Hellobee Boards Topic: How old was LO the first time you left him/her?

Hellobee Boards Topic: How old was LO the first time you left him/her? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:01:35 +0000 LuLu Mom on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-667768 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:35:25 +0000 LuLu Mom 667768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs Hedgehog: Not a bad mom, a hard working mom. We have to support each other. I went back at 12 weeks, it's hard, it sucks, but it is what we have to do to help support our family! Bookish on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-667764 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:34:00 +0000 Bookish 667764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs Hedgehog: Not a bad mom, I'll be going back to work too when she is about 8 weeks old too! We gotta do what we gotta do to keep the family goin! :) LuLu Mom on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-667755 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:30:23 +0000 LuLu Mom 667755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We went and ate dinner for DH's birthday 3 weeks later, but we were only gone for an hour. Then it was like 8 weeks. I've been pretty good about leaving her, a few tears in the beginning, but I think it's good for her to be around other people. GrapeCrush on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-667750 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:28:16 +0000 GrapeCrush 667750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ About 2 weeks after DS was born i went to the store for ~30 mins because later that week i had to go to my SIL's bachelorette dinner/night and wanted to be away for him once. for that i was gone about 4 hours. when he was 5 weeks we had her wedding, i was in it, so i was gone from 9am to 11pm! that was tough. Mrs Hedgehog on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-667060 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:29:57 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 667060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Wow. I feel like a bad mom already! I plan on leaving her when she is a couple months to go back to work. I effectively wont see her for 3 or 4 days at a time because of my sucky schedule. I know it is going to be crazy super hard but I have to in order to keep her in diapers! red_seattle on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-667053 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:21:22 +0000 red_seattle 667053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6.5 weeks, just for an hour with my MIL while we went to get a Christmas tree. After that, for 3 hours at almost 3 months, and then later that week I went back to work. First overnight was at 14 months, 6 weeks after he weaned. lomom on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-667050 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:08:25 +0000 lomom 667050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @delight: I probably could but I wouldn't want for fear he'd cry during the ceremony and because I feel like its her day and for me to show up with my newborn might detract from that (we have a lot of mutual friends). skibobrown on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-667032 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:34:09 +0000 skibobrown 667032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I flew for work when DD was 7 months old. Since then I have left her for 1-3 nights while I do work travel several times. dagret on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-667025 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:20:23 +0000 dagret 667025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3.5 weeks I think? We went to a Mumford and Sons concert. ETA: I actually left L with my husband when he was 6 days old to go to a class at church, but it was only an hr. the concert was the first long period of time I was away from him. pinkcupcake on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666991 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:46:03 +0000 pinkcupcake 666991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ First time I was away from LO was when I went back to work when she was 4 months old. I quit my job when she was 6 months old to be a SAHM and haven't been away from her more than 2-3 hours since then. I definitely have more separation anxiety than she does! :) Mommy Finger on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666970 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:16:53 +0000 Mommy Finger 666970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My parents took DS overnight at 9 wks so we could go to a wedding. Smurfette on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666967 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:13:00 +0000 Smurfette 666967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ R is two weeks exactly today. My Mom is coming over tomorrow after work to see her and told me that DH and I need to go to dinner and she will babysit. We aren't going to argue with her. I figure it will be an hour and half at the most, since we haven't really tried a bottle yet. I need a break for sure and some time with just DH. photojane on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666949 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:03:50 +0000 photojane 666949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 9-10 days? I had the baby blues, so my mom watched S while Dan and I went out to dinner. We were only gone about an hour & I missed her, but it was really nice to get out with him. autumnlove on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666947 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:01:58 +0000 autumnlove 666947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She was almost one month old when we left her for a date night and almost 3 months old when we left her with my parents for the weekend. littlebittyhouse on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666944 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:00:51 +0000 littlebittyhouse 666944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6 weeks - we went to a wedding lovehoneybee on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666936 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:57:47 +0000 lovehoneybee 666936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hmm...when he was 2.5 months with I left him with DH and FIL to go shopping with MIL for an hour, and a month later DH and I left him with SIL to see Skyfall. The longest I've ever been away from him is 3 hours. I don't think I could have done it at 9 days, but I was (am) super attached to him. Weagle on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666924 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:54:57 +0000 Weagle 666924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I left her in the church nursery at 10 weeks, but other than that she was 4 months old. I haven't left her much! Mrs. Bee on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666918 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:53:22 +0000 Mrs. Bee 666918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ i went to a wedding about 9 days after Olive was born. I took my pump with me and pumped in the bridal room! MrsStar on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666916 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:52:39 +0000 MrsStar 666916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Maybe 8 weeks? I went to the movies with sil which I had promised to do while pregnant. I was away for maybe 2.5 hours, and I cried when I had to leave LO. travelgirl1 on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666911 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:52:10 +0000 travelgirl1 666911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I left A once with DH when she was six weeks for two hours, but haven't left her since and she's 20 weeks. heffalump on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666908 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:49:36 +0000 heffalump 666908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ One month- I threw my sisters bachelorette party so I had to. I'm super attached to lo though, she's 20 months and it's rare that I leave her. If it wasn't for my sister I wouldn't have done it. delight on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666900 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:46:20 +0000 delight 666900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Just chiming in to ask whether you're allowed to bring your LO? Most people are understanding about newborns or BF babies. lomom on "How old was LO the first time you left him/her?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-lo-the-first-time-you-left-himher#post-666893 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:43:44 +0000 lomom 666893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ An old friend of mine is getting married 9 days after my EDD. I've known her for years and would love to go to the wedding but I think I'd be too unwilling to leave LO so soon. Thankfully she is super understanding and told me not to worry about RSVPing, if I made it, great, if not, she understood. How old was your LO the first time you left?