Every day on my way to the train station I see planes taking off from the Ontario Airport. I always wonder where the people on the plane are headed, and it makes me wish I was on that plane headed for a vacation too.
My wife and I haven’t been on a vacation away from The Babito since he’s been born. In fact, he’s never spent the night away from at least one of us in his entire life.
It’s not that we don’t have plenty of people ready and willing to watch him for a few days (especially since he’s potty-trained now). We just haven’t built up the will to be away from him for an extended period. I know it would be hard on us. We rarely even leave him for an evening out.
But one-on-one time is needed in a marriage, and we’re overdue. I think we’ll have to start small, maybe a trip up to San Francisco for the weekend or a quick trip to Vegas would be nice. We’re heading to San Diego this weekend but The Babito is going with us. It’ll be his first trip to the zoo.
I’ve started talking to Babito about how fun it would be to spend the night at Papa and Nana’s house. He has always said “No, I want to spend the night with Mommy and Daddy!”, but tonight he said yes, that it would be fun to stay at Papa and Nana’s. I think that’s our cue.
Someday soon, I hope some poor guy on his way to work is looking up at a plane taking off, with my wife and I in it, wishing it was him.
Tags: Marriage, Parenting, vacation
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#1 by WeaselMomma on August 13th, 2009
Go for it and don’t feel guilty. Not only do you and your wife need alone time together to recharge and enjoy, kids need a break from mom and dad once in a while too. It will give him a chance to have some autonomy and fun time with his grandparents.
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#2 by becky on August 13th, 2009
i totally agree with this! matt and I always take at least one trip away by ourselves a year. i dunno how we’ll be now that we have the baby but when it was just us with hannah, we did it once a year. you totally need it!
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#3 by Lauryn on August 13th, 2009
I’ve obviously never had kids, but I think each set of parents need to decide what feels right for them and for their bebe. But I definitely do agree that all couples should make it a priority to have quality alone time occasionally, because as important as it is to value your whole family, you have to pay tribute to the awesome twosome that started it all!
Hope you guys have fun on your trip, and I’m sure Babito will have fun with Nana and Papa!
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#4 by Mocha Dad on August 13th, 2009
I hope to be that guy looking up at the plane.
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#5 by Al_Pal on August 13th, 2009
Hee. Great post. Alone time is very important!
(I don’t have kids, but we do live with roommates!)
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