Twenty-Four Hours Alone With Daddy
Twenty-four hours? Really?
Ok, it was more along the lines of twelve, but suffice to say Isaac went an entire day with no mommy!
Which meant I spent the whole day away from the love of my life, whom I have not EVER left for more than 3 hours. Yes he is almost 2 years old. It’s sad, but true.
Just the two of us
Being the overprotective paranoid psycho-mom that I am (see above) perhaps you are wondering why I left Isaac with his dad for the day…well, it gets worse!
Chris is taking Marissa and Isaac to Arizona soon to visit his family, all of whom have never met our son. While I’m super excited for the fun vacation, I am also terrified of Isaac being out of my care for 10 looong days!
But since the little guy is still a free plane rider until the end of July when he turns 2, we decided it was the right time to send him along. Yes, I am actually in agreement here, can you believe it?
Not to say I’m not freaking out over it; I am!
To ease some of my worry I demanded a 24 hour grace period just to make sure that Daddy could handle this crazy toddler for a day by himself; practice for the 10 straight days soon to come.
If I had it my way there would be way more practice time, as one day is hardly enough, but since Chris works on Saturdays normally that was tricky to plan, so I had to accept one single day.
I seriously had a panic attack as I snuck out of the house that morning before Isaac woke up and wanted to turn around, but I pressed on and headed out to the beach with a good book or two.
Ahhh, now a day at the beach alone is a great stress-reliever, I must say. It’s been a while since I could read, swim, or shell because I always had Isaac with me. Very nice and relaxing…
Of course I called Chris every hour or so for updates, secretly hoping he was having a tough time (sorry!) and would realize he could not take Isaac after all.
No such luck — both father and son survived the trial by fire, quite happily I must say. However, a certain sneaky kid conned his dad into making nap time 2:00 instead of the usual 12:00, but he did end up getting a solid 2 hours so I can’t really complain.
It wasn’t as terrible as I thought it would be for me, but I definitely missed my boy. Not sure how I’m gonna make it through 10 days without him! There will be many phone calls and Skype sessions for sure!
Any tips for me or Chris would be greatly appreciated, and yes, I have already considered packing myself into a duffel bag!
Oh Sarah, Sarah! I am super proud of you! Isaac’s mommy is growing up!!!
You know what, I think Chris needs to learn for himself (sorry Chris). I say you pack all the necessities that Isaac requires that keeps him comfortable/happy and send them on their way. I’m sure if you wrote directions, Chris wouldn’t read them anyways—I know my husband wouldn’t! Plus, Isaac is old enough to communicate what he wants, Chris just has to figure it out! A couple situations where Isaac communicates loudly, I’m sure Chris will learn quickly! Hey, that’s how we learned, right?!!!
Let me know if you need to love on a child, Sayle will gladly keep you on your toes!
Hi Brooke,
Yeah, you know it takes me a while to grow up and part with Isaac, but I’m getting there! He is all packed for early tomorrow morning, directions, schedule and menu included but you’re probably right that his father will not read them (: Thanks for the encouragement, and please tell Sayle-fish that I just might need some toddler time, we’ll see…
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