Do you ever take a vaction without your CHARGEr??

[Guest guest]

We have a big summer planned and one thing in August it a water and

theme park which Eva is to little for and so my mom is going to watch

her for us while we take the boys.

The reason I ask is because I guess I feel alittle guilty not taking

her even tho she is going to Disneyland with us and everything else we

are doing.

Maybe its just a mothers things,it also doesnt help that I was looking

threw a parents maginze and there was a picture of a baby at a water

park having fun on the baby swing in the water.

I guess I am just wondering how you felt leaving them at home??

Thanks,

Crystal and Eva

[Guest guest]

supermama95 supermama95@...> wrote: We have a big summer planned

and one thing in August it a water and

theme park which Eva is to little for and so my mom is going to watch

her for us while we take the boys.

The reason I ask is because I guess I feel alittle guilty not taking

her even tho she is going to Disneyland with us and everything else we

are doing.

Maybe its just a mothers things,it also doesnt help that I was looking

threw a parents maginze and there was a picture of a baby at a water

park having fun on the baby swing in the water.

I guess I am just wondering how you felt leaving them at home??

Thanks,

Crystal and Eva

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[Guest guest]

We don't really go on vacations but my husband and I go to Ohio occasionally.

Due to my son having a heart condition and his lungs not able to go 12 hrs. I

leave him with my mom. We are usually only gone 2 days. It seems like we are in

the car a lot. The last time we took him with us he got really sick. He can't

fly. Although he does ok when we drive to Oklahoma, it is only 4 hours and we

stop a lot.

Hope this helps. Yes, you do feel a little guilty and you call almost every

hour.

Dudgeon

Mom to Bryce 6, CHaRGE

supermama95 supermama95@...> wrote:

We have a big summer planned and one thing in August it a water and

theme park which Eva is to little for and so my mom is going to watch

her for us while we take the boys.

The reason I ask is because I guess I feel alittle guilty not taking

her even tho she is going to Disneyland with us and everything else we

are doing.

Maybe its just a mothers things,it also doesnt help that I was looking

threw a parents maginze and there was a picture of a baby at a water

park having fun on the baby swing in the water.

I guess I am just wondering how you felt leaving them at home??

Thanks,

Crystal and Eva

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[Guest guest]

Crystal-

Especially when Aubrie was younger, we did things like that without her.

It's not unusual for a family to have special time with each sibling. You

know Eva would not enjoy the water park as much as her brothers will and she

would detract from their full enjoyment. They deserve an opportunity for

full-on fun with you guys. It won't hurt Eva to have a special day with

Grandma.

When Oprah had the autism show recently, Aubrie saw the part when the

sibling was talking about feeling left out. She said, " Is that how it is

for ? " So she's become aware that he may feel neglected. She knows

that we've always done things with just him. It's not very often, but she

knows that we sometimes have time. Now she is able to understand why

that is important for him. Having " big boy " time is something Eva will need

to understand. It's not because she has CHARGE - it's because they are big

boys who have different interests than her. So she will have special Eva

girl time and they will need special big boy time.

I know the guilt is hard. But you're doing the right thing by providing

opportunities for all your kids. Remember - fair does not mean the same.

Hugs-

Michele W

Aubrie's mom 9 yrs

[Guest guest]

Try not to feel guilty, I know, I have been there... YOu have two other

children who will enjoy your trip and your baby will love to stay with your

mom. It is safer for her, perhaps.

I went through that all of the time in regards to vacations. It was safer

for our son (charge) not to go at that time. NOw he can go on vacations with

all the whole group.

>

>Reply-To: CHARGE

>To: CHARGE

>Subject: Do you ever take a vaction without your CHARGEr??

>Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 13:22:52 -0000

>

>We have a big summer planned and one thing in August it a water and

>theme park which Eva is to little for and so my mom is going to watch

>her for us while we take the boys.

>The reason I ask is because I guess I feel alittle guilty not taking

>her even tho she is going to Disneyland with us and everything else we

>are doing.

>Maybe its just a mothers things,it also doesnt help that I was looking

>threw a parents maginze and there was a picture of a baby at a water

>park having fun on the baby swing in the water.

>I guess I am just wondering how you felt leaving them at home??

>

>Thanks,

>Crystal and Eva

>

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[Guest guest]

This is a question I ask all the time, not just about vacations, but

about everything. Eddie is 4 years younger than , but so much

further apart in terms of abilities and interests. It's hard on both of

them when we do something together. I feel like Eddie is just being

dragged here and there, without much to capture his interest, so we

often have to split up or all leave early if Eddie has had enough. If I

intentionally exclude him, will have more fun but I feel guilty

for even thinking about leaving him home with dad. It's not an ideal

situation (nothing about charge is) and I fear it will only get worse

as he gets older.

joanne

> We have a big summer planned and one thing in August it a water and

> theme park which Eva is to little for and so my mom is going to watch

> her for us while we take the boys.

