Baby's age:
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Started this thread because I'm just curious and feeling like maybe I'm not relaxed enough about being apart. In my head I make this big huge deal every week about being away from LO for 2 hours to go to yoga.
Baby's age: 5 months
Max time you've been apart: 4 hours
Who was caring for LO: DH -
Baby's age: 9.5 months
Max time you've been apart: 10 hours in daycare, 3xweek
Who was caring for LO: Daycare providerMy LO's time in daycare is by far the longest I've ever been away from her. I've gone out for dinner a few times for a few hours, but always after she went to bed. I keep thinking I really want to take a night away with my husband, but I'm crazy attached and can't imagine leaving my LO for that long! But seriously. It has to happen sometime.
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15 months
3-4 hours (went to brunch, then a Broadway show)
she was with her dadwe haven't really left her with anyone else yet! Soon we'll leave her and her sister (4.5 yo) with grandma for about 2 hours.
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Baby's age: 7 months
Max time you've been apart: I honestly can't remember... probably about 6 hours??
Who was caring for LO: DH, my mom or my friend.I've been apart from him several times but mostly short spurts of time. I've never needed to be away from him for a long time but I don't think I'd have a problem doing so.
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Age: 16 weeks
Max time apart: approx. 24 hours
LO was with: my parentsLO was 12 weeks old when my parents watched her from about 11am - 1pm the next day so we could go away for 1 night for our anniversary. I wasn't nervous; we had left LO with my parents for several hours a few times so we could have date nights. Everyone had fun!
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Age: 17 weeks
Max time apart: 24 hours
LO was with: my parents- I had to have emergency surgery so they kept her overnight when she was 3 months.Other than that, she is in daycare all day, and we have attended a few weddings that she has stayed with my or my DH's parents for 5-6 hours
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Age: 14 weeks
Max time apart: 14 hours (we went to a wedding that was 3.5 hours away from home). LO was 11 weeks when we did this. Originally we were going to stay overnight after the wedding - would have been away for just over 24 hours in that case, but every time I thought about being away for that long I started crying, so decided maybe I wasn't ready.
MIL came to our house and watched LO. I had a hard time with this too, but it was right before she was starting daycare anyway so I figured it was time to get over my fear of leaving her with someone besides DH or my mom. -
Baby's age: 7 months
Max time you've been apart: 24 hours
Who was caring for LO: DH@cvbee, I know how you feel because I still get all worked up about leaving LO in the care of others. When my DH suggested taking our LO up to his mom's overnight a few weeks ago I actually cried at the thought of being away from him for so long! Everything worked out just fine though and I'll be leaving LO overnight with DH again at the end of the month.
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Baby's age: almost 5 months
max time: almost 8 hours
who was watching: DHShe was three weeks old when I did this, I just needed a break! I went to the spa. So nice!
Now I am gone from her for 7.5 hours multiple times a week because I am at work. DH watches her. Sometimes my MIL for only an hour of that time.
My mom thinks she has a "right" to take LO to her own house at least once a week, and is currently badgering me to allow her to do that. Still don't know if I am ready for that yet!
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Baby's age: 9 months
Max time you've been apart: 3.5 days
Who was caring for LO: My parentsWe left LO with my parents for a destination wedding when she was almost 3 months old. Left my mom a stash of pumped milk and we Facetimed with LO twice a day!
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@autumnlove: i've always wondered it'd be possible to do a wknd away without baby. DH really wants to have "us" wknd time next year and i was afraid it might be too soon... thanks for giving me hope!
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@mrsjyw: It was so nice to reconnect and get sleep!
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Baby's age: 6 months
Max time you've been apart: 10 hours
Who was caring for LO: Daycare - he goes 5 days a week. Going to pick him up is the best part of my day! -
5months
6-7 hours
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Baby's age: 5 months
Max time you've been apart: 8hrs
Who was caring for LO: DHI (barely) work PT from home and on the odd occasion have to work on site. One day I did a full day and DH watched LO at home. Other than 4 hrs spent at my SILs bachelorette where my MIL watched her, it's only been an hour here and there where DH watched her. I'm really not comfortable with someone other than DH watching her for long yet especially with her going through a high maintenance phase right now.
