Travel with 4 year old Grandson
Hello. My wife and I are considering a "January/February Get Out of Wyoming trip this year for between 2 weeks and 2 months, depending on when we get home sick. Planning to leave on a nice weather and...
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I have not taken grandchildren away on a trip, so maybe my opinion is worthless. But I do remember well going to MY grandparents' house in NC in the summer when I was ages 5-11. They used to come get us in the summer to give my poor mom a break from the 5 kids. Usually they took us two older kids. There intention was to keep us about 6 weeks. I dont' think I ever made it to 2 weeks before I was missing home too much. I did pretty good the first week. It was a novelty to have my grandparents almost all to myself. Even though my grandparents were wonderful, after the first week I was tired to being at their house and ready to get back to my toys and friends, ready to see my mom and dad and my siblings.
I don't think I would try to take a 4yr old off for a 2 month trip. Having kids during the day is not the same as having 24hr/day responsibility for extended weeks. Frankly, I would be exhausted and irritable--not a good thing for a 4yo baby!
I don't think I would try to take a 4yr old off for a 2 month trip. Having kids during the day is not the same as having 24hr/day responsibility for extended weeks. Frankly, I would be exhausted and irritable--not a good thing for a 4yo baby!
