When did you first leave your child?

Its been over 3 weeks and DH pointed out that I haven't been apart from my daughter at all yet. Not even to leave her alone with him. Part of it is because I am breastfeeding and haven't tried pumping bottles for her (but we have a pump all ready to use), but I honestly think I'm just not ready to separate from her yet. Am I being strange or is it normal to not separate from your baby at this point? She is 3 1/2 weeks old.

When did you all leave your child with someone else (including DH) for the first time?

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OH God I dont' even remember. Probalby around 4 weeks or so I ran to the supermarket while my father watched him - and I rushed like a madwoman to get back home and wondered how I'd ever leave him again. At 6 wks I had to leave him overnight for an out of town wedding, it was tough but also a break for me and he was in the best hands - my mom You can't always be w/them but if they are with someone you trust it makes a world of difference.

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When he was not even 2 weeks old. We had a wedding to go to and my MIL watched him at her house

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I had a doctors appt when she was approx. 2 weeks old. I left her with DH & my mom.

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The day after I got home from the hospital. I had to go to BRU to get preemie clothes b/c we didn't have any and all DDs clothes were swimming on them. I was gone about an hour.

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Probably the day I got home from the hospital - or the day after. When I got home my mom and MIL were there with DH. And probably the next day Dh was with her. And then we had a baby nurse so when she was about 2 1/2 weeks old, I think DH and I ran out to the food store for an hour and left the baby nurse with DD. She was fine!

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About 10 days after she was born. My mom watched her and DH and I went for dinner.

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I think like the first week i was home i left them with my DH and MIL. THe first time i actually had them sleep over my sisters house to watch them they were almost 2 months.

That's just me. I need to be alone sometimes for my sanity.

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My boys were 3 months, when my mom passed away, my inlaws watched them overnight because we got home so late from the wake only to wake up early for the funeral the next day.

They will be 10 months in July when we go away for 3 days

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A month old. We left him with my mom to go to a wedding.

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I came home from the hospital on Saturday, that night I had to go to church for a baptism meeting (he was being baptized in 3 weeks), it was the only time I could go. Not to mention it was a palm sunday mass, 2 hours long, I left my baby with my in-laws. I was gone a total of 3 hours. I cried the first half hour I was out

I left him overnight at 5 weeks with my parents

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5 weeks to go get my hair done as it was awful and I was having her christening...it broke my heart..I cried all the way to the hairdressers,sat in the chair looking at her picture, broke every speed limit on the way home and I was only away for 1 hr and 15 mins!!Since then I left her with my sister once for 2 hours while I went to a work event....My dh has started taking her out for an hour or two in the evening so I can get some work done.

She is 15mths so the overall picture is we have been attached at the hip since she was born I am just not good at leaving her.

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I BF'd and left DD around 3-4 weeks old for a night out with friends. I missed her so much, but it felt so good to get out.

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probably around 1 month with DH just to get some clothes after that probably not until 4 months for Valentine's day. At 6 months I started working 2 nights a week so my mom watched her for 4 hours a day then. Now we go out on the weekends and stuff but at 19 months be still haven't left her overnight.

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Cailen was born Apr. 4 - I had to go to an unvelining on Apr 15, so I left him with DH then. I think I did it again a few days later to do some shopping...