Haven't left baby yet

homediva · May 2014

Anyone else? Leo is 7 weeks old and I've never been apart from him. Like, not even to run to the store. Anyone else? My husband works crazy hours and we have no family/close friends in the area so the occasion just hasn't arisen. He's my second but I just have no motivation to get away. My inlaws are coming for a few days in June and I could book a spa treatment or something but I don't really have the inclination!

Dixon813 · May 2014

I had to get out of the house alone around 2 weeks pp for my emotional health. It was stressful because I had to make sure I fed him right before I left and didn't want to be gone for too long. But like I said, my hormones were a mess, I needed a little time for me (which meant a trip to target alone!)

chichi589 · May 2014

7 weeks tomorrow I only left him once to run to the store and he was with my mom at my apartment. I was gone a half hr I'm so nervous to leave him longer.

Teresa1896 · May 2014

6 weeks and only left him a couple times for quick trips to Target. I EBF too and he won't take a bottle yet. I'd love to leave him and have a break, so we're working on the bottle thing!

heids4787 · May 2014

I left LO 2 weeks pp for a dentist appointment. I fed her right before leaving and she fortunately slept in my Mom's arms the entire time while I was gone.

Now that I'm more comfortable with pumping some bottles, I think DH and I may sneak away for dinner next weekend while my in-laws watch her for a couple hours. I'm sure I'll be nervous about it, but I have to return to work next week, too, so that'll break me in! @-)

ricekez · May 2014

The most I've "left" LO so far is going outside to garden while LO snuggled with DH. I won't leave him until he gets more predictable about eating. He's 5 weeks on Saturday.

janice9821 · May 2014

I've left twice for less then 15 minutes. Once to pick up dinner and once for gripe water. I felt like part of me was missing.

Mustardseed2007 · May 2014

I was like that with DS but not with this one...she's a much crabbier baby, though (refluxy colicky little thing), and I think that's why. Maybe I'm different than I was back then, too, I don't know.

bootsiebabe · May 2014

Left with DH while I went to my 6 week PP appointment. Like PPs said, too difficult to time with BF and a pain in the ass.

MissWhis · May 2014

It's kind of sad, but I think since my daughter was in the NICU and I came home without her for a few days it made it easier later on to go out on my own. Knowing me, if I'd been with her the whole time I would have built up the "BUT WE'VE NEVER BEEN APART!!!" thing way too much and cried the first time I did leave her.

That said, I've only left her a handful of times. Once to a doctor's appt, once to Whole Foods, and once my husband and I went out for a outdoor afternoon beer while his mom was staying with us. I'm EBF so all these outings were less than 2 hours long.

I'm right there with pp -- I've had no real interest in getting away, having a date night or whatever. The few times I was gone were kind of nice, but they were more for me to get used to being out in the world after hospital bed rest, c-section, etc.

My MIL kept pushing us to go out for the night when she was here and it annoyed the crap out of me! If I wanted to I would! Drop it, lady.

olenkapdx · May 2014

My SO and I went out to run errands and get some coffee for a few hours when my mom visited. I was anxious, but in the end i was glad we went. I've since gone out a few times alone while SO watches the baby, usually an hour or two. I figure I am going to be leaving her all day at daycare in a few months so I'd better get used to it.

imogenisis · May 2014

Once when she was with DH next door for an hour and I ended up going meet them bc I was going crazy being away from her! Trying to shop with her has been a pain so I'm going to leave her with DHs grandma while I go run to the store today. She's 5.5 weeks and I'm sure I'll have anxiety issues since I've never been that far away from her. Idk who has more of an attachment issue, her or me :P

abbeylanecb · May 2014

I haven't left her, she is 7 weeks. I haven't started pumping yet and I honestly don't have time. Also I have 3 kids 4 and under so I'm not really sure who I can convince to watch all of them at one time.

nycgirlkat · May 2014

I've left LO for about an hour to hour and a half 3 times in 4 wks. My mom or mother in law watched her for me. I went to lunch with my sis, ran some errands and one time DH and I ran out to look at tile for our new bathroom. Each time I've run home because I just feel weird not being with her. Almost a mix of guilt and worry for whoever is watching her because of the colic.

hlm184 · May 2014

I've left three times - once to get ice cream when I was having a crazy hormonal break down the first few days PP, once to pick up the chinese food for dinner, and one glorious three hour trip to the range to practice. Now that both DH and I are more confident in his baby-caring ability, I feel much better leaving.

BabyBsMommy · May 2014

At 4 weeks pp, haven't left her yet. Starting next week, I will leave her with a sitter for 1-1.5 hours twice a week for an exercise class I go to.

rtv3 · May 2014

LO is only 2.5 weeks so I haven't left her yet. Just started pumping so eventually I will be able to. But for now I'm good having her near me at all times

AmberLiz99 · May 2014

Dd is almost 4 weeks. I've left her with dh a few times for probably 2-3 hours. I'll leave her with my mom for my 6 week checkup

Kyllarae · May 2014

I've only been away from her three times when she was four weeks old. Twice to pick up my niece from preschool and once to target for diapers. I've never been gone more than an hour and cried a few tears when I got in the car without her. She was completely fine with my grandmother and I only left after she fell asleep. I hate leaving her and avoid it if I can. It just feels like no one else can take care of her like I do.

LyndseyLC · May 2014

DS is 4 weeks old and I have not left him yet

pineconey · May 2014

He was in the NICU so we were separated by 3 floors for a few days, then I've had 2 other occasions where I've left him with DH for about 2 hours.

Holljade · May 2014

I don't think it strange-

I think I am strange for being ready to go out without baby pretty much immediately. I find that many women don't want to be apart from their newborns!

MrsSmith0312 · May 2014

I've been apart from him for quick trips to the store, but he was with my husband each time. I don't know how I'm going to leave him all day when I get back to work. I'm even missing out on my favorite weekend of events (Indy 500) because I can't imagine leaving him for more than an hour.

michaelad3 · May 2014

I've left her with DH to go to the library and grocery store, and once to get Steak 'n Shake for dinner, but neither trip was very long, and DD has never had a bottle, so I'm hesitant to leave her longer or with anyone else until she has

Xxlilies · May 2014

He's almost five weeks I've never left him yet

maelic · May 2014

She's 5 weeks old and I left her to go get myself some ice cream when she was barely a week old. It was that or complete insanity.

I've been to the dentist and the hairdresser without her. My husband watches her downstairs while I work. I trust him implicitly so there's no issue there and not being physically attached to baby every moment of the day is really good for my emotional well being.

My MIL is watching her for the evening at the end of the month while my husband and I go out to a nice dinner for our anniversary. I can't freaking wait.

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