https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:30:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239884 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:10:59 +0000 birdofafeather 2239884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, no issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239883 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:09:22 +0000 Kimberlybee 2239883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's a great caretaker and helps out a lot on the weekends when he's off so he'll be fine. I need my me time too so I run solo errands a lot whenever I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239882 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:09:01 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2239882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! We're pretty equal in terms of our care of DD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239881 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:06:49 +0000 Kimberlybee 2239881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: 2 day old newborn? Yay!!!! congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239859 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:02:29 +0000 sapphire 2239859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely. He's home alone with her more often than I am at this point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239790 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 08:46:40 +0000 mrsrain 2239790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He would do just fine. He is just as involved with her as I am! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239759 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 06:36:24 +0000 MrsF 2239759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! He has them both when I have to work weekends so he's very used to caring for both kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239753 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 06:21:06 +0000 Anya 2239753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and no? They would be fine but he'd probably do his own thing. I wouldn't bother leaving instructions unless there was something specific going on like a dose of medication at a certain time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239751 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 06:07:45 +0000 BandDmommy 2239751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Toddler yes. Baby no. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239737 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 00:38:21 +0000 ALV91711 2239737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They'd be 100% fine. DH knows what DS likes and when nap time and bedtime are. They may not eat as healthy but for a day that is fine. </p> <p>In fact if I'm not around DS goes to bed so much easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239720 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 22:08:26 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 2239720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No issues. He knows how to cart for her and is very involved in it. In fact, he gets every Sunday completely to himself because I work and up until 8 months old he also did half of all evenings by himself because I worked night shifts. It really blows my mind when I hear about Dad's who don't know how to care for their kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239718 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 22:02:27 +0000 Corduroy 2239718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can I leave my boobs at home? If so he'd be fine. I know he wouldn't follow routine though. He'd turn on one princess movie after another. Honestly I'd do the same if I had toddler &amp; newborn alone for 24 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239710 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:46:45 +0000 mrsjyw 2239710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He could do everything w both except for nursing our 2 day old newborn ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239699 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:31:08 +0000 anonysquire 2239699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bahahahahah no!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239697 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:28:00 +0000 travellingbee 2239697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He knows his routines as well as I do. The house would be a mess though. He can't multitask at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239657 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:01:01 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2239657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally. Several months ago I would say no but DD1 is 2 and is perfectly happy switching between caretakers and DD2 is only 12 weeks but I'm much more laid back with her and he now knows how to read a baby's cues. They would all survive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239655 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:57:55 +0000 Finfan 2239655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: Me too! It drives me nuts when we take LO to the doc or somewhere and they always direct questions about her routine to me. I'm like "I don't know. Ask the parent that's with her 24/7? I love her but I'm not always sure of the answer." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239647 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:47:27 +0000 winniebee 2239647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Toddler yes baby no. He handles primary care for our older when we are all ad home and I mostly handle baby. He would have to ask me what times to do naps (7mo still has no schedule) and times for bottles and how many oz in each bottle (he's breastfed). He knows bedtime obviously and the bed time routine Bc we switch off but I always fill the bottles for him if the baby gets a bottle. Kinda sad because with our first he knew everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours/page/2#post-2239645 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:44:58 +0000 YouGotMe 2239645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I said no because he wouldn't be able to feed her. If that wasn't the case Id say maybe. She would survive just fine but I don't know how he would be after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239642 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:44:29 +0000 yellowbird 2239642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He would be fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239607 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:05:19 +0000 Mae 2239607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I said yes but I guess the answer is sort of...? I mean she would survive, not go hungry, have diapers changed at the right times, and get her bath just fine. But I usually take care of all her food prep/decisions so he'd probably not feed her what I would (what she's used to), especially for snacks. She also probably wouldn't nap as long because she usually sleeps on me for the second half of her nap and she doesn't sleep as well on DH. But they'd be fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239606 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:04:57 +0000 wonderstruck 2239606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He works 9 hour shifts on Saturdays, so we'd be pretty screwed :silly: </p> <p>But yeah, it might not be the exact way/routine I would do but they would be just fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239587 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:23:27 +0000 Anagram 2239587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He knows LOs routine and would be fine with eating/sleeping stuff...the only thing is he might not take her outside as much as I like (I think she needs to go out at least twice a day, morning and afternoon--DH tends to laze around the house more). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239585 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:20:02 +0000 Tanjowen 2239585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. He takes care of LO 2 days a week when I go to work and knows all his routines. DH is gone 4-5 days a week for work, so during growth/developmental spurts I have to catch him up, but he does excellent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239580 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:59:11 +0000 Astro Bee 2239580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms. Pug: DH always assumes hunger, as well. I left LO with him for an evening when he was 2 months old, and DH went through our complete freezer stash in a couple of hours - only 12 oz, at the time - but I'd fed LO before I left the house. I got home, and had a massively full, wet diaper to change! A 2 month old does not need to eat that much, especially when he's just tired! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239573 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:33:16 +0000 Truth Bombs 2239573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. He would need zero instruction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239571 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:26:57 +0000 AngelicOne 2239571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>More than likely. He usually gets him to sleep for bedtime &amp; up with him in the mornings. Only thing is I EP, so he might not remember the details of thawing milk &amp; all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239568 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:11:58 +0000 lemondrop 2239568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! He does several days/nights a week since my work schedule varies. The house would probably be cleaner as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239565 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:53:10 +0000 sera_87 2239565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep although they'd probably skip the veggies and the toddler would get more screen time than I'm comfortable with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-had-to-leave-the-house-right-now-for-24-hours#post-2239547 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:16:03 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2239547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll be dealing with this next week. I'm headed out of town for about 20 hours, and leaving my baby overnight for the first time. It should be pretty straightforward (and I'm sure he can figure it out without instructions), but I'm planning on leaving detailed instructions that he can choose to read or not read. My son's 8 months old, though-in the early days I left a list when I went to the grocery store! </p>