Feel like getting nauseous? Check out this story about "Babymoons." A babymoon is when new parents take their babies on a fancy trip. Link. Excerpts:
The travel industry is paying attention. The luxury market in particular is making itself extra kid-friendly, says Kyle McCarthy, editor of FamilyTravelForum.com, offering baby-sitting services that accept very young children and introducing massages for pre- and post-partum moms and even for babies.
Babymoon marketers hope to ease some of the pain. Las Ventanas in Los Cabos, Mexico, offers a four-night "babymoon" package, from $2,322 to $12,122 per expectant couple. If they've already had the baby, the hotel can provide a tiny robe and slippers, a crib with a hypoallergenic mattress, and the all-important diaper pail (lasventanas.com) Disney's cruise ships (disneycruise.disney.go.com) give parents a break by taking children as young as 12 weeks in a Little Mermaid -themed nursery. Mom and Dad can check on Junior through special portholes.
Why does it make us nauseous? Hard to say, except we're fed up with couples who view having children as another item on the "self-fulfillment and lifetime experience checklist." The babymoon strikes us as another instance of adults trying to maximize the experience instead of maximizing their proper role: that of self-sacrificing parents.
