have any of you ever gone on holiday alone with your baby?

slub

i'm considering doing so but obviously there's a lot to consider. my daughter's 7 months old now and i think i should at least stick to europe for now but i was sort of thinking about somewhere more adventurous when she's at least a year old and so doesn't need her formula milk anymore and will eat a wider variety of foods. somewhere in asia maybe. somewhere cheap, you know like backpacking, where the flights cost more than a month out there. i wouldn't want to go all that way just to be stuck in a resort with organised activities.
so my questions are: what are your experiences of this, where could i consider going, are there any places that have a (small) number of other mums doing this sort of thing so as i'm not stuck with a bunch of gap year students who want nothing to do with babies? any good websites? i need ideas
all i'm after is some different sights, smells, people, some sunshine, beaches maybe, places to explore. just without the crazy nights as obv i'd have to stay in with baby. and nowhere too dodgy since i'd be on my own. and somewhere they sell nappies and pasteurised, homogenised, refridgerated milk.

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I personally would not go on vacation with my baby. My husband is deployed so I am pretty much alone with the baby too. I'd rather leave my newborn at home with someone for some days than taking him to another country when he is so young. If it is not necessary to travel, I don't even do so because that's very exhausting for the baby and you too. I think you should wait until she gets older because it is not easy to travel alone with a baby. She will not remember anything about the trip anyway. If it is important to you to travel, can't leave her at home with a relative? It would be better for you too because your vacation would be a real vacation and you could recharge your batteries. I don't think there is anything wrong with wanting to go on vacation for some days when you have a baby because mothers do need a break too so that we could continue raising our kids with more energy. But traveling alone with a baby is not easy especially when it comes to intercontinental flights...maybe it is better to go somewhere closer first instead of Asia.

"and somewhere they sell nappies and pasteurised, homogenised, refridgerated milk." That's pretty much everywhere so you don't have to worry about that.

How can I make my fiance want a baby again?

Jarolyn

I've been with my fiance for nearly 3 years, I am English and he is Australian and we met while I was backpacking on my gap year in Australia. We clicked from the first second we met, we moved in together after 2 weeks, we were both virgins when we met and we were each others first times, he proposed after 2 months and I said yes and after about 8 months he was desperate for a baby. At the time I was 18, planning on returning to England to go to university, and even though I loved the idea of having a baby I thought it logically wasn't the best timing. After about a year and a half I moved back to England to start university and we did the back and forth thing for a bit before deciding we'd better start saving for the future so decided to go for 12 months without seeing each other, but still talking and emailing daily. It started off pretty well as any long distance relationship does, but after about 5 months he started not keeping in contact as regularly, at the same time I had a bit of a mental brake-down. He was meant to be coming over to England this October for 3 years until I finished university and teachers training, then I was going to emigrate forever to Australia. But about 2 months ago he said that he doesn't think he can do it anymore, but he wants to stay together. I immediately said if he didn't come to England then it was over between us. He didn't ever actually make a decision because I changed my mind and decided I would do what ever it takes, but the fact that he even had to think about it hurt. Now we're a lot better, even though it has been about 10 months since I've seen him. I have decided that when I see him again I would like to try for a baby. This is much better timing than before and we are in a good financial position. The thing is he doesn't want a baby anymore, and besides that he says he is now unsure about getting married etc. Why now, he was so ready for it for the past 3 years, and now he's saying slow things down. It feels like we're going backwards. I still love him with all my heart and would do anything to keep him in my life and the thing is, he knows it. I'm hoping this will all get better when we've been 'together' properly as it has been 10 months. But in the mean time what should I do?
I know I said I would do anything to keep him in my life but a baby isn't really what that's about. I've always loved with kids and my mum is a nursary nurse so I've worked with them all my life. I've always wanted to be a mum as young as was possible and also sensible. I am thinking of moving to Australia after I finish my degree which is just one more year. I just really want to be a baby and I know I would be an amazing Mum as I already more or less raise my nieces more than my brothers do. I just can't understand why he's changed so much?

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I agree with your boyfriend....having a baby right now is not the smartest idea.

Are you two living together? No.

Are you two living in the same country? No.

Are you two married? No.

Your boyfriend has every right to not want a baby right now and I don't think anything is going to change his mind.

It sounds kind of scary when you say "you'll do anything to keep him in your life". True love does not work that way. A relationship is a two-way street....you want to speed up and he wants to slow down. You're not aligned right now.....a baby is not the answer.

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