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Leaving baby

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babymama12 · 25/11/2018 19:36

Just curious really... at what age did you leave your baby over night with (very capable!) grandparents? To catch up on sleep or for date night?

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WantingBaby1 · 30/11/2018 19:14

In the same house? Around 7m when DD only needed one night (boob) feed, and my mum brought her to me. Felt comfortable doing this as I was only a flight of stairs away. Perhaps you could try this if nervous?. Away entirely? We've just done this and DD is 15m.

FoxgloveStar · 30/11/2018 23:12

For me it was dependent on breastfeeding so until I could go a day with no feeding I couldn’t really leave him. We went to Barcelona for a wedding for one night when DS was 1.5yrs.

mindutopia · 01/12/2018 06:54

Our oldest one when she was 2. Now that we have a 2nd, honestly can’t imagine it being possible, but we don’t have very capable gps. Both have health issues and just couldn’t manage. We’ll need a nanny if we want a night to ourselves now. But if you have the option, enjoy and make the most of it!

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blackcat86 · 01/12/2018 07:01

DD has a sleepover planned with my parents at just shy of 19 weeks old (15 weeks at the mo). That's only because FIL has a big birthday bash planned and I've seen how great my parents are with her.

SnuggyBuggy · 01/12/2018 07:11

I haven't left month BF baby yet. I would ideally wait until she was reliably sleeping through in her own room if only for the sake of her poor grandparents. I will probably leave her with her dad and have a night in a hotel or something when we are ready to night wean.

tryinganewname · 01/12/2018 07:14

DD was about 6 weeks and stayed with MIL who was 2 minutes away, she stays there every other weekend or so and is now 4 months.

Don't feel guilty, just have plans in place in case it's too much for you and and you want to go to them.

smiler0206 · 01/12/2018 07:18

With my first DD WE didn't let her stay out anywhere until she was 4 but our circumstances were a bit different to other parents. I had a traumatic birth (me and our DD are lucky to be alive) that ended with emergency c section and me in a coma for 6 weeks, so because of that lost time we couldn't bare to be apart. With our DD2 we let her stay at my parents with her sister when she was 1. Everyone's circumstances are different and if you don't feel comfortable doing something then don't

KonaMum · 01/12/2018 07:22

DS is 3 months and won’t take a bottle yet and can’t be relied upon to sleep through the night so it won’t be for a while yet. My mum would love to have him though! I’ll be going back to work and possibly doing the occasional night shift when he’s 9 months so hopefully by then he’d be okay to stay over with my parents or in-laws (although DH will be doing the care whilst I’mat work usually).

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