Anyone have a two-nighter yet?

kimbo1216 · January 2012

A will be spending the night at the ILs Sunday and Monday night. Reason being that our sitter is on maternity leave, and we don't have coverage for Monday and Tuesday. She will be gone 2 whole days. I'm sure I sound like a clingy mother, but I just get more and more anxious the closer we get to Sunday.

What is the longest you have gone so far?

FYI, we have done overnighters. Just never 2 in a row.

hepcats · January 2012

We did a two nighter about two months ago, right after Thanksgiving weekend. We went up to Vancouver CAN and my MIL watched Martin. The only reason I was nervous at all is because they are a nervous making family. They have zero ability to remain calm for even the slightest thing. For example, they called our hotel freaking out because Martin had pooped yet that day and he was grunting (which I told them was his new thing at the time but they weren't listening).

Anyways, other than that, it was awesome having some non-baby time.

RobinSparkles81 · January 2012

If you're a clingy mother I must be superglued to my child. I've never been away from her for more than part of a day. DH and I are going on our first date tomorrow night...but I'm excited for the alone time. Of course I'm betting we'll be talking about A the entire time! haha

Of course BFing kinda makes it hard but I think that even if I was using formula I wouldn't be able to do it overnight yet. I think I just realized that I'm really pathetic! Stick out tongue

salk72788 · January 2012

I have never left my LO overnight yet. I actually have only left her for a few hours at a time. I know that i need to do more nights away from her bc i can tell that each time my anxiety leaving her gets worse.. AHHHHH

ladybear06 · January 2012

Oh.. I haven't been away from Yuri for more than 4 hours.... I would love an overnight or 2 nights. Someday....

Hope all goes well!!

JuneBugsMommy · January 2012

jenny_jeff:

If you're a clingy mother I must be superglued to my child. I've never been away from her for more than part of a day. DH and I are going on our first date tomorrow night...but I'm excited for the alone time. Of course I'm betting we'll be talking about A the entire time! haha

Of course BFing kinda makes it hard but I think that even if I was using formula I wouldn't be able to do it overnight yet. I think I just realized that I'm really pathetic!

Me too! FI and I have never left DS to go do something together... I must be forgetting something because that doesn't seem right! I used to leave DS with my mom or FI while I was student teaching but that was for 8 hours at most.

But, he will be staying with my parents next Saturday for my brother and his fiance's bachelor/bachelorette party but I don't plan on drinking so we should be picking him up once were done.

Ashley40705 · January 2012

I was gone last weekend for 4 nights (for a bachelorette party at Sundance). It.was.hard. I wish the trip would have been a two-nighter instead! I tried to just relax and have fun...but I was definitely the lightweight mommy showing everyone in the bars photos of her baby on her phone!!

. I couldn't scoop him up fast enough when I got home!

LexGator · January 2012

The longest we've been apart is like 5 hours when we went to a wedding (I WAH). Soo...no overnights for us yet. K is still very clingy and seems to be entering that wonderful separation anxiety phase (as in, I leave the room, and she starts wailing). I'm sure your DD is better equipped than mine for a two-nighter.

GL!

chuicafina · January 2012

Wow! I'm impressed...I must be super clingy. Actually, I know I am pretty clingy. I've only left DS for a couple hours at a time. We've been on 1 date night and we left after bedtime and came home a couple hours later. I'm ready for another date night but would not be comfortable with an overnight yet. DS goes down pretty easily now, but he still nurses right before bed every night and I'm afraid of how he would do if we cut that out or replaced it with a bottle.

GL Sunday and Monday nights!

MommaA117 · January 2012

I'm a big clinger and can't bear to even part with her for one night Huh?

folkfemme · January 2012

I'm crazy glued to Sam. The longest stretch we have ever done apart from one another is 3 hours.

amberpro · January 2012

We did a 2 nighter for MIL's 50th birthday in October. We went to Shreveport. It was SUPER hard then, but I don't think it would be AS hard now. My parents kept him. They sent me several pics a day, including "good morning" and "good night" posts. That helped. I also (bad Amber) took a day off work when I got back to spend with him. Just try and keep yourselves as busy as possible. Have a couple evenings out or cuddle on the couch with a bottle of wine. It'll be nice for you and YH.

