Leaving your baby overnight

Overnight, not until over 3 years old. It’s a very personal thing though, and if you don’t want to do it then don’t.

Almost a year 🥲

I did an overnight at 3 months old, my partner stayed at home with the baby which made me much more comfortable ☺️

My baby was about 8 weeks old and she had a sleepover at my parent’s house, it was VERY needed after a traumatic birth and a 4 week NICU stay. But even if that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t have felt guilty leaving her with them!

my 6 week old has spent 3 nights with his nana (not back to back). i’m lucky as my mum lives next door so it makes me feel a lot better anxiety wise. his dad works nights so im alone with him from 6pm-3pm. he has terrible colic & its been making me cry some nights to the point of being sick. i have really bad ppd, anxiety & night traumas so ive been struggling to shower, eat, sleep, walk the dog, look after my horses, run my business, sort my home & be a mum. i also had a terrible birth where we both were in a bad way, so needed more support than some. everyone is different & you need to do what you feel is right. if you feel confident in the person you are leaving your baby with (they respect your boundaries mainly) & your baby is eating comfortably from the bottle, then i say do it. you do need to be yourself & not just a mummy sometimes. ps. infacol has been amazing for my baby x

Overnight is scary especially because no one knows your baby like you. I do really need a break though, we were given notice to leave our place the day the baby was born so it’s been hectic trying to move with a newborn

colic is really the devil. I keep telling myself it’s the peak which means it should start settling soon but it keeps getting worse. It’s nice that your mum lives so close. I’m anxious about leaving a colicky baby with someone else, nice that your mum doesn’t mind x

8 weeks with my mum as I was going into hospital for an operation, and then again at 10 weeks as we moved house. I trust her 100% and it meant I went into the operation well rested, and sorted the removals without collapsing! If you trust the person and will benefit from the night away- enjoy!

Babysitting in the evening my son was a month old. Overnight a year old but mine didn’t go to sleep easily and my parents didn’t volunteer.

I don’t leave my baby overnight until I was hospitalised overnight when he was 19 months. He’ll be over 2 when o leave him overnight in September for the first time of it being my choice

2 weeks old with my mum and she had been staying every Saturday with her since since now 16 months old and loved it everytime. They’re so close it’s lovely to see 😍 she also had colic at that age but I was confident my mum was able to sooth her as I did as she had been around her nearly every day since birth

Never 😂 he’s nearly 1 and I’ve no intention to leave him at all. My partner is free to getaway for a night if he wants, I’ll be at home with my son ✌🏻

There’s no way someone else could have dealt with our baby when he was 6 weeks old. The colic, reflux and CMPA was HORRENDOUS x

5 weeks, a night with MIL because I just needed a nights sleep🥲

I was 2 nearly 3 weeks pp when I went out for my birthday, but we were living with my in laws and it was them who had him, so he was still in the same house literally just upstairs instead of downstairs with us, I trust them completely and they are the only ones who have had him to this day and he’s nearly 3 (we moved out shortly after he turned 1)

3 months but with my mum but I personally wouldn’t at 6 weeks old x

Almost one year and still not left overnight. I’ve not left him for longer than 2 hours getting my hair done 😂 my partner has several times for work and other things but I just don’t really want to. But I know people who did early and overnight too so do what feels right for you. It didn’t feel right for me and still doesn’t but no judgement for those that do. My boy was premature too so think that’s made me want to leave him even less.

SIX weeks old??!? Wtf? That is soooo early especially with colic! They’ll need their mama.

My son is nearly 20 months and we’ve never left him. But never in a million years would I consider it at six weeks.

We left our little one with her grandma at 6 weeks overnight and left her with plenty expressed milk. She was so settled, the only one downside was because I wasn't feeding in the middle of the night my boobs were like rocks in the morning l

that’s fine if you felt comfortable, but OP asked for our opinions on when we left our babies. She said she’s not comfortable and anxious.

He's almost 10 months and haven't yet, can't see it happening any time soon. The longest I've left him is about 4 hours

I think what Bella means is, you came off extremely strong. You had to capitalize the word six & you had to say Wtf?
Feel free to have your own opinion but don’t judge other moms because they needed help at 6 weeks old, not everyone is the same.
I would never leave my baby that young either but I’m not hopping on here saying wtf & that they will need their mama. (This could possibly make other moms feel terrible about their decision & that’s not okay, we should be uplifting others not bringing them down) As long as the baby is loved & cared for during that time the baby will be okay.

Depends who with - with my sister I would have done it straight away IF I had too. With my mum or best friends Im probs comfortable to do it now (baby is 6m) cos she sleeps through.

Anyone else - not a chance!

My baby is 14 m and I have absolutely no plans to leave him with anyone else for a few more years!

Still haven't left my 21 mpmth old! At 6 weeks just was barely surviving, definitely wouldn't of even thought about leaving baby. If you're comfortable that's a different story but if your not thats not at all unreasonable