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Will I bugger up the routine if I take baby out for dinner one night??

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Runninglate · 02/03/2007 17:20

Our 10 week old DD has been going to bed at 7pm for the past week and it's working brilliantly. DH is away all next week for work and some friends invited me + DD over for dinner one night to help break the monotony of me being on my own.

Is this wise or should I stay at home and keep the bed time routine for DD as it is still relatively new?

I honestly don't mind either way - I just want to do what's best for DD.

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becklespeckle · 02/03/2007 17:21

can you take a carrycot/moses basket with you and put him to sleep in a separate room at his normal bedtime??? that's what I used to do...

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Runninglate · 02/03/2007 17:25

I don't own one. It would just be a car seat and then I could put her down to sleep on a sheepskin on the floor / sofa but I suspect she wouldn't settle very well (but she might!). She would have 2 bed times - one there and then one again at home. Would this matter?

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becklespeckle · 02/03/2007 17:27

i don't think it would matter once in a while - besides, you need some sanity and company!

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willywonka · 02/03/2007 17:28

I'd give it a go on the understanding that if you really needed to go then you might have to. The worst that can happen is that you have some company for at least part of the evening. She may surprise you and sleep perfectly.

We used to take DD out, sometimes it worked, sometimes not but if you go without too many expectations, you won't be disappointed.

Good luck and do let us know if it works out!

Bucketsofdynomite · 02/03/2007 17:40

Oh yes enjoy the flexibility now before she's too big for her carseat!

bobalinga · 02/03/2007 17:53

I doubt it would. My experience is that as soon as you got a routine going, the baby changes anyhow. And at the time you blame it on something you did!
My 4 certainly did that. Soon as I got comfortable, they'd start waking/vomiting/not sleeping etc etc.
Going out to dinner sounds fun Go for it

mm22bys · 03/03/2007 07:00

I'd go for it too. She is still young enough to probbly be able to sleep anywhere (that's my experience of my two DSs at the same age).

IME if my DH was going away for a week I'd be stir crazy and would need the adult company to keep my sanity!

twentypence · 03/03/2007 07:20

If you don't go she won't go to sleep at 7pm and you will wish you had gone.

If you are overly concerned you could invite your friends over to you instead and get takeaways.

Weegle · 03/03/2007 07:53

Or can the friends come over to you for a take-away if you are really concerned?

Otherwise I would go. But maybe ask if you can turn up a bit before usual bedtime and do your bedtime routine there and put her to sleep in their bedroom with the monitor (this is what we do, DS is now 9 months, it's only just starting to become harder). That way the room is dark and quiet like at home and she won't be disturbed once she is asleep. With any luck then if she wakes when you leave she'll fall asleep again when you put her in the car. And then at home you can probably just feed her to get her back off.

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Runninglate · 03/03/2007 23:51

This all sounds very sensible actually and I would like a bit of company! It would also be great to get out of the house and not feel that I have to be mother!

xxxx

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LucyJu · 03/03/2007 23:57

Could you take your pram, and let her sleep in that? IME, 10-week-old babies are very adaptable. You might find that it is more likely to disrupt her routine when she is a bit older, so make the most of your chance of a night out!

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Runninglate · 04/03/2007 00:01

Well it involves a trip in the car, so I thought I would carry her in in the car seat and then 'put her to bed' on her sheepskin and then put her back in the car seat to come home - she will sleep in it but not for too long as she prefers to be flat and stretched out really. I will then have to 'put her to bed' again when we get home.

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hana · 04/03/2007 00:04

how ever did your 10 week old manage to get into a routine already!! dd3 took ages, it's really only been the past month or so (she's 5 months btw)

themoon66 · 04/03/2007 00:08

Go... without a doubt... go.

Mine learned to sleep to the sound of grown ups laughing and clinking glasses. They slept through dogs barking, hoovers going, and mega-watt disco sounds.

Its for the best in the long run. DD now living in student accommodation and sleeping soundly through riots and police raids, whilst her companions are dragging themselves around, half dead, through lack of being able to sleep

RosaLuxembourg · 04/03/2007 00:57

Do it otherwise when she is three and you really can't go out to dinner you will regret the wasted opportunity.

hunkermunker · 04/03/2007 00:58

Take her.

Enjoy yourself.

Come home.

She's 10 weeks old.

Some nights will be better than others.

You will look back and laugh at how precious you were being in the future, I promise you

Peridot30 · 04/03/2007 01:00

I Would GO!

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Runninglate · 04/03/2007 23:04

Ok I'm convinced . It's on Tuesday, so I'll report back

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Runninglate · 06/03/2007 23:59

Well, we went and despite feeding, dummy and general gentle going to bed 'things', DD didn't settle AT ALL (big screaming fits) and my friends ended up cuddling her to sleep in semi-darkness. I got home and put her to bed and she's now out like a light.

Is there any trick to getting them to sleep in other people's houses? We're going to see 'granny' abroad in 2 weeks time and have been invited out to dinner at a couple of houses while we're there. We can't leave her with granny, so would have to take her with. The challenge will be to get her to sleep at all anywhere! Any tips gatefully received or do we just not worry too much.

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