Visitation When do you all think it's appropriate to have your baby spend the night away from home, whether it's with…

My baby stayed at my moms overnight when she was 10 months old. The first night I was ok and the second night I was a mess.

Both my kids stayed with their grandparents on each side within about three months. I get the breast feeding concern and we always sent plenty of milk. It was rough on me don't get me wrong, the first few times your kids are away from home its a little sad. But my kids have the most amazing relationships with their grandparents and I love the fact they are all so close. Plus my SO and I both came from families of three or more kids so I don't know why we wouldn't think they could handle it =)

My sons father and I split prior to him being born. I started letting him have over night visits when my son was 4 months but only because he lived at home with his mom and our son was sleeping through the night. My daughter was older, probably 6 months when she slept out for the first time. As long as whoever is caring for them is capable of caring for them and waking up I don't see anything wrong with it.

My 2.5 year old has only spent the night away from husband and I about 2-3 times. And he was over a year old the first time he did. I'd rather be home with him then him be somewhere else.

We do it asap. I think its nice to see how it is to cut the strings early for mommy and baby. My daughter loves staying with people. It's not only for baby but for mama too. Take a night off and spend time with hubby or friends. You need it too. This time i might wait a couple weeks since i and going to BF and ill need tp pump a stash. My sister lobes loves loves to build a bond with my kids and the grandparents too. Baby doesnt remember but its a huge deal for family.

My mom has asked but dd is 3 and has not stayed more than a few hours. She has been to the store with my mom several times without us. Hubby and I went to a LSU VS MSU game last year, she stayed with mil and grandmother-in-law. We were gone from about 6am -2am. I missed her.

My son is almost 2 (in 2 months). He will never/has never spent a night away from his mommy. Lol. I'd rather spend a night with my kids than go out all night. If family wants to spend time with him, they have all day to come over. He's mine! Lmao.

I don't plan to let my kids till after they are potty trained.

If it's like a court ordered visitation they can make you pump. My cousin has to because her and the baby's father aren't together.

Plus I will be breastfeeding as long as I can. That rules out overnight stays in itself.

I'm just trying to get a clear idea on what the rest of the world thinks. I'm not trying to be selfish, but I just don't think it's reasonable for them to expect my son to be away from me over night this early.

Neash I completely agree with you!! Until my child can talk and tell me what's going on, it's not happening!

My daughter is 2 and has never spent a night away from me. I completely trust both my parents and my in laws but just don't like my dd being away from me. However when I have this baby she'll be staying with my mother while I'm in the hospital.

My daughter is 2 1/2 she's had plenty of sleepovers with both my parents and my in laws. I don't see the problem with letting them stay with family

If we lived close to either set of grandparents this would've already happened. DS is 2½. I also breastfed until 14 months so couldn't actually leave DS with anyone overnight until after that.

I've left him with DH twice for 5 days, and once the two of them went to visit my SIL for 5 days. Really tough emotionally but I still felt fine about it all.

After a month or two.

My first born stayed with my parents over night at like 3 weeks, but they only lived like 20 minutes from us at the time. After that he would stay there every other weekend till we moved away.

Let me add, my parents didn't mind waking up at night or staying awake half of the night with him. They also had everything for him that we had at home.

My daughter will be 21 months when this baby is born, and it will be her first night away from mom and dad (she'll stay at my mother's house when bub is born).

Depends on how much you honestly trust them. If you think they can wake up to a crying baby and take care of them then I would say about a month.

When we visit bd mom mylen was 2 weeks but i went with him he didnt start spending the night alone until he was two

When they can speak and tell me if anything is wrong