Last weekend my wife and I had 27 hours of freedom.
For the first time since our baby was born (5 1/2 months ago), my wife and I went away last weekend. Wow - it was nice. It was sort of strange to be out and about without our baby in tow, to sleep overnight somewhere with no baby monitor, no getting up in the middle of the night to check up on her, not having to get up between 5:30am and 7am.
We shopped, ate, saw a nice movie, relaxed in a nice Jacuzzi tub, and slept seriously in - until 8:30!! We missed her though - my wife was having a hard time, particularly in the beginning. Didn't help that everywhere we looked was another baby - driving us both nuts!
We left her with my parents, who were thrilled at the chance to spend time with her (even if she did wake up a few times overnight - different surroundings and all). She was really good for them too (we have a wonderful baby, but she does have her bad days, like we all do) - she buttered them up, so we may get a chance to do this again!
My parents always said that it is good to go away, leave the kids with the grandparents (or somebody else), to get a chance to be with your spouse, get to spend time with just her. I believed them before, but I definitely believe them now!
Posted by Mark at June 10, 2003 11:35 AM | TrackBack