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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP just now reading this last page of post. I actually did have a very difficult baby and we just learned how to work our lives around them so that they didn't stop. It wasn't always super fantastic fun times, but I would say 90% of the things we did when he was a terrible sleeper and a bad napper were well worth it[/quote]
Then I don’t think your baby was as difficult as you think! My worst one screamed in the car the. Entire. Time. Like I actually drove to the Midwest and 20 out of 26 hours the kid screamed. Tried everything. We ended up not traveling for a couple years. It was neither relaxing or fair to other people on a flight. 
This wasn’t my first child.[b] I don’t think you can necessarily say because it usually worked out for you, it will for everyone. [/b]

OP only you know how your child travels, how your husband helps and whether you will get stuck behind and be resentful, and whether the hosts will be understanding. I don’t think you’re inflexible though. It’s smart to discuss it ahead of time. There are times we divided (like my husband took the other kids skiing while I stayed with the baby) or we left the youngest with a grandparent or brought a babysitter along. GL![/quote]

It is a good thing I didn't say that then. I said, the trips were worth the pain, for me. It tagged onto my previous post about trying to say yes whenever possible because things were 9/10 less worse than I imagined.

And a 26 hour drive is not a good example. ANYONE would be miserable in road trip that long. Come on. OP's concerns revolved around the baby's sleep and schedule at the destination, which is what most people are addressing.
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Not sure if they are planning to drive or fly, but Maine is a heck of a drive! Point being, what works for some people doesn't work for others.  Vacation should cause LESS stress, not more. So while people may think she's crazy not to go, I get it.  We often found travel not worth the hassle in early years. 
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