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I have to say we go out nearly every second night, either to friend for coffee, or for ice cream or take the kids to the park for a quick play before bed etc.
The kids have adapted to this very well, We personally wanted the kids to be able to be at friends till 11pm if we were having a good time etc..
We do make them work around us, from day one and it has worked.
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Our DS is 4 and a half months old and I am not ready to leave him with anyone just yet.
We go to a friends place for dinner sometimes but they have kids so they are ok that we get there a bit early so that I can feed him and get him to sleep at the same time as I would at home, he sleeps quite happily on a kids foldout lounge in the room we are in and then just before his last feed for the night we go home. They only live 5mins away so we get him home, feed him and straight into bed. That seems to work for us at the moment.
Most other invites at the moment we decline though. I am over worrying what other people think...they don't have to try to calm a screaming baby who is overtired/overstimulated!
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Hear hear!
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We do. We have plenty of family here, and dh and I take advantage of that and go out for dinner, coffee, shopping etc. It works for us, but I understand that it's not for everyone.
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Not really. DD was 14 or so months when she was first baby sat when we went to a wedding. Over Christmas we stayed with the grandparents and did go out a few times, she was 18 months.
I think if we had family nearby we would likely go out more, but alas we have no family in this state
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We go out probably 3 nights a week (out to dinner, a walk, friends place etc) but DS is 17 months and generally doesn't go to bed until about 9pm even if we are home so he is happy to be out and about. Although there is no way we were going out when he was little, I think its just too hard with settling in a different place etc.
Just do whatever you feel comfortable with, your baby, your rules!
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Your DS is still so young. Our DS is now almost 3 and we are living with my parents at the moment so I know that it is fine to go out once he is asleep as they usually stay home at nights and DS doesn't usually wake up anymore. It gets easier once they get older and have less frequent wake ups.
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Haven't been out at night since before DS was born
I would take him out to dinner with us but these days DS likes to bed tucked up in bed by 6pm & I don't really want to mess with that.
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