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first time leaving?
hi everyone tommorow i need to go to the doctor and i dont want to take DS so i have organised him to stay with my inlaws while i go. problem is i have kinda forced myself into leaving him and now i dont want to do it :(
I am happy to leave him with DH any time and am confident with him giving DS a bottle etc but i don't like the idea of anyone else doing it. Am i crazy?
Also will it be better if i take DS to their house or get them to come to my house? Im only going to be gone for about an hour!
Is it better if i just bite the bullet? Does it get easier after leaving them for the first time or am i going to be this crazy forever.
Thanks for any input........ i had no idea parenting would be this stressful!
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Oooh hun the first time I went out alone for a hour I called home 3 times.It is perfectly normal to feel like this and and I think it definately gets easier - last week I went 2 hours and only called home twice!
I think if you are only going for an hour then do it - you might be surprised and it is a nice way to ease into leaving him for other times that you might need a break. I prefer Izzy to be in her own environment IYKWIM, as if Im not there plus shes away from her cot and house then it might stress her too :cryinglaugh: She would probably love it at my mums but I tell myself its better here! Good luck and I hope you are ok! :hug:
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I was also like that when I first left Ash. I kept worrying if she was coping without me and feeling as though I'd just abandoned her!
Yes it does get easier, after a few times you begin to realise that they are fine with others and we are the ones that are upset and stressed not them.
I do prefer if Ash can be looked after at home but can't always be the case. I think it was more in those first few months that she was hard to settle so if she needed a sleep in my absence I wanted her to be in her own environment.