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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Sorry you can't afford to enjoy your vacation and have some couple time. I pay my nanny to make my life easier and I probably could drag my kids along and get up at dawn and spend all days keeping my (twin) toddlers happy and safe at the beach then spend the evening stuck in the hotel after a crazy bedtime routine. Or I could just bring my nanny so that I get a break in the morning to get ready at my own pace, have an extra set of hands at bedtime and DH and I can enjoy a dinner out while the kids are safe at the hotel--now that's a vacation! "

I see that as totally different from a family with ONE kid going on vacation over XMAS. Still don't really understand taking nanny on family beach trip, but we do the beach w/ my folks so I can fathom how it's nice to have extra hands, particularly when you have multiple kids. Seems really different from the situation OP described though. [/quote]

I am the OP.  We are agnostic, so we are choosing Thanksgiving or Christmas because we have time off.  And as for having only ONE kid, well, my ONE toddler stills requires supervision every waking moment, which means that DH and I would have to take turns watching the baby the entire day and then try to sneak in a few hours of couple time during naps/after bedtime, without leaving the room.  Or we could have nanny get up with baby while we get everything packed for the beach and we can spend the morning enjoying the beach as a family, and nanny can put DC down for a nap and wait around the hotel while we go swimming, snorkeling, whatever, then we can meet up for dinner together, put the baby to bed and DH and I can go out to dinner while nanny hangs at the hotel in case the baby wakes.

Why not just leave my baby at home?  Because I look forward to spending the entire morning and most of the afternoon/evening with my whole family, even if I want to be able to leave the hotel during nap/after bed.[/quote]

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