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[quote=Anonymous]Second the suggestion to put this decision and conflict off until you have a real baby to worry about, not a theoretical one. We did a short road trip at about 8 weeks to prep for thanksgiving road trip at 4 months. It was very useful for us to get the kinks out. Suggest a veteran's day road trip and see if you can delay the decision until then. Traffic plus carseat-hating baby is HELL and if you have a colicky one...What time do you usually make the drive?

I get your concerns about germs but you have more control there than you do about the trip. You can have the baby in a carrier and not pass it around.

I'm a little concerned about your husband's mindset, seeing you as the enemy and his family as the right-thinking people. Agree with PPs that memories of moms of tweens about newborns and surgical recovery are extremely suspect.  He misses his family and feels left out, it sounds like. Is he taking pat leave? Once the baby is here he needs to take as much responsibility for it as possible to get him on board. I think the best outcome would be having him realize at your vet day road trip that it's too much to bite off, and taking the heat from his family. And then go for christmas. [/quote]

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