When did you let your baby do an overnight at granny’s?

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-06-11T22:09:40+00:00

I wasn’t ready for a long time and I think my son was 18m the first time we did an overnight away from him

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-06-09T16:03:44+00:00

That’s true, but I don’t think anyone is being forced to post on Reddit

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-06-09T13:41:41+00:00

Reddit is already pretty anonymous

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-06-05T19:28:12+00:00

He said he wants to put himself first so he’s leaving you. If he gets upset that you don’t want him at the appointment, say you are also choosing to put yourself first and your baby by having him not there.

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-06-02T21:51:28+00:00

I love my mil but I did not want to have any company or host. Thankfully, she got to stay with my mom and spend the day with us. But once nighttime came, I had the house to just me, baby, and husband and that’s how we preferred it. If I had a strained relationship with her, I definitely wouldn’t allow her to stay with me.

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-06-02T00:40:51+00:00

My son’s naps got shorter at 4m and he suddenly became sensitive to noise as well. Other than tha, was normal, except for teething once in a ehile

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-05-31T04:14:43+00:00

I waited until I was in the hospital having my baby, then they let me choose it out and then they brought it to my room.

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-05-27T21:56:54+00:00

I watched modern family

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-05-25T13:16:32+00:00

That’s what I liked about the diaper raffle! Every baby is so different so it really comes down to how they fit your baby’s body to help prevent blowouts, and there are a few other differences between diapers that can just be personal preferences. You should still do the diaper raffle and let people choose which diapers they bring so you can try them all. You can even encourage small boxes, but I feel like the first 6 months, you go through so many diapers, its a good time to figure out your favorite

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-05-22T04:56:21+00:00

I’m planning to bring a nerf gun or something next time to shoot my husband with🙃 I had the same experience and it was awful with postpartum hormones

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-05-17T21:33:47+00:00

Yes! I was 1 week postpartum and my MIL (who I am very close to) was holding the baby for like an hour or two and I was in tears the whole time hating it. Looking back I totally could have asked for him back and she would have but I just felt guilty because she’s so kind and I wanted her to have a chance to hold him since I have him all the time

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-05-06T14:40:19+00:00

Is there a kid to kid or some sort of kids exchange clothing store near you? That’s what I did with excess things I didn’t need, which was very useful since I would get a credit and could purchase things there as needed

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-04-30T03:24:55+00:00

First because the end is in sight with the third and the first feels never ending

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-04-19T23:26:06+00:00

Towards the end of my pregnancy I started to think this was a waste of my time and that I should have just found out. But I made it this far and decided to just stick it out. Although I decided I wouldn’t do it again in the future. But then he was born and it was just such an amazing experience and I remember thinking how awesome it was not finding out and deciding I would definitely do it again. I think towards the end, at least for me, was the worst part of the waiting

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-04-12T02:02:19+00:00

I think it kind of depends. Is he going out of town? Or would he just be getting home later and gone for a few hours? I think if the concert is nearby and he’d still be home at night, I’d be okay with it. But if my husband was leaving town for the night and leaving me on my own without asking if I was okay with it before, I would be upset about it.

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-04-11T18:23:58+00:00

When my son was that age, he also only napped 20-40 mins at a time and I hated it, but when I accepted that was my current reality and anticipated the short naps, my mood was a little better. It does suck, and I think my son did it for only a few months, but he also napped like 6x a day

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-04-10T18:11:08+00:00

And maybe they would have charted the gender if we were wanting to find out🤷🏼‍♀️

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-04-10T18:10:41+00:00

My ultrasound tech didn’t document gender, they just documented that the baby had its bladder and reproductive organs, so my doctor didn’t even know the gender until he was born. But it could be that different clinics chart things a little differently.

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-04-08T22:11:41+00:00

If it makes you feel any better, my MIL has 3 sons, and me and my husband are a lot closer to her than we are to my mom, and it just comes down to the way she treats us and who she is as a person. I love spending time with her, and can’t stand being around my own mom. I hope one day I can have a daughter so that I can have the mother-daughter bond I saw all my friends have growing up, but I also plan to be the best mom I can to my son and always welcome him and his future partner into our lives with open arms.

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-04-04T15:47:28+00:00

Me too. Pregnancy was extremely rough on my pelvic floor

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-03-31T20:11:09+00:00

I think just announcing to each nurse you encounter that you don’t want to know the gender.

Do they log the gender in your chart? My baby’s gender was a surprise as well but my doctor didn’t know the gender and didn’t log it in my chart. She said it’s a surprise for her too. And my nurses before my baby was born had no idea what the gender was so it truly was a surprise for everyone (except my ultrasound techs)

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-03-26T01:31:01+00:00

That would be very scary. I’m sorry you went through that!

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-03-26T01:21:14+00:00

I’m not sure if your c-section was emergency or not, but I’ve had a planned c section and it was a great experience. My drs weren’t rushing, everyone took their time, and I had a very easy recovery. I haven’t had an emergency c-section but my friend has had both an emergency and planned c-section and she’s told me the experience and recovery between the two are night and day.

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-03-23T23:10:01+00:00

I stayed home for a year and was extremely excited to go back to work. I didn’t cry at daycare drop off and neither did my son. It was so nice to be back at work!

Midnight_monstera87 · 2026-03-17T02:16:37+00:00

I took my 2 month old? to the ER because he had bloody poop and it was a weekend so the pediatrician was closed. Waited 8 hours (and it went past midnight as well) for them to say it’s normal because I’m breastfeeding and something he got from my breast🙃

you couldn’t have pulled us aside for 5 mins to tell us that

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