Leaving baby for first time

I leave him little guy with my mom every night when I go to work, we live an hour away from my job so total im away from him for 10 hours. It's rough leaving then, especially the first time, but it's been worth the physical "break"

We left our little guy with my parents just to go to the grocery store for a couple of hours. I did feel anxious and I missed him so much since I’ve been home with him every single day of my maternity leave. He and I are attached to the hip. But we came back and he was fine and in good hands. Grandma loved having some quality time with him. My husband and I were also able to spend some time alone together even if it was just running errands. Sometimes you just have to do it.

We went to a Halloween horror night at an amusement park with our teenager a couple weeks ago and left him and our 5 year old with my mom. My 15 year old niece was staying the night there so she helped out too. I've left him with my teenager while I've made quick store runs as well but the Halloween even was a good 10 hours that we were gone.

I have left him with my mom for 4 hours twice then last week I had to end up leaving him for 3 nights as I was hospitalized.. hardest 3 nights of my life being away from my 2 month old.

I left my baby for the first time on my anniversary too! It was sooo hard but we stayed close by and kept it short! Super hard but needed for our marriage

I think when my LO was about a month I left him with my sister so we could go to a movie. Between sis, her husband, my niece & nephew (7&9) he was definitely in good hands. We went to a theater close to her house & came right back after to pick him up. He was just fine, but I knew this already (she’s a great mom & very meticulous) This is also my 3rd with a 20 year gap between him & my middle child so I think I’m over the paranoia lol (mostly)

@Heather While I just commented that I feel comfortable leaving my LO, my 20 year old daughter will be keeping him 2 days a week to help us not spend so much for daycare & I am a little nervous about that. I just keep reminding myself he still sleeps a lot during the day & I’m off at 3:30- working only 12 mins from home & dad has the ability to get off earlier in the day if he starts early enough in the morning.

When I had my first I had really bad anxiety about leaving her even for a little bit. I’ll tell you that even if you work up the courage to stick to your plans you are still going to worry and think about her and that’s okay! You are leaving her with someone you trust and she will be in good hands. You just have to keep reminding yourself that and that you deserve time for yourself too! Plus there’s nothing wrong with sending a quick text or even making a phone call just to reassure yourself. As time goes on your anxiety will lessen and you will feel more comfortable leaving her. Even now that I’ve had my second and have returned to work I constantly think about how both of them are doing but I know they are in a safe and trusted place and I don’t have anything to worry about

@Kayleigh Love your response! This is very true & said with love…

We left our baby boy when he was about two months old and at first I definitely had guilt and anxiety about leaving him when we went up to New Hampshire for the weekend but overall it was really nice for my husband and I because we rekindled our relationship and talked about how we were both feeling about the new changes in our life. So yes it’s going to be a rough first day/night but everything will be fine plus that why they invented FaceTime or facebook messenger video calls lol