Your first night alone with baby (w/o SO)

Just wondering, how old was your baby/child the first time you were alone all night with him/her without your spouse (either because spouse was working, had an overnight trip, etc).

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5 weeks, my DH had to go on business to London for 3 days

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Almost 8 weeks old. DH has a business trip to Vegas for 6 days. I had a lot of help from my family, but it was the longest 6 days of my life.

Your first night alone with baby (w/o SO)

3 weeks
My dh worked nights back then, so I was alone with dd 5 nights a week the entire night from 7pm -5am , and then I was alone with her most of the day as well since dh was sleeping. Needless to say, I was beyond exhausted and overwhelmed. I had no help either from any one, so I really was on my own except for the few hours between when dh woke up when he left for work.

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2 weeks. Dh had two weeks off then had to go back to work. And he worked midnights.
It was awful.
And then I went back to work at 8 weeks. (And one week post op a gallbladder removal)
Fun times

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DH often works overnight. Did as soon as I was out of the hospital.
Overnight with babies stink... DH being around didn’t really help. I have to get up, change, feed, burp, etc.

Your first night alone with baby (w/o SO)

With dd it was 4 months, with ds under a month.

That being said, dh often gets home after my kids are asleep (since birth), and never got up once during the night for either kid since i nursed.

Your first night alone with baby (w/o SO)

6 weeks... he went away 2 nights to a bachelor party... I had help from my family but I wasn’t thrilled

Your first night alone with baby (w/o SO)

8 weeks

My DH very rarely helped at night since I EBF so it made no difference.

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Your first night alone with baby (w/o SO)

2 weeks and he would go away for days. He is a pilot so there was no way to avoid it.

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My dh worked midnights, so I was home alone with a one week old

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About a month, he works overnights a few times a week but was lucky enough to time his vacation with their birth. If it wasn't twins he probably would not have changed his vacation to coincide and it probably would have been a week.

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Less than 24 hours. It was horrible. City hospital didn’t allow DH to sleep over.

I survived but barely.

Good luck - totally different when baby is a bit older and you are physically recovered from the birth.

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Your first night alone with baby (w/o SO)

She was old, like 18 months. DH doesn't travel for work and declined any travel plans with friends when she was really young. I couldn't care less if he traveled now, but he gets upset if he goes an entire day without seeing DD. He had an early meeting and then a holiday party after work the other day and he was bummed.

I don't know what I would have done if I had been the only one getting up with her. I give you ladies whose husbands work nights a lot of credit.

Your first night alone with baby (w/o SO)

2 weeks old. DH worked nights and I was very upset. I remember I cried begging him not to leave but everything turned out fine.

Your first night alone with baby (w/o SO)

One week old.

Your first night alone with baby (w/o SO)

3 weeks. DH is in the FDNY and works nights. The first couple of weeks my parents or his parents stayed when he worked.