Leaving Baby

[mum2A&L]

the only time i have left alive overnight with some else but me was when i was in hospital and didn't have a choice. OH had her anyway.

a, i don't know if i would sleep if i didn't have alice on the back of my mind, and b, Alice still wakes at night and i don't want people to have that burden.

 

[Lola's Mummy]

I have to leave my DD 3 days a week with my mum or OH while I'm at work. It breaks my heart, I feel sick every morning before i go and i hate having to do it
I've never left her over night and can't see myself being able to do that for a while.

My sister is totally different and her DS sleeps over at my mums at least once a week. I don't think she's a bad mum because of it though. I'm even a little bit jealous of the time she gets to herself but she's just different from me

 

[mrs_tommo22]

Its personal choice, its not like your leaving her with strangers.

I have left DD once overnight when i went out and got very drunk but i was ok with it though and had nothing to worry about as she was happy as larry.

DS im happy too as well as he loves sleeping over nannies house.

I left them both with daddy last night while i went bowling and got pissed!

 

[Vickyleigh]

Please don't bite my head off...

I keep reading threads and posts saing that people still can't leave their babies- I feel like I'm doing something bad now because I don't mind leaving Evie with my mum or Jon's mum. We've even left her overnight once with my mum.

I enjoy the break and the oppurtunity to be me for a little while again- but now I've been feeling like I shouldn't be leaving her. As long as I know she's safe I don't worry about her (of course I miss her but not s much that I pick her up early). It's only my MIL and mum that I'll leave her with but I hadn't thought anything of it until recently.

Does anyone feel the same?

Sorry if I've upset anyone; obviously I know if you are breastfeeding it's pretty hard but we've let them babysit, on and off, since Evie was 3 weeks so I feel like I'm abandooning her a little bit

That's exactly how I feel about my mum having her once a week for the night!
I love chance to be me again and not have to worry about anything.
I know for a fact that she is 100% safe at my mums and if anything was to happen it
would take me 2 minutes to get there.
When she is at my mums I never ever worry about her, I think about her every second
and I always find my self looking at all the pics I have taken of her on my phone and I have to
tell myself that she is only gone for the night and will be back tomorrow.
But it does me good having my own free time once a week (especially with PND)
and it also does me and OH some good to have time to ourselves because having a baby has
put alot of pressure on our relationship.
Summer doesn't sleep well at night so I am always always so busy, that one night off a week is lovely!