My son is 2 in May, my husband and i have never left him with anyone other than my mum for more than a 3 hours. We (myself mainly) have just always felt like he needed us and no one could care for him the way we would. DS was also demand fed until he was 12mo and would cry for me when others held him.

Anyway over the last 20 months a number of people have commented things like 'oh you poor thing, you haven't had a night off' or 'what!? You haven't left him with the grandparents for the night?'

I don't understand why am i made to feel like I'm the freak for not wanting to leave him all the time?