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Baby's age: 6 months
Max time you've been apart: Approx 24 hours
Who was caring for LO: My mom.We went to a wedding when DS was around 4 months old and stayed the night. My mom stayed at our house, she had a great time with him and we had a great time at the wedding. I thought I would be a little more anxious but I was totally fine!
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Baby's age: 7 months
Max time away: 8 hrs
Who was watching: husbandThis was on my last day of work when because of a work lunch, husband didn't bring LO to me during the day to nurse her. Felt so weird not seeing her!
Since I've been home, the longest I've been away is 2 hrs one day for a dentist appt. I get crazy separation anxiety if I'm away from her. Not good!! :T
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Baby's age: 21 months now, 7 months THEN!
Max time you've been apart: 6 days
Who was caring for LO: Husband and nannyWow, I am feeling like the guilty one now! When my babe was about 7 months old I went on a work trip. It was hard and pumping was a PITA but everyone survived!
ENJOY YOGA!
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Baby's age: 14 now, 5 weeks at the time
Max time you've been apart: 5 days
Who was caring for LO: Husband and my parentsI was hospitalized for gallbladder surgery, it was a holiday weekend so there longer than I needed to be. It was not fun. My DH would bring me new pictures of her everyday to help me get through it. I didn't want her to come visit me because of all the germs.
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She's 4 months almost, I have only been away for 2 hours and I left her with my mom.
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@cvbee: 2 hours for yoga a week sounds awesome! I wish I could swing that but my DH works a lot of hours. You should go for it. I do try to run 3x a week for an hour. I have issues with leaving my kids... I always know I need the break, but then have a hard time taking one. Definitely good to just get out in a regular basis though!
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Hmmmm I think 17 hours - I went to a work event at 4 and left him with my mom and though I came home my mom got up with him overnight so I didn't see him tip the next morning!
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baby's age: 11 months
max time apart: 6 days
Caring for her: husbandhad 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.
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Baby's age: 4 months now, 6 weeks at the time
Max time you've been apart: 2 days
Who was caring for LO: My SILI 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.
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Baby's age: 14 months, she was 12 months.
Max time you've been apart: 9 hours
Who was caring for LO: My mom and sisterDH 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.
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DD
Baby's age: 30 months
Max time you've been apart: approximately 24 hrs
Who was caring for LO: My parentsAlso attends daycare for 50hrs/wk but I didn't include that.
DS
Baby's age: 3 weeks
Max time you've been apart: 4 hrs
Who was caring for LO: close friends -
12 months, 8 hours.
And it was while my father was dying in the hospital, so kind of a special thing. She was with my husband.
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Baby's age: 13 months
Max time apart: 10-12 hours
Who was caring for LO: My mom -
Baby's age: 7 mnths
Max time you've been apart: 12 hrs
Who was caring for LO: DHI work night shifts, 7 PM - 7 AM, and started when she was about 2 months old
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Baby's age: 11 weeks
max time you've been apart: Around 2 hours
Who was caring for LO: DH and his momI 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.
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Baby's age: 5 months
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!!!!!!!!!
Who was caring for LO: my mom, so i was more relaxed because i knew he was in good hands :o) -
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.
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.
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...
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!! -
At that age? The longest I had been away was for work and that was 9 hours. Childcare was daycare.
I've never left her overnight and haven't been away from her for more than 10 hours ever.
Baby's age: 13 months
Max time you've been apart: 10
Who was caring for LO: daycare, my mom, my husband -
@cvbee: 3 months
4-4.5 hours (second half of my work day)
DH, MIL or my mom, depending on what day. -
Baby's age: 7 months
Max time you've been apart: Approx 9 hours (daycare)
Who was caring for LO: daycare providers -
Yikes, I'm one of few that's left LO for a while!
Baby's age: 8 months
Max time you've been apart: 6 days
Who was caring for LO: My parents and sisterI 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!
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!
Also was pumping the whole time - not as bad as I feared, but got mastitis the day I returned.
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13 months
2 days
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Baby's age: 9 months
Max time you've been apart: 5-6 days, multiple times starting at 14 weeks old.
Who was caring for LO:DHI'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!
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2.5 weeks
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.
DH watched her
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