Poll: Age when LO had their first overnight

katpres06 · December 2010

Whether it was for something work related, emergency, or just because - what age did you feel comfortable leaving your LO overnight with someone for the first time?

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cooperme2871 · December 2010

HAHAHAHA I just left her for the first time today with someone other than DH...my MIL. I was only gone 20 minutes to the dentist too. No overnights in our future anytime soon.

warriormomerin · December 2010

DD - 19 mos because I was a naive first time parent who thought my child couldn't survive without me.

DS - I can't even remember because his first two years are kind of a blur. I know it was probably when H left at around 9 mos. The kid never slept so I felt bad leaving him with other people and causing them to lose sleep.

Mrs.Cooley2bee · December 2010

I voted 10-12 months but my mom lives out of state and she is really who I feel comfortable leaving DD with. So, when we went to Maine to visit DD was 11 months old and DH and I left for the night and stayed in a hotel and had a little date while DD was at my Mom's house:) I would have left her at about 6 months if I had the chance.

Moesten · December 2010

warrior*mom:
DD - 19 mos because I was a naive first time parent who thought my child couldn't survive without me.
DS - I can't even remember because his first two years are kind of a blur. I know it was probably when H left at around 9 mos. The kid never slept so I felt bad leaving him with other people and causing them to lose sleep.

LOL! I was the exact opposite - the neglectful, undeserving of a baby, lax first-time parent who left her child with her mother at 10 weeks so DH and I could have a baby-free evening for our anniversary. People on some message boards are ready to crucify me when they hear that. I don't regret it one bit. I am reasonably certain DD hasn't suffered any permanent harm from it.

Hell, we left the country without her when she was 17 months old and went to Hawaii without her at 19 months old.

adamsbabble · December 2010

I voted special snowflake since I'm voting for 2 children. Ava's first was around 8 months old, but it was in our house, not in someone else's. We had to be OOT and made arrangements for someone to stay with her there. I believe her first overnight not in our house was when she stayed with my parents when I had Charlotte and she was 21 mos. old then. Around that same time she had an overnight with MIL. They have been few and far between. I'm not really comfortable with a just because overnight for her anytime soon. Charlotte is 19 mos. and has never had one. I'm hoping to make arrangements for someone to stay here in our home with the girls when I'm in the hospital with Lila, but so far that is still up in the air, so her first overnight with my mom or MIL could be next month at 20 mos.

LoriZ · December 2010

DD: 2 1/2 years--when I was in the hospital having DS

DS: not anytime soon but mostly because he won't take a bottle and won't sleep through the night

Having said that, I envy parents who are more willing to leave their kids overnight.

KYMelissa06 · December 2010

He's 17 months and we haven't yet. No plans to yet either. I'm not really against it we just haven't needed to.

sistrkate · December 2010

The only time I have left Justin was when Tyler was born. My mom stayed with him in our house. Justin was 2 years old at the time.

I have never left Tyler overnight. He is 15 months old.

Neither of them has spent a night away from home except when we have visited MIL (Tyler gets his first taste of that next week).

jerseygirl81 · December 2010

My mom came and spent a night with him around 5 months. We needed a night alone, just the two of us. It hasn't happened since then, but that's more because she doesn't have a kid-friendly house and isn't comfortable keeping him overnight there.

Meg41208 · December 2010

KYMelissa06:
He's 17 months and we haven't yet. No plans to yet either. I'm not really against it we just haven't needed to.

Ditto this - except K is 22 months.

KristenBtobe · December 2010

Man, I love sending my kids on overnights. I think it's good for them to learn to adapt to sleeping in different places. We probably only do it every couple of months to mike's parents, but I probably will have Maggie spend the night up in Dayton with my parents soon.

frschaffner · December 2010

12 weeks. I had several experienced parents tell me at 12 weeks, get an overnight sitter, go out with DH and get a hotel room. We did and it was fantastic. Not that I didn't miss DD and think about her, but it's wonderful to have alone, adult time with DH. Now, I was at my mom's house to pick up DD at 8 am that next morning!

Since then, DD sleeps at grandma's about once a month or so. I don't feel guilty about it at all. Happy momma = happy baby.

RXjenna · December 2010

KristenBtobe:
Man, I love sending my kids on overnights. I think it's good for them to learn to adapt to sleeping in different places.

Ditto! My kids do it a couple times per month. Since my mom watches my kids 2x/week when I work, it is easier for them to spend the night with them rather than driving them out to Indiana before I go to work.

KYmama9286 · December 2010

Nicholas was 7 months old almost to the day when we left him over night for the first time. Our really good friends were getting married and we planned to have a grown-ups night out and live it up in celebration haha Donnie's mom took Nick and brought him back the next day. He also spent the night over there last night since I had a GNO planned and DH had to work late last night and work early this morning and I spent the night up at my parents house (where the GNO was planned).

He loves spending time w/ his Grammy and Paw paw and I enjoy having a break every now and then. I will say though that it is much easier to do this with him b/c 1. MIL loves having her grandbabies over all the time and has a super kid-friendly house w/ cribs and other baby items. 2. Nicholas is a good sleeper, he goes down pretty easily and doesnt get up super early so I dont feel bad leaving him w/ someone else, 3. He always seems to be in a great mood and having fun getting an evening of TONS of attention so I know he is enjoying it.

cat81305 · December 2010

I voted Special snowflake because it just happened recently and DS was over 2.5 and DD was almost 1.

ryry1977 · December 2010

We left Cedric with MIL on Thanksgiving night so we could do black friday shopping! That was our first time away from him. He did great and was 14 1/2 months old at the time. Didn't think I would like letting him stay anywhere else, but MIL is his favorite person besides DH and I, so it wasn't bad. I now plan on letting him stay next month on my DHs birthday:) Will be nice to have a night/day all to ourselves, we have never done that! If we hadn't had the experience on black friday leaving him, I would never be thinking of doing it now...but so excited now!

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