Date Night

Wow you've done well to get out when bub is only 12wks old! I think DS was about 7mths before I left him. The grandparents came and babysat and yes I left them a page long list of instructions! DH and I went out for dinner and were back after 2hrs cos we were so tired we just want to go to bed! (DS was still waking 4hrs overnight at that stage)

Hope you enjoyed your time together I think it's so important.

Edited by Mrs_B

Go you The first time we left DS with someone else other than at day care was when he was 12 months old Albeit, we dont have family here to leave him with, otherwise it would have been sooner.

Pleased you had a good night out. DH and I had a lunch date on Thursday for the first time in, forever. Was lovely

Wow! Go you guys! That's amazing.

I think our DD was about 5 months when we had an hour out while asleep for lunch. Then it was about 10 months before we went out for a night. Still haven't had anyone else put her to bed as am BF before bed still.

I just said call us if she cries and doesn't go back to sleep, but we don't go out till bubs is alseep, so is easy. If we didn'r would write down routine.

Man, I'm so jealous! he's 10 month old and we STILL haven't been out together yet
No grandparents live in Auckland where we are and no one else I'd really ask to to babysit. Sigh...
Think we might go stay with the GP's and go out from there.

I left my kids with my mum as soon as she offered to have them.
Practically skipped out the door , crying "im free ! Im free "
no, not really,but C was going to her dad's from a month old without me, and as far as my mum is concerned, I have no doubts she will be able to look after them fine without any problem, besides, im far too lazy to write instructions

1st time we left Riley with someone was my folks at 4 1/2 weeks old coz it was mine and DPs 1 year anniv. we went to a movie then DP took me clothes shopping and i tried really hard to not tx or ring. which i didnt and was proud of myself lol. was only about 4 hours and R slept the whole time for them.

since then have done 2 or 3 day drops at mum n dads so we could paint rooms in the house.

gave really basic instructions (eat, play nap, keep upright after feed. dummy in bag. extra change of clothes if he poo-splodes. this much in his bottle.) and that was it. was more lax about it than i though id be.

OMG leaving at 12 weeks is amazing!

We left Clodagh with my mother (well she came to our house) when she was about 10 months old....we went to a wedding...came home....and got a BFP 2 weeks later *blush* lol

So um yeah am thinking our next date night won't be for a looong time yet hehe

oh my god i feel awful. i was leaving him with friends and family from a couple of weeks. i went shopping and left him with DH the day after he was born, same with #2. i never thought twice about it :S

We left Jude with good friends and my sister for the evening to go to a Pearl Jam concert for the evening when he was around 9-10weeks old (I thought it was 3 months/12weeks but just looked at the dates and apparently not!). He was sleeping through the night at that stage so we left at around 5pm and Jude went to sleep around 9-10pm and didn't wake up again until 7am that morning so luckily for them they didn't have to get up during the night (though we were back by 12-1am).

Before that he had been left with his grandparents (who were visiting and DP was at work) at 2 weeks old for half an hour while I went to get my eyebrows and eyelashes done. And had been left with DP for the afternoon for the first time at around 6 weeks old.

However, at that stage we were living at the other end of the country to both of our families and didn't have many close friends in that part of the country so other than the Pearl Jam concert we didn't go out together for around 9 months. Even now that we live much much closer to our families and are totally comfortable leaving Jude with them, and had thought we would like to have a date night every month - it hasn't ended up working out like that. Should really get onto that next date night! Maybe next month

ETA - and we left a long list of instructions with the friends and my sister (and would have with anyone at that age and leaving him for that long). We don't now though.

Edited by Delli

My friend looked after our son when I came home from the hospital after having a c section Dh left her money so they can order pizza and paid her a hourly rate if was expensive but well worth it as we trust her.

She looked after them when they were 6 and 10 months I think and left her a whole page on what to do on what time they go to bed etc and she found it great. We haven't been out since as she has moved to Oz and my SIL was living in a small 2 bedroom unit she has a spare room and there was no way we want them staying over there without a room for them. She has now got  a much bigger place so might have to call on her and get her to look after them so we can have a night out.