Forgetting what it’s like to travel with children

[Anonymous]

Aw give OP a break. Traveling with 3 young kids and all their gear is tiring! It stressed me out back then, too. Now my kids are older it’s so much easier...Hang in there OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. She stayed with us for a week last month, and we’ll see her again for Christmas next month... so it’s not like we never see her. We would have spent the majority of our childrens’ waking hours at her house tomorrow without staying overnight, but now we’re spending tonight and tomorrow night there, too. Maybe my post was confusing - by day trip, I meant driving there in the morning and driving back in the evening.

No, your post wasn’t confusing. You’re still a jerk in my mind.

[Anonymous]

I would have said "no", a day is all we can manage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. She stayed with us for a week last month, and we’ll see her again for Christmas next month... so it’s not like we never see her. We would have spent the majority of our childrens’ waking hours at her house tomorrow without staying overnight, but now we’re spending tonight and tomorrow night there, too. Maybe my post was confusing - by day trip, I meant driving there in the morning and driving back in the evening.

Shoulda stuck to your guns!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aw give OP a break. Traveling with 3 young kids and all their gear is tiring! It stressed me out back then, too. Now my kids are older it’s so much easier...Hang in there OP!

Well geez, then hopefully Grandma will just hurry up and die already, can’t she see how she is inconveniencing everyone? God. The nerve of some people, sticking around for 90 years and wanting to spend time with family before they’re a rotting corpse in the dirt.

[Anonymous]

Packing that much for an overnight trip is insane. No wonder you're stressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for you! It's worth it.

+1

[Anonymous]

I would so much rather drive and spend a night or two with my kids then deal with the up and back in one day while the kids are cranky.

[Anonymous]

I honestly think that parents today are way more delicate than parents of your grandmother's era. It probably wasn't a big deal for her to travel with her children. She certainly didn't have as much gear as you have.

[Anonymous]

I would give anything for my grandma to even have met my husband and children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live about 2.5 hours from my grandma and told her we’d do a day trip for thanksgiving this year. She was SO disappointed. And, she’s pushing 90 so likely won’t have many thanksgivings left. So... here I am packing 2 days worth of stuff for my family of 5, including 2 potty training toddlers - pack n plays, booster seats, extra clothes, video monitors, straw cups, favorite stuffed animals, lots of extra food for my kid that literally cannot eat or drink anything in her house, stuff for DH and I to shower, making plans for our dog, etc. It is highly unlikely my 2 napping toddlers will nap there tomorrow, and even more unlikely they will sleep all night without a fuss since we will all be roomsharing. I think my grandma has forgotten what it’s like to travel with her 3 kids. Not a question, or really even a vent, just wondering what concessions you make for your aging loved ones.

I never packed all that crap when traveling with my kid as a toddler. And we went further and stayed on longer trips, in very sparse places.

You're doing too much OP. Unpack at least half of everything you just listed. Kids don't need all that.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Can someone tell me why American parenting is so uptight and just overdone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You literally said you don’t know how many holidays you have left with her. Do you realize what a total a-hole you sound like? She’s going to be dead before too long. Literally dead, in the ground. And you can’t even pack your kids up to see her for what very well might be the last time without bitching.

You need perspective. BADLY.

OP is going. She's packing the family and going. Why is she an a-hole? Geez, can no one vent about anything anymore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live about 2.5 hours from my grandma and told her we’d do a day trip for thanksgiving this year. She was SO disappointed. And, she’s pushing 90 so likely won’t have many thanksgivings left. So... here I am packing 2 days worth of stuff for my family of 5, including 2 potty training toddlers - pack n plays, booster seats, extra clothes, video monitors, straw cups, favorite stuffed animals, lots of extra food for my kid that literally cannot eat or drink anything in her house, stuff for DH and I to shower, making plans for our dog, etc. It is highly unlikely my 2 napping toddlers will nap there tomorrow, and even more unlikely they will sleep all night without a fuss since we will all be roomsharing. I think my grandma has forgotten what it’s like to travel with her 3 kids. Not a question, or really even a vent, just wondering what concessions you make for your aging loved ones.

You are miserable. Grans is 90. Each day could be her last. Packing stuff isnt hard and you don't need half the shit you mentioned. You aren't flying of driving a long distance. Stop being so whiny and enjoy life a bit more