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Hi,
So my boyfriend and I will be visiting my family in Hawaii and we are getting a kick a*s room at a luxury 5 star hotel (Hilton Waikoloa). We are taking a trip to the Big Island from the island of Oahu just the two of us and our son for 3 nights. Then we will be returning to Oahu. I don’t know anyone or have family on the Big Island so I am interested in hiring a babysitter to stay in the hotel room with our son for 7 hours. The hotel will provide a babysitter. The resort has a spa and dolphins and snorkeling and waterslides and waterfall caves with jacuzzi tubs hidden in them and so many other cool things. I wanted my finacee and I to be able to enjoy for 1 day which will not be possible with an infant.

You can’t ride a waterslide carrying an infant and you can’t snorkel with an infant and go through pounding waterfalls or sit in 105 degree hot tubs with an infant. I badly want to hire a babysitter to stay with our son for 7 hours and my fiancee is totally 100% against it. We will be on hotel grounds half the time and then maybe go to the beach and dinner the other half.

Our son is not even born yet (we will be going on the trip when our son is about 6 months old) and he has made it clear to me I am going to be a stay at home mom until our son is in school and that our son is never ever to be left with anyone other than a family member or very close and trusted friend. Which means no babysitters ever. I am glad to be a stay at home mom but the no babysitter EVER policy seems strict to me.

He said it is wrong and a very bad idea and I don’t share his feelings. I feel that because it is a sitter the hotel will provide it seems safe. I do not feel mean about it either because it will litterally be his very first time ever being without me or his father or his grandmothers. It will probably be one of our only chances to have that nice time in a luxury hotel because the trip and hotel are a gift from family. Not something we could ever afford otherwise.

Do you think that it is mean and dangerous to leave a young infant with a sitter for 7 hours or do you feel he is overreacting? Opinions would be appriciated. Thanks!!!
to above person, he will not be alone for 7 hours, of course with a sitter. I just meant alone with a sitter. And it is not damn close to child abuse to leave any child alone it IS child abuse and I’d never do that.

you have to be very cautious with whom your child is under the eye of.

I recently watched a thing on television where the parents had a nanny babysit the kids and they went to dinner on resort grounds and check on the kids every thirty minutes. The last time they went to check on their babies-they were gone. MISSING. So you need to be very cautious.

Personally I would never do that-trust no one. That is how I see it. It’s your decision though not mine. I just don’t feel as the sitters there would meet my standards. My baby is far too precious.

hope this helps

My son will be 9 in a couple of months and we will be on Oahu right around that time. I have been to Oahu many, many times and I feel like we’ve done/seen a lot of what the island has to offer. Any suggestions for fun things to do for my son’s birthday? He has been to the zoo and aquarium, gone snorkeling, taken a catamaran ride, and hiked Diamond Head, so although these things are fun, please don’t suggest any of them. Been there, done that. Thanks!
ETA: We live on Kauai. We are going to Oahu for New Year’s Eve as a family (staying for 2 nights). Like I said, we’ve been snorkeling and we’ve even been to Maui (the active volcano is on the Big Island, which he has seen, btw). PCC might work but I don’t know if my son would be interested in an entire day of Polynesian dance. Since we live in Hawaii, he has seen quite a bit of that. Thanks for your input so far!

Here’s a couple of things I can think of:

* There are the "Dolphin Encounter" experiences to swim with the dolphins, both at the Kahala Resort as well as the Sea Life Park.

http://www.dolphinquest.org/destinations/oahu/index.php?aID=1z4

* There are the Atlantis Submarines which are really cool..but again a bit pricey. I don’t think you have them on Kauai!

http://www.atlantisadventures.com/hawaii/oahu/oahu-activities.cfm

* Go to North Shore to watch the professionals prepare for the world tours at Waimea, Sunset, Banzai, although I don’t know how much action there will be if you are going on New Year’s Eve… a lot of places may be closed or quiet for the long weekend!

* Have you taken your son horseback riding? You can go to Kualoa Ranch on the windward side, past Kaneohe for horseback riding lessons. They do a trail ride as well. I don’t know where you are staying but I believe the Turtle Bay Resort has horseback riding lessons as well.

http://www.kualoa.com/

* Downtown Honolulu does a good job with thousands of Christmas lights, so it is fun to drive and see them this time of year. Also they have a great display around the Civic center areas.

* You have been to Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial, but have you seen the battleship USS Missouri or the aviation museum? I’m sure you’ve seen the WWII submarine Bowfin but if you haven’t kids really love it.

* Have you done the Makapu’u Lighthouse trail? This is a popular trail I like MUCH better than Diamond Head.

http://www.hawaiiweb.com/oahu/hiking_and_camping/makapuu_lighthouse.htm

* The Oahu Ghost Tour is supposed to be one of the best they do.

http://www.oahughosttours.com/

* Have you been to the Byodo-in Japanese Temple next to the mountains in Kaneohe? Kids love to ring the bell for luck, and then feed the thousands of koi in the lake fronting the temple.

http://gohawaii.about.com/od/oahusights/ss/byodo_in_temple.htm

Snorkeling photos – a few from a disposable underwater camera.

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