My LO is six months old and I've never had her alone overnight. My husband and I spent one night apart when she was three months but I stayed with my aunt and uncle so I still had help. Have you had baby all alone overnight?
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Yes, when DH was out of town for a week for work around Easter. I spent the first few days at my ILs but then had him alone for the rest of the time. It really sucked because I got really sick. I have so much respect for single and solo parents.
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Yes. Honestly though my husband probably more then I because I've had a few work trips and had to leave him home alone with her.
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Yep, six or seven times. We usually have early bedtimes when daddy is gone
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Many times. My husband does shift work so works random hours. You're a lucky lady!
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Nope. I've had her "alone" without DH at my parents house a few times. It's funny because DH has her alone here all the time when I work night shifts.
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dh works nights so about 3 or 4 nights a week i'm home with lo alone. it was super hard the first few months but now that we have a really set routine, its not as bad. not fun, but not horrible.
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Yep. My husband goes out of town for work semi-regularly.
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I'm about to have two weeks!
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Yup. It's not a big deal, since I do all overnight stuff anyway. It is lonely though!
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Just twice, but I do all night duty normally, so it wasn't a big difference.
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Many of nights. Once a year hubby would go for a few weeks overseas and he owns a business out of state and sometimes stays there overnight. I travel quite a bit with my mom or my friends and always take the kids with me. It doesn't scare me or phase me at all probably because husband never really helps me at night anyway. He sleeps through an earthquake!
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Yep, once for three nights while my husband was in Vegas for a bachelor party and then a couple other times for a night at a time. It was kind of nice to have a weekend with just us girls...but it made me miss maternity leave.
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Lots of times. My husband goes on lots of overnight hunting and fishing trips, so we started pretty early on. It's not much different than when he is here. I've never been away for the night, but I've had a few really late nights.
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Yeah, a lot of times. The first time was when she was less than a month old, DH had a huge project going on at work and spent overnights at work. Those days were the roughest days of my life. The next time I was alone completely with LO was last Christmas - DH was away for two weeks and I had LO by myself (she was 16 months old). It was tough.
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Nope, but I can't really see the difference. Besides bath time, DH doesn't do any of the night stuff. And I've done bath before by myself.
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Nope. He doesn't go away all that often.
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Almost every night since he was born and he's 9 months old.
DH lives/works out of town during the week. He travels often for his job too...which sucks! He left on Sunday to go out of town and won't be back until Saturday. -
About 10 days every month!
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Many, many, many times. So my older daughter is 3.5 but when she was just around 2 my husband spent 3 months working in CA (we lived in Edmonton at the time), and other than that just a whole bunch of work trips, and a couple of fun trips for him.
At first it was hard...but now that the girls are older (the younger one is 15 months), life is great! We just really bring things down a notch and it's good when he is gone! -
DH works nights so not yet, but soon enough
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Yep! A few times when DH is traveling. It was rough when LO was little and... not sleepy but now it's actually a little peaceful to have a silent house after 6 PM! I do miss him though, of course
Two nights this week, hoping he gets home before LO's bedtime tomorrow!
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Yup. I don't really notice a difference because she STTN and I always get her in the am anyway.
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Wow! Lots of mamas doing solo parent duty! Even though I almost always do bed time and night wake ups...if she's having a rough night it's so nice to know he's there with me. Even if she won't go to him I like having him hang out in the room with us.
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Yep. DH works out of town sometimes. I do wake up anyways. But solo parenting for a week or more is tough!
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Yes, but not often. Dh had to stay in the hospital when she was a baby.
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My husband travels for work a lot. It's been 2-3 nights per week basically since LO was 3 months old. It's very lonely and tiring. I have the utmost respect for single moms.
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Every Monday-Thursday night.
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Nope. She is 15 weeks. My husband has though because I'm on night shift this month and next month.
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Yes, for 21 days straight at a time while my husband works offshore.
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I've done it with two for a 4 day stretch. It's hard, but do-able and Mr. Jacks surely deserves a break!
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Only twice with Charlie! Mr. Bee went away on 2 business trips. It was easy with one, but two would be much tougher! Probably easier for me than Mr. Bee though since Olive still nurses to sleep!
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Yes, a bunch of times. It was no big deal with one kid. Currently doing my first week alone with 2 kids and it is tiring!
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Yep. DH was deployed for the first 4 months of DS's life but I lived with family then. I did almost everything myself but it was still nice to have the peace of mind that someone was there. He often has overnight trainings or 24-hour duty where I have the baby alone. The longest I've gone completely by myself was 2 weeks. For me, it doesn't get any easier. I think a big part of that has to do with living away from family and friends.
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@PrincessBaby: every time my husband goes out of town I think of you - I don't know how you do it!
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No, DH doesn't travel too much for business (especially overnight), so we have been able to avoid it so far!
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For five days or so when he was about six months old because DH went to PA for engine school. About to have to do it again with two in a week!
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Not literally alone, but my husband was very sick for a few days right after we brought her home (literally the night she came home too) - so he didn't help for a while. My mom was staying with us though and she helped out after the first night.
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Yes. Starting from around 4 weeks, DH has had several business trips that have required that he be gone for at least 2 days, and as many as 5. It's not easy . . . even though I am pretty much solo for bedtime and night wakeups (and have been since the beginning), it still helps to know that he's *there*. There's just something so calming about his presence to me.
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Things have been rocky between me and my DH, so I've stayed in a hotel many times alone with LO. I take care of her at night anyway, so it's never been a big deal. Well, actually, when she was little (2 mo) it was challenging because she would cry and not want to sleep, an I'd worry about waking people up!
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