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Tell me about the first time---

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you left DC alone overnight.  Was it at a relatives??  Did they have a crib or did you use the pack n play?  How did your DC do? 

I have a business meeting (overnight) in a few weeks that I'm nervous about---DH works insane hours so there's no way he can watch DS.  I will be forced to leave DS at my parents for the night.  So I'm nervous--he's never been alone overnight not in his room/crib.  He would be in a pack n play there.

So I'm thinking maybe this Saturday letting him stay there as a practice---we'll be at a wedding but still in town (within an hour of them) just in case.  But I'm nervous about how DC will do there.  I know he loves their house b/c it's "new" to him--but not sure how he'll do overnight.  PLUS I know my parents--and they won't sleep b/c they'll be so nervous LOL.  So I kind of feel bad doing that to them 2x within a month.

 

 


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  • ggbeanggbean

    We leave DS with my parents once a month. He LOVES staying there. He sleeps in a PNP, and they have never had a problem with him STTN. 

    Honestly, I don't know if I would rec doing a trial run. If he has a difficult time (which is possible if that is his first time sleeping there) then you might feel even worse about leaving him when you are out of town. Maybe have a sleepover there with him, so he gets familiar with the PNP and room he'll be sleeping in, but you are still right there is he gets upset. Good luck to you! 

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  • *NNO**NNO*
    It was with my in-laws and he slept in a pack n play. DS did great.?

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  • RubygirlRubygirl member

    I haven't left DS overnight w/ anyone but DH so far, but I'd let him stay with his grandparents.  Problem is he doesn't sleep v. well in the PNP anymore.  We took it on vacation last October when he was ~17 months and he's getting too big for it.  I really need to get a cot like they have at DCP.  

    The practice run is a good idea.  Certainly wouldn't hurt to ask them if they'd like to try.  Why won't your parents sleep?  Could one of them sleep in the same room as him, that way if he did wake up they'd be there?  Would that help them/your DS?   

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  • Judah'sMommyJudah'sMommy

    Judah spent the night at my parents for the first time when he was 2 months old.  He spends the night away about once a month or every other month.  What I've learned is that things *wont* go the way they do at home, but the grandparents will figure out their own routines and ways of doing things.  

    Oh, and he sleeps in a PNP, but with the pillow, blanket, and lovey from his crib inside.

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  • klink11klink11 member
    DD stayed overnight for the 1st time when she was 3 months old. It was with my parents and she slept in their room in the pack and play. DD did wonderful! The first time is always the hardest. Good luck!
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  • megs042107megs042107

    I don't remember the first time we left him.  It was probably at my parents' house and he was in a crib.  When we go to my IL's, he sleeps in a pnp and does fine.  

    I really wouldn't stress about it.  :) 

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  • olivejuice127olivejuice127

    It was awful. We did it for our anniversary and left DD at my mom and dad's for the first time. DH and I went to dinner about an hour away and I surprised Dh with a hotel room. We both couldn't sleep at all and couldn't wait to get home to her. I would def think about doing some trial runs.

    ?Oh and DD slept in a crib, kind of... she wouldnt go to sleep so they ended up taking her for a car ride.?

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  • lpennie16lpennie16 member
    We left DS1 with MIL overnight once. She has a crib. I missed him terribly.
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  • Lucky_DragonflyLucky_Dragonfly member
    I haven;t left DS overnight yet, but we will in April. He will be staying at the IL's. They have a crib that they have used for all the grandchildren and they watch him on Thurs and Fri eery week, but I know that I will still be a wreck because it will be for 3 days.
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