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My update is that I am going to propose that I fly to and from the town with the baby, and she comes on a much shorter trip (flying alone) so she only has to take two days of PTO.

* She is worried about traveling with a baby, but that will be my problem.
* She is worried about taking vacation days, but she will only use two of them (which is nothing at all considering that daycare is closed for 8 workdays).
* I'll drive to pick her and drop her off from/for her flights.

I feel like this is a good compromise that should address a lot of her concerns.

I will let you know what she says.[/quote]

I don't think this plan is unreasonable, but (1) Is she breastfeeding/will she be then? If so, being away from the baby for how ever many days you're talking about will be a giant pain in the ass that will endanger her supply. (I realize people do EP and it is possible to pump sufficiently to keep supply up, but for a mostly BFing mom to suddenly start trying to EP at a year for multiple days is really REALLY hard. I have done it several times at various stages over 3 kids for work travel and it SUCKS.) The pumping during travel will particularly suck if we're talking about a 4+ hour flight. (2) Is she OK with being away from her baby for that many days? You know how you're rethinking being away from your baby for that many days - 2? Well, she likely feels the same way.[/quote]

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