It took me more than 2 years to leave my DS for the first time with my parents. They came to our house and looked after the kids for 4 hours while DH and I went out. I checked the phone constantly, lol.

Then only other time we were separated was when I had DD. We expected bub and I to be home less than 24 hours later, but due to an unforeseen heart complication DD was admitted to SCN for a couple of extra nights. It was heartbreaking to not know if she was ok, and also to be away from DS those extra days. Luckily DH was happy to bring DS into the hospital a couple of times a day for me.