https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:34:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955445 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:48:32 +0000 BlueWolverine 955445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 6 months<br /> Max time you've been apart: 8.5 hours<br /> Who was caring for LO: DH or day care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955423 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:40:34 +0000 cheert16 955423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 3 months<br /> Max time you've been apart: 6 hours while I was at work<br /> Who was caring for LO: MIL for 2 hours, then DH for the rest of the time!</p> <p>This was when he was 3 weeks old and I only worked for like 3 weeks then was on summer vacation- when I go back full time in September, it will be a big change! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955393 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:26:53 +0000 Pepper 955393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 4 weeks<br /> Max time you've been apart: 3.5 hours<br /> Who was caring for LO: DH</p> <p>I had to go to a viewing for a friend's family member when he was 3.5 weeks. It was an hour away. DH watched him. I will be going back to work in November, so I will be away for 8.5 hours 5 days a week :( My mom will watch him 4 days a week, and DH will watch him on his day off. DS will be about 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955360 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:18:47 +0000 oliviaoblivia 955360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby age: six and a half months.<br /> Amount of time away: 2.5 hours<br /> With: MIL</p> <p>Needless to say we are a little codependent, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955349 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:16:47 +0000 edelweiss 955349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>baby age: 6 months<br /> amount of time away: 36 hours<br /> LO with: husband</p> <p>i recently went for a quick overnight trip for a bridal shower/bachelorette party. i actually moved up the time of my return ticket because i wanted to be back for bedtime.</p> <p>@JoJoGirl: i stayed at a hotel where i could rent a mini fridge and microwave. i would rinse the pump parts in hot water, then wipe with pacifier wipes, then sterilize in microwave bag. i poured the milk into storage bags, and layered them with ice packs in a cooler bag for the trip home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955295 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:55:15 +0000 mamabolt 955295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now LO is almost 13 months, and the max time I've been away is 4 days, 3 nights. I've done this twice now for business trips when she was 7 months and 10.5 months, and both times my DH and his mom were watching her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955256 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:42:47 +0000 LuLu Mom 955256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby Age: 7 months (she's almost 10 now)<br /> Amount of Time: not quite 24 hours, away for a wedding.<br /> With: Grandma and Grandpa</p> <p>I can handle an overnight but I think I will struggle with multiples. We will be leaving her for a long weekend after she turns one in October and this is already freaking me out. 1 day I can handle, 3-4 is going to be rough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955230 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:33:41 +0000 Aimed 955230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 6 months now, 4 months then.<br /> Max Time Apart: 5 days<br /> Caring for LO: My sister in law.</p> <p>DH and I travelled to look at properties in a new city across the country that we are planning on moving to in the fall. I was a little worried but he was fine and we were fine and it was all good! It was also nice to get some marriage time! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955183 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:19:21 +0000 hellobeeboston 955183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: yes - pumped and dumped when I was away for a week. I did a night away one other time and the hotel had a fridge and I brought freezer packs and I saved everything in bags! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955139 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:04:23 +0000 LazyLightning 955139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have lots of these.</p> <p>Baby's age: 0 - 7 days<br /> Max time you've been apart: 1 week<br /> Who was caring for LO: NICU</p> <p>I couldn't see her during the first day due to my having an infection.</p> <p>Then...</p> <p>Baby's age: 9 days<br /> Max time you've been apart: 10ish hours<br /> Who was caring for LO: my mom</p> <p>My husband went to the ER... I had to go with... fun times.</p> <p>Then....</p> <p>Baby's age: 7 weeks<br /> Max time you've been apart: 1 day<br /> Who was caring for LO: MIL</p> <p>My MIL just wanted to have her overnight. No problem! It was nice to have a break. They are about a half hour away from us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955078 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:39:29 +0000 littlek 955078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I was away from my LO when he was 6 months old. I pumped and saved everything in the fridge at the hotel. It was a PITA to get through security with (allow extra time) but it was worth it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955074 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:36:32 +0000 Smurfette 955074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Can you have the hotel put a mini fridge in the room? If you tell them it is for medicine, they have too. We did this when we went to St Thomas last year since mini fridge's weren't in every room at the Ritz. We just wanted it for drinks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby/page/2#post-955068 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:30:51 +0000 JoJoGirl 955068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For people who were away more than. 24 hrs, did you pump and dump? We are going away for around 24 hrs when LO will be 14 weeks and staying in a hotel.. Not sure how to handle logistics of trying to store pumped milk and whatnot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-955066 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:30:35 +0000 Bookish 955066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5 weeks<br /> 1 hour to run some paperwork up to work.... DH keeps pushing me to take off and go do things when he gets home..but by the time he gets home I'm too darn tired. :p<br /> DH watched her </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-955054 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:26:38 +0000 LemonLong 955054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 9 months<br /> Max time you've been apart: 5-6 days, multiple times starting at 14 weeks old.