At the end of July and beginning of August we had our family vacation. There were good and bad things about it, but it was definitely a learning experience. For example, a cheap house with a pool anywhere would be great for a vacation. Going all the way to Hawaii for a beach is a bit of a stretch with little kids.
Pros:
The first week Parker was AMAZING with the time change. He'd sleep from 7:00 until 5:00-6:00. That changed as he got used to the new time, but that first week was great!
Colby loved going in the ocean with daddy. He would boogie board with him and had a blast.
I now know we did not waste our money buying a beach tent, I had to have it to keep Parker out of the sun, and it worked great.
I loved spending the entire first week with Andrew. Too bad he had to go back to work, but it was fun having him around that first week.
Colby and Lea were so cute when they played together. Lea would follow Colby around, and Colby would crawl around with Lea.
Colby loved seeing all the chicken on Kauai, and would call out "CHICKEN BIRD" whenever he saw any kind of bird.
I didn't get burnt, I was hardly in the sun so therefore, I didn't get burnt.
There was a great pool at both places we stayed, which ended up being way less stressful than heading to the beach.
There was a lot of family around to help me with Colby and Parker.
Cons:
A newborn can't be in the sun, therefore making a trip to Hawaii is VERY difficult. Someone had to be holding him all the time under an umbrella or in the tent.
Almost everyone ended up getting sick, kinda makes anything miserable. So sad watching Lea and Colby get sick though, they were up a lot at night coughing.
Colby would hardly eat or drink anything, that made tantrums pretty great....
Skipping naps all over the place is hard on little ones.
The time change back to California time has been a NIGHTMARE. Parker didn't struggle the first couple nights, now he's wide awake until 10:30. And wakes up multiple times at night. NOT happy about that.
Colby was sleeping with Nana and Papa the last week, so now (on top of time change issues) he HATES sleeping by himself. He used to chill in bed until he fell asleep and waited for me to get him in the morning. When we got back, he started screaming bloody murder until Andrew finally ended up just sleeping in the room with him all night. I've got high hopes for him though, he's already 80 times better. I bought a lock for his door and he hasn't even tried to open the door yet since i got it. He still cries, but at least he stays in bed.
Next year I'm not sure what we'll do. I know this is only the first week since we got back, but we'll see how long it takes before Andrew and I start getting sleep again. A 2 week vacation may be too much for the kids.
Now that our vacation is over....Andrew and I need a vacation.
Pros:
The first week Parker was AMAZING with the time change. He'd sleep from 7:00 until 5:00-6:00. That changed as he got used to the new time, but that first week was great!
Colby loved going in the ocean with daddy. He would boogie board with him and had a blast.
I now know we did not waste our money buying a beach tent, I had to have it to keep Parker out of the sun, and it worked great.
I loved spending the entire first week with Andrew. Too bad he had to go back to work, but it was fun having him around that first week.
Colby and Lea were so cute when they played together. Lea would follow Colby around, and Colby would crawl around with Lea.
Colby loved seeing all the chicken on Kauai, and would call out "CHICKEN BIRD" whenever he saw any kind of bird.
I didn't get burnt, I was hardly in the sun so therefore, I didn't get burnt.
There was a great pool at both places we stayed, which ended up being way less stressful than heading to the beach.
There was a lot of family around to help me with Colby and Parker.
Cons:
A newborn can't be in the sun, therefore making a trip to Hawaii is VERY difficult. Someone had to be holding him all the time under an umbrella or in the tent.
Almost everyone ended up getting sick, kinda makes anything miserable. So sad watching Lea and Colby get sick though, they were up a lot at night coughing.
Colby would hardly eat or drink anything, that made tantrums pretty great....
Skipping naps all over the place is hard on little ones.
The time change back to California time has been a NIGHTMARE. Parker didn't struggle the first couple nights, now he's wide awake until 10:30. And wakes up multiple times at night. NOT happy about that.
Colby was sleeping with Nana and Papa the last week, so now (on top of time change issues) he HATES sleeping by himself. He used to chill in bed until he fell asleep and waited for me to get him in the morning. When we got back, he started screaming bloody murder until Andrew finally ended up just sleeping in the room with him all night. I've got high hopes for him though, he's already 80 times better. I bought a lock for his door and he hasn't even tried to open the door yet since i got it. He still cries, but at least he stays in bed.
Next year I'm not sure what we'll do. I know this is only the first week since we got back, but we'll see how long it takes before Andrew and I start getting sleep again. A 2 week vacation may be too much for the kids.
Now that our vacation is over....Andrew and I need a vacation.
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