Weekends away

Over the weekend OB and I travelled to Katoomba Women's Convention. We left Friday midday and returned 7pm Sunday night. This was a pretty daunting task with an active 9 month old. I nearly pulled out at the last minute...but am thankful that I didn't as it was a wonderfully refreshing weekend with old and new friends :)

I took SO much stuff. Between the pram, capsule, cot, heater, bedding, extra clothes, extra food, towels, sleeping bags, monitor, toys and toiletries its amazing we fit everything in! (Luckily Liz has an iMax!). I tried to take enough stuff to make it as "like home" for OB as possible. I also tried to keep his routine pretty consistent even though we were traveling.

Things that I wouldn't do again:

* sleep OB in the pram - OB hates the porta cot (even though it's so cute!). I need to give him time before our next trip to become familiar with the cot so it isnt so strange. Friends have suggested giving him one of his day sleeps in the porta cot every ow and then so it is just a normal thing. Another friend suggested having it set up in his room and letting him play in it sometimes so he's familiar with it - although I don't know whether I was the cot to be for playing...just sleeping.

Things that I would do again:

*pack a few days before and keep going through to ensure I have everything. It was great being over prepared (much better than under prepared I'm sure!).  There wasnt anything that I wish I took but didnt.
*miss out on night time activities to give OB a consistent night time routine. I missed out on going out for dinner on the Saturday night, instead I bathed OB, read him a story and put him down at his usual time. This worked really well (with a 12 hr sleep). I'm a big fan of making the baby fit into our lives but it's also fair to be realistic (and not expect a baby to be up all night).


All in all it was a great weekend. I'll do an update soon as I've just started night weaning...fingers cross it goes alright tonight.