think your vacation would be less stressed with her staying behind.I think I wouldnt take my 22 mnth old but my sis is taking hers I think it depends on the child and the family and what you want to do in Disney
Hmmm...that is a toughy. Ya know maybe leave her behind and let this be just a vacation for the 3 of you. for you to connect with your DD. then when your other one is bigger plan another trip and take her. I wouldnt blame you if you left her, I too would feel guilty but you have to do what have to do. there can always be other trips to DL right?
Its gonna be hard with a 5 year old, probably even more so with a 2yr old especially with these newfound tantrums. And Disney is one of those places that stimulates a kid to the max (heck, sometimes I can't even handle it all and I've been a couple times lol). But like PP said, depends on what your going to be doing and how you feel about it. Hope your trip is awesome!
A 22 month old child won't remember Disneyland anyhow, so if she will be happy staying with your mom and your mom has so graciously offered to watch her, then there is no reason to feel guilty about it. You will just have to go back to Disneyland when your dd is old enough to enjoy it. Or bring your mom along with you and have her stay in the room with your dd while you are at the park with your ds. That way at least you see her everyday. I'd probably go with the first option myself.
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i was the youngest in a family of 6. i was left behind on many family trips. my youngest older brother was too sometimes, on trips that involved a lot of walking and staying together, such as the family trip to NYC that i did not go on and neither did my brother. i got to see the city later, i wasn't mad about staying at my granny's house either. i'm still not worried about it today. i got to spend the night somewhere other than home and i had a great time-i barely knew they were gone. now, mind you, they DID NOT tell me where they were going. they just told me where i was going. lol there were four of us kids. my oldest older brother and sister used to go on all the trips while me and my youngest older brother stayed behind. like i said, don't tell them where you're going and don't make a big deal out of it and it will be fine i assure you.
Leave her. If the whole family's gonna be stressed, why go? And it's not fair that the 5 yr. old's trip will be ruined.
Buy one of those backpack harnesses for the little one. I personally would never leave one of my kids behind on a family vacation. I did Disney last year with one of my good friends. It was her, her husband, and their two boys(19 months and 6 year); and then me and my two boys(26 months and 4).
We each had a harness for the little ones; but I also brought my double stroller. We let the little ones do as they wanted. Sometimes they would walk, other times they wanted in the stroller, other times they wanted carried(I'd also brought my Ergo carrier). They both did great; we just had to keep an eye on them. We would be at the parks for opening every morning; then had back to our hotel(we stayed on Disney property at the Wilderness Lodge) for lunch and naps; then go back to the park again in the afternoon.
I would not have taken her in the first place she is too young.
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