Leaving your baby overnight

When was the first time that your baby/child stayed at a relative or friend's place overnight while you went out?

My BIL and SIL have a four week old baby and they left him at her brother's place overnight on the weekend to go to a party. She is formula feeding so obviously it's easier to do this but my DH and I were both saying that we wouldn't want our baby staying with someone else probably for the first year. 4 weeks seems crazy to me!

#1 was about a year old for overnight, but I'd left him during the day with the in laws a number of times all day.

#2 still hasn't but will in a couple of weeks and he'll be 18 months

sarahm- I dont think thats wussy! We still would not go overseas and leave our 5 yr ols, let alone the 2yr old, lol! I have stayed a night away from them in Auck but they were at home with their Dad! DD has been staying the night at gradparents since about 2 yrs but not more than 15min drive from us!

I haven't left DS overnight and he is 2 years and 2 months. Apart from the fact that I don't want to, I haven't had any reason to. We had to go away overnight for a wedding a couple of weeks ago and I just took him with us and got a babysitter at our motel rather than leave him behind with grandparents. I guess I have trust issues leaving him for extended periods!!

Each to their own I suppose.

We left DS for the first time with my mum at 13 months old. I found it quite hard and had to keep reminding myself that my mum adores him and she managed to raise me just fine!!

I must admit though that I had a brilliant sleep for the first time in 18 months that night.

I must be the most overprotective biggest wuss ever. My DS has turned two and still hasn't been left overnight anywhere. He will have his aunty stay with him alone overnight for the first time in a month and I am already petrified!

I haven't - the first time I will leave my baby overnight is this weekend, but she will be with DH! To be honest, I wouldn't have wanted to.

I think its lovely that babies extended family wants to care for her and lovely for mum & dad to get out.

umm before 1? She has stayed over night with friends and DP's sister. Oh wait no she may have been just over 1 and it was because all my usual babysitters were out or away. I don't normally need to because we live with my parents so if mum or dad is home then I can do what I like and come home and she is home too and doesnt know any better. When I haven't had her home its been because the whole family is out at the same event normally lol.

If we weren't at my parents it would have been before 1, I went out when she was 3weeks old, and then again at NYE when she was 5mths old.

Girls Rock wrote: I think its lovely that babies extended family wants to care for her and lovely for mum & dad to get out.

Agreed! I think that family is so important and that it really strengthens the bond between everyone involved if baby stays with other family members once in a while.