<br /> Who was caring for LO:DH</p> <p>I've had to go on multiple business trips since my LO was born. I'm a pro at pumping in airports now! She also goes to daycare from 6 am-4:00 pm 5 days a week. Luckily, she likes it there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-955042 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:20:56 +0000 Lindsay05 955042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>13 months<br /> 2 days<br /> MIL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-955018 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:10:04 +0000 hellobeeboston 955018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yikes, I'm one of few that's left LO for a while!</p> <p>Baby's age: 8 months<br /> Max time you've been apart: 6 days<br /> Who was caring for LO: My parents and sister</p> <p>I posted about this - but we went on vacation to Spain without LO with friends.... It was tough - the first night away I had a mini panic attack and almost went back to the airport to fly home. But LO was perfectly happy, we got picture updates and called. It was really nice for me and DH to get away and have some carefree fun! </p> <p>What also freaked me out prior to our trip was that we set up our will, a trust for our son and life insurance - just in case. I'm glad we did but it made me really second guess leaving him!</p> <p>Also was pumping the whole time - not as bad as I feared, but got mastitis the day I returned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-954998 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:01:03 +0000 butterbean 954998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 7 months<br /> Max time you've been apart: Approx 9 hours (daycare)<br /> Who was caring for LO: daycare providers </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-954983 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 06:52:29 +0000 cmomma17 954983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: 3 months<br /> 4-4.5 hours (second half of my work day)<br /> DH, MIL or my mom, depending on what day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-954979 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 06:49:59 +0000 mediagirl 954979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age? The longest I had been away was for work and that was 9 hours. Childcare was daycare. </p> <p>I've never left her overnight and haven't been away from her for more than 10 hours ever. </p> <p>Baby's age: 13 months<br /> Max time you've been apart: 10<br /> Who was caring for LO: daycare, my mom, my husband </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-954977 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 06:46:15 +0000 kml636 954977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BUMPing this post... I will be going to a friend's wedding in Oregon for four days by myself and leaving LO with DH for four days. </p> <p>Then the next weekend we have to go to another wedding and leave her for the weekend with my parents. She will be 10 months. </p> <p>Then, there is the opportunity to go to Korea for a week for my job. I'm considering it only because I would never again get the chance...<br /> I'm feeling okay about it, but I do have some kind of inner panic moments about it. The facetime thing I'm definitely going to try!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-326546 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 05:54:48 +0000 GrapeCrush 326546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 5 months<br /> Max time you've been apart: when he was 5 weeks old, i was in a wedding and gone from 9am to 11pm...it was awful!!!!!!!!!<br /> Who was caring for LO: my mom, so i was more relaxed because i knew he was in good hands :o) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-326544 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 05:37:55 +0000 BelugaBean 326544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 11 weeks<br /> max time you've been apart: Around 2 hours<br /> Who was caring for LO: DH and his mom</p> <p>I went to get my hair cut and apparently she threw a fit the entire time I was gone. Right now we're trying to get her to take a bottle to avoid a repeat of that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-326538 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 05:13:35 +0000 Rosie Girl 326538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 7 mnths<br /> Max time you've been apart: 12 hrs<br /> Who was caring for LO: DH</p> <p>I work night shifts, 7 PM - 7 AM, and started when she was about 2 months old </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-326522 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 04:34:57 +0000 Sweet T 326522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 13 months<br /> Max time apart: 10-12 hours<br /> Who was caring for LO: My mom </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-326446 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:23:35 +0000 sarac 326446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 months, 8 hours. </p> <p>And it was while my father was dying in the hospital, so kind of a special thing. She was with my husband. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-324477 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:15:27 +0000 purrpletulips 324477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD<br /> Baby's age: 30 months<br /> Max time you've been apart: approximately 24 hrs<br /> Who was caring for LO: My parents</p> <p>Also attends daycare for 50hrs/wk but I didn't include that.</p> <p>DS<br /> Baby's age: 3 weeks<br /> Max time you've been apart: 4 hrs<br /> Who was caring for LO: close friends </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-324459 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:06:49 +0000 heffalump 324459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 14 months, she was 12 months.<br /> Max time you've been apart: 9 hours<br /> Who was caring for LO: My mom and sister</p> <p>DH and I had a wedding to go to about an hour away. We left around 4, my mom put LO to bed and we were bad around midnight. I'm not good about leaving her for long.... we're going to do our first baby free overnight trip for chanukah this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-324442 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:58:34 +0000 lisa1783 324442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby's age: 4 months now, 6 weeks at the time<br /> Max time you've been apart: 2 days<br /> Who was caring for LO: My SIL</p> <p>I was in the bridal party of one of my friends and went away for the weekend. I thought about bringing him along but my DH was worried about him crying during the ceremony and reception so we ended up having my SIL take care of him. It worked out fine in the end. I cried before I even left the door and cried for the entire car ride to Maine (from Boston) but then I was ok and my SIL sent us updates every few hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-your-baby#post-324350 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:33:59 +0000 kakimochi 324350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>baby's age: 11 months<br /> max time apart: 6 days<br /> Caring for her: husband</p> <p>had to go on a trip to take care of ailing parent. DH and I would talk everyday, and he'd post pictures and videos of DD. </p>