Letting LO stay overnight with Grandparents?

LetsGoToDisney · October 2013

When did you agree to let LO stay overnight without you?

Jenball717 · October 2013

My first was 1, when dh and I went on a vacation to Hawaii.

kimbo1216 · October 2013

DD1 had her first overnight around 5 months. I was hesitant because she was still not sttn then. This was pre sleep training. But my mom insisted. My sister was in town with her daughter. So my mom kept both the girls. And my sister, DH and I went to see twilight. Lol.

She didn't have another over night until after we sleep trained. She ha had many since. Mostly with my parents or the ILs.

bkeane619 · October 2013

A year and a half.

Gwyneddlesliegrace · October 2013

After they were twoish.

JenMatt2010 · October 2013

Not yet. Ds is 25 months

jnsmith85 · October 2013

Just curious, what are the reasons for some of y'all waiting so long?

trackgirlparis · October 2013

If my parents lived near us, i would let LO spend the night with them now. She's 17 days old. I don't understand waiting so long.

babydoll22308 · October 2013

The first overnight was around a year. It was literally jusy during sleep time as I picked her up first thing in the morning. Then not again until 2 years old. I just feel LO is only little for so long, why do I need to stay away from her. But that's just my opinion. I also feel before the first year, our LOs need us so much. Its not worth it to me to throw off their comfort and routine.

tashad18 · October 2013

I had DS1 as a teen and lived at my parents. Their house is essentially two houses connected by a door. So they lived in one half and DS and I lived in the other half. So there was no real staying over.

With LO my mom is asking to keep him already. He will be 1 month on Nov. 5th. I'm not ready for him to be out of my sight just yet, but it definitely won't be as long as a year or two.

June2007 · October 2013

Not until the were over 1.

JMU_Bride09 · October 2013

Not yet, and DS1 is almost 2.5.

KerCo51 · October 2013

My mom offered to take DD so I could catch up on sleep after a really bad night. We decided she would just stay here to watch her instead. At this point, we wanted to keep her in her familiar environment. We have a wedding to go to for a night in December, so that will be the first night she stays at my mom's. However, my mom is an NICU nurse, so I am very comfortable with her with the baby.

Mmhodges07 · October 2013

I am EBF, so not for a very long time!

SnoopyLuv · October 2013

Dd1 was 7 months because we were in a wedding. The next time was right before a year for an anniversary trip. I dont know with this baby because no one wants to take two kids for a night.

I just never felt the need to have them stay the night away. Catching up on sleep meant someone else lost out on it (grandma) and being EBF it was more hassle than it was worth.

mancila60 · October 2013

I already let him stay at my moms he was 3 weeks old. H and I needed sleep really bad and my mom is literally 5 minutes away plus we don't have an extra bed here for her to have stayed with us. I trust my mom more than anyone besides my H.

norbert5 · October 2013

DD1 ten months
DD2 she was about one

blondolphn · October 2013

Minevwill probably be around 2 months since we will need someone to watch her on a sun.

germanpickle · October 2013

Pj still hasn't slept out. Mostly bc His grandparents want to take him after he regularly sleeps through the night...which still isn't the case.

*blue*flower* · October 2013

She was 3 years old. We lived out of the country until she was 1. I wouldn't be able to leave overnight anytime during the first year.That's just me personally.

chuicafina · October 2013

He was over 1. I think 18 months. I BF until 19 months and nursing was part of his bedtime routine so I wasn't ready to leave him before then. I have no immediate plans to leave DD with my parents overnight. It'll be a ways off.

reederah · November 2013

When DS was 10 months we did. He was EBF up to that point and had finally started to take a sippy cup. my in laws stayed at our house while we stayed in a hotel about 45 minutes away for our anniversary.

Emilyraymond · November 2013

I ebf and DS was about 3 mos old (he's 3 and 1/2). When I was not preg with dd he states about once every other month or so they way DH and I could have date night. Dont see why the reason to wait so long. He did great and still does. I feel if we would have waited longer he would have had a harder time with it.

CarolinaGirl411 · November 2013

H's are out of state so this has very little chance of happening, ever. If my Mom were up to it, I'd let her whenever she wanted but I'd like him to be a little less to deal with before he went over there.

jennlin · November 2013

AT grandmas, not yet (20.5 mos). When I was in the hosp with this little one my mom stayed at my house with her.

I don't let her stay at my parents house because they are borderline hoarders and their house is filthy. I don't want her staying at IL's bc MIL already watches her m-f and basically tries to be her mom and undermines me all the time. I don't need DD there more than she has to.

cdbayes · November 2013

DS1 was 3 months. We had an out of town wedding and I had pumped enough to last the whole weekend. I would not have left him that early otherwise. DS2 will not have sleep overs anytime soon.

jen-and-ryon · November 2013

My son was three when he spent the night at his grandparents. Everyone that has watched him has always come over here and stayed at our house.

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