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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, bit of a devil's advocate here. I don't know what the big deal is with going with a 3 wk old. While the baby isn't immunized I would assume everyone else is since there are other children around. Plus how long is the drive?  Really, you have to stop multiple times even though you said they are pretty close? If you do stop why not just change baby in the car?

That said I think you hosting is the most craIest idea ever. I would go, get a hotel room for the one night and let DH and DD sleep at Grandma's while you get a night in the hotel with the baby. Spend your time there in bed, watching TV, go to dinner then retreat back to the hotel room. [/quote]

OP here. The drive is 3 hours. If this baby is going to be like my DD, then at this point he will be eating every 1.5 hours. The thought of driving with a newborn and toddler and having to do that does not appeal. Not to mention I remember the bare survival those first few weeks were - to do them in someone else's house while having to hang out with a lot of people is not something I relish. The hotel idea - having a newborn that small in a hotel (thus around even more people), also does not appeal.

It's only Thanksgiving, with people we see a lot of anyway. To go to that level of discomfort for that seems to be a bit much.

After reading all the responses, I realize hosting is overly ambitious as well. I guess I've forgotten how all-consuming a baby was.

I think I will tell DH he is more than welcome to take DD to my ILs (though as I stated elsewhere, that probably won't happen because he doesn't leave me) or we'll see them in a month, on Christmas. [/quote]

Hotels --even expensive ones-- are full of germs. I would not take a 3 week old to a hotel unless I was adopting and required to stay in the city of birth.[/quote]

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