Trying to be brave

I'm trying to figure out if I'm brave enough to be a single parent without family support for eight weeks.

I'm an Aussie living in Auckland. DH has to go to Melbourne for work from early October to late November, which leaves me really wanting to pack Alex up and take him home to my parents' place in Adelaide, as I don't have any family here in Auckland (and the in-laws live up north). BUT if I do that it'll cost me $3k when you take airfares and putting our dogs in kennels into account We don't have a lot of money to be splashing it around like that, it could be MUCH better spent elsewhere, but if I really wanted to I could afford it.

What do you guys reckon? Is it really that hard being a single parent to one baby? Am I just being a great big wimp? Or would I be better off staying where DH can visit on weekends and I have my parents to support me?

I'd wanna take the opportunity to get over there, who knows when you'll next be able to do it and think of it as your DH's work is paying half the airfares! But you're right that $3k is a lot of money. It would be ok to look after a little baby for that long but I'd get pretty lonely without my DH for that long. Will you be able to txt/contact much with him? How long have you been together?


ETA: Would you save any money if you left 2 weeks after him and came back a week early, or something like that?

Edited by busymum

I'm gonna say the opposite and I'd stay at home mostly. I'd feel mega guilt for putting my dog in the kennels for that long (and my dog annoys the crap outta me lol) and I'd see if any of the parents (in laws and own parents) could come to me for parts of that time and then go over for just a smaller part of the time.

I have to agree with Stacey - I would say stay at home, although I've never been a mother, let alone a single one, but I think that 6-8 weeks isn't too long (it gives you something to look forward to when he gets home) and 3k is a lot to blow just because your DH is away for that time. Although maybe I'm just biased because for me it's usually 6 months at a time. What does your DH reckon?