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As preparation for nursery when he's a bit older and I think that's enough for us and I only work part time now. I know people who are the opposite and have left their children with family overnight from a young age to go and do date weekends and stuff and thats fair enough I just personally couldn't do that so you're not alone! Think everyone feels differently with this sort of thing and I never expected to be so protective about who hes with and when but its totally different when the baby is here and you're doing it for real just do what you feel happy with!
You aren’t wrong as such but you’ll need to try to relinquish that control at some point. Children learn so much and develop their social skills much better when they are exposed to different people and surroundings. My worry would be that your baby would develop separation anxiety and it would cause you problems later down the line.
I was the same with my first until I went back to work and had no choice but to send him to nursery (we have no family support). He was absolutely fine. I am sure it was harder for me than it was for him. He LOVED going and it's been so good for him. Xx
I am the exact same. I have only ever left my son with my mum & his dad was working from home. I have no desire to leave him. On Monday my mother and father in law will take care of him for a few hours and I already feel anxious about it.
My little one has only ever been with me or my partner until very recently now that I've gone back to work but he's only with my mum. Even with him being with my mum I made sure he was comfortable with being at her house, around all the family and their dogs and that mum was confident in his routine so that I could return to work without being totally anxiety riddled. I've always just felt that we had a baby because we wanted to have a family and raise him ourself and I've never felt the need to have a break from him or want anyone else to have him. Honestly there's very few people I would trust and feel completely comfortable leaving him with, I dont know if that's me being overly cautious or first time mum stuff but eitherway hes safe, happy and he has a great bond with me and his dad and thats whats most important to us and I dont see anything wrong with that. Obviously I had to go back to work at some point so we knew he'd stay with my mum then and its helping him get used to being away from us...