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Separation anxiety, me from DS

lbbryant90lbbryant90 member
edited February 2014 in Babies: 0 - 3 Months
My DS will be 6 weeks old on Sunday which is also my birthday. My SIL is planning a day trip to a casino about 2 hours away on Saturday while my MIL keeps him for us. I completely trust her with him and I'm not worried about how she will do with him. My problem lies is I just plain don't want to leave him at all. The longest I've been away from him so far is a couple hours. How old were your babies before you spent the day away?
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    SouthRNComfortSouthRNComfort member
    No advice here either. Just know you are not alone. I have the same anxiety, going to a wedding when baby will be 4 weeks old. I don't want to be away from her for 5 hrs. I just feel like no one can tell you when is the right time to be away from your baby. Only you can. Personally I feel like everyone wants me to take a night off, go out, clearly so they can babysit, and I see no reason to be away from my baby at this point. Go with your gut.
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    jjmz1127jjmz1127 member
    I'm having the same issue. My mom is coming into town so DH and I can go out on a date. LO is 7 weeks and I'm so stressed over the thought of leaving her for just a couple hours. I know she will be in great hands but I'm just having trouble with it. She's never been put to bed with a bottle so I don't know how she's going to do... I'm going to try to convince husband to go to a 4:30 dinner so we can be back before bedtime :)
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    laynallaynal member
    Mine is 2 and a half months and I still have not left her. My first was 6 months before I left her for about an hr to go out to dinner with my h and a year before I left her for a couple hrs once a week for a class. I cried the entire way to school and back for the first month. I don't think my anxiety level was normal by any means but I think that everybody is different, just go with your gut. Good luck!
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    dairygirl19dairygirl19 member

    Honestly, the actually doing it for me is easier than the worrying about it beforehand.

    Go enjoy yourself. You have trusted caregivers. It'll all be fine.

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