Speaking of overnights without LO...

niclynlor · August 2012

Have any of you left your LO when they don't STTN?

That is my hestiation on having a night away from my little guy... and how that might be for him.. AND my MIL - not to mention me not being there!

bridein08 · August 2012

My LO was waking up to 3 x a night when we left him with my mom overnight. I was planning on waiting until he STTN, but she assured me she didn't mind a bit. He ended up waking only once at 5am for her, and did way better than he does at home.

alieb82 · August 2012

DS has spent the night with my MIL twice, both times he was pretty much STTN. He sometimes will wake up once around 3-4am, and I'll either bring him to bed with me, try to soothe him back to sleep in his crib, or give him a bottle. If your LO isn't STTN, I think it really depends on your MIL. Both my mom and my MIL would jump at the chance to have DS sleep over regardless of how he is at night. I honestly think they'd want him to wake up so they can comfort him and be brought back to their nurturing mommy days lol. When DS was first born, I spent a weekend with my mom while DH was away, and she loved helping me out with the night-time feedings. It also depends on your LO though and how attached they are. My DS is very comfortable with my MIL because he sees her so much.

jchytil · August 2012

Leaving my little guy for the first time this weekend. He will be home alone with daddy on Friday and Saturday he is going to my moms. He is not sleeping through the night gets up 3-4 times still but my parents say they are ok with that. Plus their house is his second home they watch him while I'm at work all week so he is used to being at their house.

xraychick07 · August 2012

Yes, left DD over a week with my parents when she started the whole 8 month sleep regression. Mom did fine with her. I think it all depends on who you are leaving her with!

MrsT2008 · August 2012

I won't leave her overnight if she's not STTN, at least not unless I absolutely had to.

She pretty much STTN now (about 95% of the time), but there are nights when she needs minor attention in the middle of the night, and I would just feel bad making anyone else deal with it.

ccip82 · August 2012

When we left DD overnight, she was not STTN. My mom was okay with that (she volunteered to watch E before I asked her). E even slept better for my mom than she does me! My younger sister (she's 23) still lives at home and she was able to help my mom out too.

I do not think I would feel really comfortable with anyone but my mom watching DD overnight at this point.

alber2am · August 2012

We left him once at 6 months old with my mom and dad and he wasn't STTN, they didn't mind and he only got up once for them. Tomorrow we are leaving him with my MIL (she will watch him at our house) overnight, he is still not STTN usually waking twice. She says she doesn't mind, hopefully he will have a good night for her. I am super nervous, I was not nervous at all with my parents, I guess it's just different with the inlaws.

rockychryslerb2010 · August 2012

We're both leaving E for the first time next weekend, for four nights to go to a wedding in Denver. Our nanny (1 night) and my parents (3 nights) are watching him while we're gone. I feel bad because E was sleeping great (part of the reason we did Ferber was so he was STTN by this trip..) but he has been sick this past week and up all the time. I keep apologizing to my mom, and she says it is fine, they can handle three nights. I probably wouldn't leave E with anyone other than the nanny/my mom, just because I wouldn't want them to have to deal with him. E might surprise us, he seems to sleep better (like STTN better!) when we're traveling, so maybe he will sleep OK for them. If he is feeling better by this weekend, I might redo Ferber to get him back on track. We've developed bad habits this past week.

dbob · August 2012

We have left him twice now, once with my parents and once with the in-laws. He is nowhere near STTN and both knew that before they volunteered to take him (once was for my surprise 30th b-day trip to NYC for 2 nights, so I was more worried about that one but DH planned the trip without my knowlege so I only had to worry while we were gone, not leading up to it!)

He did fine both times, just woke up a couple times. If it were right now, I'd feel worse as he is waking every hour again...I'm thinking/hoping its more teeth because I can't take many more nights of this!

secretsout · August 2012

We left him with my mother-in-law for 2 nights when he was about 6 months old, and he was only sleeping through the night sometimes. About 50% of the time maybe. I wasn't really concerned about him, but I was worried that she wouldn't get any sleep. She wasn't worried about it though, and they did fine. He woke up in the middle of the night once, but when right back down for her.

cas7699 · August 2012

I guess we leave LO more than most people! He's stayed with my mom & my ILs several times (sometimes he STTN and others not so much). Only a couple of the times he stayed with them were necessary; however they beg to keep him so I don't really worry about them getting up with him.

I'm loving the result of this though; he loves being with both sets of grandparents and is very comfortable at their houses. Like others have said, he usually sleeps better away from home than he does here!

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