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Only when LO was very young! 2.5 months and it was only for 3 days.....I can't wait to go on an adult vacation!

That sounds like fun!

DH and I took our delayed honeymoon/babymoon last summer when LO was 26 months old. We were away for a week, and he was very well behaved with my sister.

We will, a long weekend in Puerto Rico in March

CANNOT WAIT. We are trying to do something in the late spring, but need to coax one of the grandmothers into babysitting.

Yup. When D was 8 months old we went to Atlantic City for 3 nights.

We just went on a short one and we're going on another vacation-ish trip without her in April.

@redsmarties: @Pepper: I think the OP is going on vacation WITHOUT her LO I misread it the first time too!

@mrsjyw: so jealous! We left LO for 3 days when she was 20 months. We are leaving her again but for 5 full days at the end of the month - she'll be 26 months. I'm kind of a wreck thinking about it bc our flight is super early and I won't get to say goodbye in the morning

Nope, not yet (she's 22 months), and I don't think we will...

Not yet but we will this year!

Nope we will probably bring the kids with us whenever we go on vacation

We just booked a vacation last night, actually. 5 days in Puerto Vallarta without our LO next month. He'll be 8 months old. I'm totally not ready to leave him but the alone time with hubs will be good. However, I must admit, I already get misty eyed at the thought.

Haven't yet, but we're planning to go on a big trip this summer when LO will be a year old. We're going to a developing country and the water isn't safe and even some of the food can be sketchy, so we don't want to risk taking LO--otherwise we'd take her.

I've been out of town twice without lo, and one more coming up. Once was for a week with dh, the next was three days for a wedding with family (dh came to that too) and the next will be another family get together in Vegas. The first time was easy peasy. Dd was sttn and had no object permanence (separation anxiety) yet. The next we paid dearly for...a month of long motn wakeups! I anticipate we will pay dearly again after this one which is only 2 days. MIL has been with dd each time. The older dd gets the harder it is for me to leave because she has gotten much more clingy as a toddler... but we are still going. As of this summer/fall we really won't have the option. I will be working full time and we hope to have another lo after that.

Nope. My parents never vacationed without me and I don't think we'll vacation without our kids! DH remembers when his parents told him they were going to Hawaii....he got excited and thought they were going as a fam, only to be heartbroken to learn they were going without him! Lol, poor DH.

I'm jealous of those who do, but honestly, I wouldn't have the heart to ask family to watch DS for more than an overnight! At least not until he STTN consistently.

My DH won an all inclusive cancun trip yesterday but he gave it to another coworker because I don't think I could have fun while missing my baby (she's too young right now). So the coworker gave him $500 for the trip and he said he'll surprise me with something nice for Valentine's Day!

So interesting to read all these responses! When I was a kid my parents committed to one vacation/year alone, and one vacation/year with us (the latter was usually a drive to upstate NY to stay in the cabin for a week, nothing expensive or fancy). They depended on that week alone to rekindle their marriage and reconnect and we loved having a week with our grandparents! Totally planning to repeat that tradition. They will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary this year so I guess it worked