Now what I'm super paranoid about is the 4 day cruise we're going on at the end of March. THAT is going to be hard... but oh so much fun.

Sunidaze · January 2012

Not even one night yet. Just evenings out (in addition to daycare, of course). We were supposed to do an overnighter back in September...but I had only been back to work a month and hadn't yet gotten a full paycheck so we decided budget-wise not such a good idea. One of these days. (As my mom is the only person I really trust to watch Stella right now, I have to contend with my dad being a total assmunch every time I'd like my mom to babysit...so an overnighter would be extremely difficult.)

kimbo1216 · January 2012

Well, although I don't feel much better about the two-nighter, I do feel better about my clinginess. lol

I know she will be well cared for. I just wish the ILs lived closer so it didn't feel like such a "trip" for her. lol

LauraOTR · January 2012

We haven't done one night yet, and aside from work 3x/wk, I am rarely away from him for more than 3 hours. An overnighter might be nice, but I'd worry like crazy about him (for no good reason, probably).

jen&jay07 · January 2012

No overnighters here yet. We have gone on a handful of date nights and to a couple of weddings and of course I leave him when I got to work, but that's it. We've talked about it alot and I know it would be good for us, but I know it would be super hard on me. We'll see...hoping to get a night away with DH sometime this spring.

DaisyJanie · January 2012

I'll be away for 4 nights this week! Wah! He'll be with DH, I'm traveling for work. I get back on a red-eye on Friday morning, I think I'll run right over to daycare and nurse him. Although I might end up leaving him there for a half day if I need to sleep after the red-eye.

11kacey · January 2012

I have no plans to leave my child overnight for a long time. There is nothing (in my upcoming schedule) that is more important than me being with my baby. We have a wedding in May and my mom will have to put her down for the night, but we'll be there a few hours later. I have only missed two nights of putting her in her crib for the night and wouldn't have it any other way. I am not a super clingy mom. My husband and I go on dates during the day and we let the grandparents babysit, so it isn't like no one else ever sees her.. but an overnight? umm no. But, like I said, there is nothing in my schedule, no weddings that require me to go out of town or anything.

SarahP15 · January 2012

I've never left DS overnight. Once we let the ILs babysit from about 6pm until 2am and I probably should have just left him overnight, but I don't trust my MIL to know what to do with him all night. When we got there he was covered with a blanket (which we specifically told her not to do) and she had picked him up when he was crying (when we always leave him in the crib and comfort him) and she had already fed him once and was going to for a second time right when we got there (he wasn't eating overnight at all at this time). We explained this all to her and she didn't follow any of it, so no overnighters soon for her! And I don't trust anyone else enough so it'll probably be awhile.

MommaG123 · January 2012

Well I probably really sound like a clingy mother because the longest I have been away from C is about 4 or 5 hours. The first time was when she was 6 weeks old and the second time was when she was 6 months old.

Other than that I've only left her for an hour or so at a time with MH.

To be fair though we have no family around so there isn't anyone who could watch her overnight.

supermom83 · January 2012

I haven't done an overnight yet but will be gone for 3 nights in February. DH bought me a ticket to go visit friends in Denver for my birthday. To be honest I was torn about going but DH bought it as a surprise and thought a break from the kids and seeing great friends would be a great gift, and he's right, but I miss my kids already and I haven't even gone yet. I know it's going to be hard.

The longest I've ever been away from DS2 is 4 hours, and I was once gone for 3 days for a bachelorette party when DS1 was 5 months (I had to go because I was a bridesmaid)

lbursey · January 2012

We've done overnight and then gone for the whole next day (LO was already in bed). So not quite 2 nights but 2 full days away. It was tough but needed.

ak1234 · January 2012

We did an overnight for my birthday not too long ago, and it was AWESOME! This was actually the first time I had been away from both kids overnight (aside from being in the hospital giving birth to DS#2). They were with my mom and it was fine. If you are already doing overnights, she will be fine with the second night.

Jills83 · January 2012

Good luck Kimbo! We will do our first one-nighter next weekend. I'm only nervous because I don't want V to be a hassle for my sister if he wakes in the night. He will only be about 3 miles away so NBD I guess. Like you I'd be more nervous if he was farther away.

ETA: how much ML is your sitter taking?

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