CPW: How soon do you plan to get a babysitter/have a night out after the baby is born?

Re: CPW: How soon do you plan to get a babysitter/have a night out after the baby is born?

• ksyknelvr73 member

  March 2014

  I said within a month, but I don't know if that will happen. When DS1 was born, we went out to dinner 10 days after he was born for DH's birthday but it was pretty brief. But I do think it'd be nice to have the opportunity to do something like that again. Nothing crazy, maybe just a dinner or going to a movie, only a couple hours. It's hard to be gone for very long when you are still BFing that early on.

  
  
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• sunflwra member

  March 2014

  We don't have any family where we live and I had a tough time leaving my daughter with a sitter that wasn't family early on.  Luckily we had family come to visit every couple of months, so we could always go out then.  Our current babysitter is great but she's only 16, so I honestly will probably wait until baby is about 6 months old before we leave her with a non-family sitter.

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• kateitho member

  March 2014

  I plan on going with the flow.  I think I would feel comfortable leaving my LO with my best friend or my nephew and his girlfriend (They just had their first baby.) for a few hours early on.

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• MrsWallick member

  March 2014

  My sister is having her bachelorette party sometime in Aug/Sept so that will probably be my first night out. She wants to go to the Keys, which is about a 3 hour drive and would be an overnight. I'm not sure I can handle that tho, so I might end up skipping it if that's the case. We'll see.

  
  

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• Serenla member

  March 2014

  Ss I can't think past giving birth lol.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Bayberry12 member

  March 2014

  I picked a year or later. If this baby actually comes home with us, I don't think I'll be able to let him out of my sight for a long time.

   

  
  

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• springbeduk2 member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Really ... it's hard to imagine/think that far ahead (and past the actual birth, like @serenla said!).  But I do hope not so much for a night out but for a chance to go kayaking or sailing (our boat is really really small so don't think bringing an infant on it will be a good or even possible idea) sometime(s) before the summer is over - maybe in the 2-3 month after birth range?  My MIL is staying with us for almost the first 5 months so there will be a "babysitter" ... but it will depend on energy levels and BFing.  I think. 

  
  

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• 2redtulips member

  March 2014

  We have great neighbors on our block with small children, so I am hoping to work out some babysitting trades with them. Likely just for a couple of hours at first so we can each get out with our spouses for lunch or dinner dates. 
  
  I do have family nearby as well, within a 30-minute drive, so that's another option.

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• LM915 member

  March 2014

  It's hard for us to get out because we have no local family and all our friends have their own kids, so it's not like we have a babysitter available (although we should find one).  Also, I will nurse this babe until at least 12 months and if he/she is anything like DD, they won't take a bottle so that limits how long I can leave the baby! lol

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• jandcgetmarried member

  March 2014

  My and my husband like to have date nights but...we also don't really have anyone close to where we live that we would trust with our little person lol. Date night is CRUCIAL so we will work something out!

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• kimmyberly26 member

  March 2014

  We are actually saving our baby moon until after DD#2 gets here.  We'll be going on an overnight about 45 minutes away from my brother who will be watching her so FX I can get enough milk saved up before then.

   

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• 2redtulips member

  March 2014

  jandcgetmarried said:

   Date night is CRUCIAL so we will work something out!

  I agree!

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• MickeyM04 member

  March 2014

  We will go out for DH's birthday, which is about a month after my due date. But my preference would probably be to not go out until DD sleeps through the night. When we went out when DS was a peanut, I would always worry about him waking up when we were gone and being scared because I wasn't there. So I never really enjoyed going out. We only go on date nights 3-4 times a year now anyway, so it wouldn't be a big loss. After DH's birthday we will probably be done going out for awhile.

   

   

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