In April I am going to be at a convention for 7 days. That will be the longest I have been away. In the past the longest was 5 days. I'm trying to decide if I want to suffer through a red-eye just to get back sooner or if I should just deal with another day of travel and hope to be back before bedtime. The trip takes me to NV and I'm in NC.
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I did 10 days in Europe for work. It was brutal...I cried the first 3 nights (before DH and I had sorted out a facetiming schedule). DD was almost 2 yo.
I'd say at that point 1 more day wont make or break it. If you do the red eye you may be too exhausted to be a contributing mom when you get home?
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5 days for a work trip! It was the first time I was ever really away from her.
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16 hours to shoot a wedding. That was at about 6 mo.
Give yourself the extra day.
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DH and I was away for a wk when DS1 was 18 months!
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The longest I have ever been away is just 2 nights.
I have a pending event, and if it does happen, I could be gone up to 3 weeks. I'm dreading it.
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Pretty much a week when DD was 3 months old. I had an out of town bachelorette party for Labor Day weekend, was home for ~2 hours, then flew out to Vegas with DH for 4.5 days.
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A 3 day weekend when we went to my best friend's wedding. E had just turned 3.
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8 hours for work and DS is 6 months old
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Just last week was the longest and I was gone for 2.5 days (she's 21 months). I have a trip in September that would usually take me away for 6 days, but I'm not sure I'll be able to do it with the new baby (he'll be 6 months by then). I'm currently avoiding thinking about it
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DH took him to visit his family for 9 days. I stayed home due to work/school.
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@lamariniere: 3 weeks would be so tough! Hopefully something works out where it doesn't have to be such a long stretch - maybe your DH and the kiddos could visit midway?
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The longest was nearly 2 weeks when we went to Europe. She was 3 years 10 months.
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When I was in the hospital having her sister- I had her late one night and stayed two additional nights. But I saw her the first full day and the last day. She was almost 2.5.
Before that it was just one night away.
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@sandy: unfortunately, they won't be able to visit. I'll wall you with the details.
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3 nights.
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4 nights I went away with my mom. I missed him a lot!
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I was away from DS for 4 days while in the hospital having DS2. He did come to visit daily though.
The longest I've gone without seeing DS1 was only overnight for a sleepover with grandma/pa. Longest for DS2 is 9 hours while I'm at work haha!
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5 nights (but she was with DH). The longest we've both been away from her is 2 nights, but we're going away for 3 nights in a couple of weeks.
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The longest was 5 days when LO1 was 22 months old. I was pregnant with his brother, so we wanted to get away, since we knew it might be a while before we got that opportunity again.
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In a couple of weeks, I will be away from LO for the first time overnight since he was born. It'll be for 13 days across the country. It's for work, and I can't get out of it. I'm a bit bummed since the longest I've been away from him has been an 8 hr workday plus my daily commute - about 9 1/2 hrs at the longest.
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We went away for 3 nights when DS was 12 months. It felt weird to be away without him.
We have a wedding across the country in a couple of months, but DH will go alone since our newest babe will only be @ 4 months old. I don't want to do that trip with 2 kids and I don't want to leave them with family either.
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It was 4 days but in a couple weeks, it will be 2 weeks since I am traveling to Japan for work.
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DD is almost 3 and we've left her for 3 nights with her grandparents a couple of times just to give us a break/vacations, but don't have any plans for longer at the moment.
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Just the 10-hour stretch every weekday between when DH takes her to daycare and when we arrive home in the afternoon. No overnights - we have nobody to leave her with. Also still nursing before bed/at wakeup.
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