> The reason I ask is because I guess I feel alittle guilty not taking

> her even tho she is going to Disneyland with us and everything else we

> are doing.

> Maybe its just a mothers things,it also doesnt help that I was looking

> threw a parents maginze and there was a picture of a baby at a water

> park having fun on the baby swing in the water.

> I guess I am just wondering how you felt leaving them at home??

>

> Thanks,

> Crystal and Eva

[Guest guest]

Thanks Michele!

Aubrie is one smart little girl there, and I also saw the Oprah

special and felt so bad for the siblings. I know every year I try to

do ONE BIG things with each child alone so they get a very special

mommy and me day. But I have not yet had a family day without her.

But I know she is good hands with my mom she is so great with her

and loves her so much.

Crystal

>

> Crystal-

>

> Especially when Aubrie was younger, we did things like that

without her.

> It's not unusual for a family to have special time with each

sibling. You

> know Eva would not enjoy the water park as much as her brothers

will and she

> would detract from their full enjoyment. They deserve an

opportunity for

> full-on fun with you guys. It won't hurt Eva to have a special

day with

> Grandma.

>

>

>

> When Oprah had the autism show recently, Aubrie saw the part when

the

> sibling was talking about feeling left out. She said, " Is that

how it is

> for ? " So she's become aware that he may feel neglected.

She knows

> that we've always done things with just him. It's not very often,

but she

> knows that we sometimes have time. Now she is able to

understand why

> that is important for him. Having " big boy " time is something Eva

will need

> to understand. It's not because she has CHARGE - it's because

they are big

> boys who have different interests than her. So she will have

special Eva

> girl time and they will need special big boy time.

>

>

>

> I know the guilt is hard. But you're doing the right thing by

providing

> opportunities for all your kids. Remember - fair does not mean

the same.

>

>

>

> Hugs-

>

> Michele W

> Aubrie's mom 9 yrs

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Joanne and Cindy your words have helped so much and I know we

can do so much more at the park without her. Also this way my

husband and I will each have a kid and we know they will both be

watched all the time. Eva is not big on pools anyway.

Thanks again,

Crystal

>

> > We have a big summer planned and one thing in August it a water

and

> > theme park which Eva is to little for and so my mom is going to

watch

> > her for us while we take the boys.

> > The reason I ask is because I guess I feel alittle guilty not

taking

> > her even tho she is going to Disneyland with us and everything

else we

> > are doing.

> > Maybe its just a mothers things,it also doesnt help that I was

looking

> > threw a parents maginze and there was a picture of a baby at a

water

> > park having fun on the baby swing in the water.

> > I guess I am just wondering how you felt leaving them at home??

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Crystal and Eva

>

>

[Guest guest]

Crystal,

When our kids were little, my husband and I always took a motorcycle trip every

year without the kids. I felt so much guilt leaving them behind but you know, I

felt it was important to get away to relax without the pressure of caring for

Jess so that I could refresh myself to take on another year. We would be gone

for 4-6 days, ride the motorcycle for 3600-4200 miles in that week, and most of

all, forget about everything at home (until time to check in every night to see

how the kids were doing). We did this for 10 years. On the 11th year we took

our son Mitch. We had hoped to take him for more trips but I was injured in an

auto accident and couldn't ride anymore.

Now that Mitch is married and is starting a family of his own, we have talked

about the trips that we took without him. I still have guilt at time that we

took times to ourselves. The kids grow up so fast. However, it did not phase

him that he didn't go with us on those trips as he now has great and wonderful

memories of a week with Grandma and Grandpa. As for Jess, if she could talk and

share her feelings, I'm sure she would be sharing those Grandma & Grandpa

feelings as well.

Don't feel guilty, just enjoy the waterpark!

Sheryl

Mom to Jess 20, Mitch 21 and grandma to Alana

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sheryl!!

Crystal

>

> Crystal,

>

> When our kids were little, my husband and I always took a

motorcycle trip every year without the kids. I felt so much guilt

leaving them behind but you know, I felt it was important to get

away to relax without the pressure of caring for Jess so that I

could refresh myself to take on another year. We would be gone for

4-6 days, ride the motorcycle for 3600-4200 miles in that week, and

most of all, forget about everything at home (until time to check in

every night to see how the kids were doing). We did this for 10

years. On the 11th year we took our son Mitch. We had hoped to

take him for more trips but I was injured in an auto accident and

couldn't ride anymore.

>

> Now that Mitch is married and is starting a family of his own, we

have talked about the trips that we took without him. I still have

guilt at time that we took times to ourselves. The kids grow up so

fast. However, it did not phase him that he didn't go with us on

those trips as he now has great and wonderful memories of a week

with Grandma and Grandpa. As for Jess, if she could talk and share

her feelings, I'm sure she would be sharing those Grandma & Grandpa

feelings as well.

>

> Don't feel guilty, just enjoy the waterpark!

>

> Sheryl

> Mom to Jess 20, Mitch 21 and grandma to Alana

>

>