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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry but no way would I go on a trip with a 3yr old and 8th month old. Sounds horrible[/quote]

I’m also in this boat. Both of my kids at 8 mos would have freaked out being left with a strange nanny. Heck it would have been traumatic for them even at 3 — one of them started full time daycare at that age and cried all day long the first several days. Then there is the issue of being off schedule due to time change and all the extra moodiness and crankiness from sleepdisruption — no thank you! My in laws wanted us to go on a short Paris trip when our kids were slightly older than OP’s and I declined for all these reasons. Of course, I also do not care to spend time with my in laws, so in my case it was like enduring pain in order to do something also painful. [/quote]

Yes, it's the ages and the fact that the nanny would be a total stranger. Some people might have kids who would be fine with that, but mine would not have been. I once used a drop in daycare with a co-working space during a childcare pinch, and we only made it to noon and my baby cried for most of the time. The daycare workers were great-- she was just at peak stranger danger phase and an unfamiliar face was terrifying to her. She would even fuss when when my mom held her when she came to visit during that time.

Throw in a 10-20 hr flight plus the time change... Some kids get SO grumpy when they don't get the sleep they need.[/quote]

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