If you've left your baby with someone

zazu13 · June 2014

Who have you trusted to watch him/her?

RedDawnsRevenge · June 2014

I have not left DD2 but would trust my 16yo sister and not my 25yo sister, I would let my mom watch my girls but my family lives 4hrs away, so nether sister nor mom is an option.

BiggerinRealLife · June 2014

Friend and family member. Don't really consider DH as "leaving her with somebody." He's her dad. Mama needs a break!

chirico3 · June 2014

Left her with DH, of course, MIL And mom

Avion22 · June 2014

Only H, but we don't live close enough to family. I would probably let my sister watch him. Maybe grandparents for a very short period of time (like dinner out after he's already gone to bed).

macynsnoop · June 2014

I've left little guy with hubs, MIL, my mom & SIL.

maelic · June 2014

I don't "leave her" with my husband, just as he doesn't "leave her" with me. It's just standard operating procedure.

We've had one date so far and left her with his mom. Can't wait for round two.

janellemj928 · June 2014

Voted other family because SILs have watched DD, but MIL/FIL are also home when she's over there.

PoppySeedWindsor · June 2014

My folks watched her for two hours when she was ten days old so we could go on a an anniversary celebration sushi dinner.

snmetz7 · June 2014

We have weekly date night and the grandparents watch her. When I'm at work, H is a sahd so he watches her

*sparky* · June 2014

I left her with DH for an hour the other night to go next door to a party at the neighbors. She was asleep half of that time.

Tomorrow I will be leaving her with the nanny who will care for her while I work and I am really nervous. I will be farther away (at a dr's appt) and gone for about 2 hours.

MamaFantastic · June 2014

My husband has stayed home with her while I've run 2 hours of errands inbetween nursing sessions, but I haven't left her for long enough to make/leave a bottle. She doesn't have an amazing track record with bottle feeding and I've just not prioritized it.

christinanoelle · June 2014

I've left her with my sister, my parents, and my aunt. Overnight though, I'd only trust her with my mom and my aunt. Id trust my sister too but she has a LO of her own to care for.

WifeofaComposer · June 2014

My husband is really the only person I trust to be alone with him. The other day we had to play for a wedding and cocktail hour, and DH's dad and brother came along to watch our LO. After the ceremony I went out to check on the baby, and my FIL started griping that he cried the whole time and he was upset that he had to change a diaper. I said, "Well, he's a baby - that's part of the routine" and his response was, "I didn't think he would need a change so soon". And then, he tried to tell me how I wasn't preparing the baby well for someone else to watch him, and FIL said he'd had enough. I spent half an hour boobing the baby to calm him down after being ignored for so long during the ceremony, and then I changed him again so I could go play for the cocktail hour. My BIL watched the LO during that hour and said everything was great. Lesson learned: FIL may have fathered 5 children, but he sucks around babies. My DH ripped him a new a-hole for being so rude.

Jenn06L80 · June 2014

The only person I will leave my twins with is my mom. My husband is not ready to be with them alone.

My dad will take them on walks when I am showering or pumping too.

MaglioMomma · June 2014

My husband just yesterday for a much needed gym session (yay!!) and my mom and mil, both for appointments.

Xxlilies · June 2014

I've never actually gone out anywhere just done gardening while SO is watching him

strawberrytree · June 2014

My mom watched him for 1.5 hours once so we could go to dinner. I EBF and don't give bottles right now so the only time I leave him is when DH plays with boys so I can sleep. I don't really count that as leaving him though.

kalette · June 2014

DH and grandparents

Kyllarae · June 2014

My grandmother is the only person I trust. If my brother lived around us I'd allow him but that's it.

speechie517 · June 2014

I leave B with my husband daily when I go to work or the gym, but I do t consider that "babysitting". He can do everything just as well as I can, minus breastfeeding and B loves getting bottles from daddy.
@MamaFantastic‌ i wish I could leave for 2 hours without leaving a bottle. B always seems to want a snack while I'm gone, no matter what time of day.
I've left her with my 2 best friends to attend weddings and with my MIL to go out one night.

snmetz7 · June 2014

Wow all the EBF that are putting yourself on a time limit and rushing home make me so thankful I EP. I would go crazy watching the clock to make sure I made it home in time to feed

homediva · June 2014

I haven't even left him with DH yet!

Andrewsgal · June 2014

snmetz7 said:

Wow all the EBF that are putting yourself on a time limit and rushing home make me so thankful I EP. I would go crazy watching the clock to make sure I made it home in time to feed

This is what pumps and bottles are for. Those who can't or won't leave their kid with DH is just sad. DH is every bit if a parent as I am.

jenskurn · June 2014

DH (that should go without being said...), both sets of grandparents (once overnight even), and our nanny now that I have returned to work. I'm all about my own time/ time with DH. I think I am a happier mommy when I have some time without LO and DD.

MissWhis · June 2014

snmetz7 said:
Wow all the EBF that are putting yourself on a time limit and rushing home make me so thankful I EP. I would go crazy watching the clock to make sure I made it home in time to feed

Good thing the 99% of the time have her with me feeding is a breeze. The boobs are always at the ready and that more than makes up for it IMO.

Anyway, I have left her with my mom, my MIL, my sister, and today with a friend while I got a pedicure. The longest I have left was for three hours, and my husband was home with her. That's the only time she needed a bottle, but I always make sure whoever is watching her knows how to grab and use something from the freezer stash if necessary. I try to make it home before they would need to deal with that, though. I haven't been worried or felt bad for getting out alone - I love it, but also love coming home for more cutie baby snuggles.

And I absolutely agree with PPs, when she's home with daddy he's not "watching" her, that's just part of being a family. Nothing drives me more crazy than dads who say they are babysitting their kids. Huge TP to that noise!

Elf2718 · June 2014

I've had two really good.coworkers watch my LO as well and my parents. My aunt will watch him tomorrow evening.

MadBloom · June 2014

BFF is here for a week. She's an RN so I didn't hesitate! Been running short errands all week

Kumori · June 2014

DH, both of my mothers, and my SIL have watched LO.

nicole mackenzie · June 2014

3crazykitties said:
Considering my parents are pro CIO and my in-laws have crossed a few lines, I voted nobody. The siblings I am close with have zero baby experience and my friends need to grow up.

Pretty sure my mom is pro CIO... Yesterday she said its ok to make her mad sometimes. Just hold the pacifier in until she stops screaming...

We disagree on a few things...

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