What age did you leave your babes for the first time over night?

It's my 30th birthday next week and myself and my friends would like to go out for the night and one of my friends has offered me to stay at hers for the night, my little one will be 14 weeks at the time and she is breastfeed but will take a bottle!
It's just me and her and my mum. I really don't think I can leave her yet not for the whole night I'm scared frit!
Don't know what to do!
What ages did you leave little ones?

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I don’t think I left either of mine until they were older than 1 but that’s my circumstance. It entity depends on what your comfortable with hun. I’m sure your friends will understand you not wanting to do a night away. Mabye suggest going out earlier in the day so you can get back but still have a decent time out or a day trip to a spa or something? X

My little one is 3 months old now and stays with my MIL once a month over night and has done this since she was 4 weeks old! She loves it and is quite content - good for her to bond with others x

My little one has a sleepover with her grandparents at 7 weeks for my 30th. Haven't done it since because we haven't had need to but have 2 more sleepovers planned early December again due to events! Just do whatever feels right to you! There's no right or wrong with this xxx

I haven’t left mine overnight yet and not sure when I personally would feel ready to! For my 30th I went out for dinner at 5 and was home by 8 🤣🤣

My little boys stays at my mums 1 night every other week and my MIL the other week. They wanted to do this and I put my complete trust in them and they call me straight away if anything happens even if its being he is crying for a bottle slightly before due. This has been happening since 6 weeks old

We are leaving ours next weekend for one night at my MIL we will just be chilling at home it’s like a test for us to see if we are ok more than her lol! As we have a wedding in November and didn’t want the first time we leave her to be a night we are meant to be enjoying ourselves etc x

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