Staying at Grandma's - Page 3

[Aufilia]

DD was 26 months the first time she stayed overnight with my parents. She had a blast, and it didn't affect our nursing relationship. When she was 29 months we went on a 3-day, 2-night vacation for our 10th wedding anniversary and she spent the whole time with my parents, and was happy as a clam about it.

[StarMom2]

My DC were watched by my MIL while I worked part-time, so it was a natural thing for them to spend the night early. DS was around 6 months old, and DD was a little over a year because I was nursing her overnight. When she was night weaned, she started staying over as well. Now both kids still love to go to Grandmas and ask to go often. They spend at least one day a week with her and spend the night a few times a month. It is a wonderful thing for everyone.

[leigh09]

i am very comfortable leaving my kids with my in-laws. they live 5 minutes away, are incredibly laid back, easy-going grandparents and spend unbelievable amounts of time with my kids. they started sleeping over-nights there when they stopped nursing.

my daughter has never slept overnight at my parents, my son maybe twice. my mom literally begs me to have the kids over, but it makes me very uncomfortable since she is an incredibly mainstream type of mother, thinks i'm crazy, and it's her job as grandma to straighten my kids out. (my kids, btw, are wonderful - they need straightening out of their need to have someone tuck them in to sleep at ages 1 1/2 and 3)

[Daphneduck]

My mother had my DD overnight for the first time at 10 months. DD now, at 2-1/2, stays overnight with my sister once or twice a month and also stays overnight with my mother about once a month. DD loves it and I do, too.

[ryansma]

Not until they ask. Ds1 is 3years and ds2 is 7months now. Ds1 JUST moved into his own room last month. Ds2 nurses overnight and co-sleeps so our parenting choices have made it a moot point. I am not comfortable really leaving kids with anyone at all, much less overnight until they can tell me all about it - and in that same vein tell the person caring for them what they need. So that would be an option for ds1 only recently but he isn't ready.
My guess would be closer to school age. Only time will tell.

[notneb]

DS has spent the night with both my parents and ILs, starting when he was about 2. My ILs live in the next town and we see them weekly, and my parents live a few hours away but we see them at least once a month. They are all willing to cosleep with him, rock him to sleep, etc. so that it is not such a departure from his normal routine of nursing to sleep and cosleeping with DH and me.

[ashleyhaugh]

well i wasnt ready, but we just did this. i came to visit my mom and sister for what was supposed to be a 3 day visit, and i ended up in the hospital for almost a week, so my 18month old was with them. they brought him to see me everyday at least once, depending on how i was feeling. he couldnt nurse because i was on a continuos narcotic drip. over all he did pretty well. he loves them, and they said bedtime was the hardest. he didnt nap as much, but bedtime he just cried half asleep while my sister held and rocked him for sometimes an hour before he would fall asleep.

im actually surprised at how well he did though, for going from never being away to practically not seeing me for a week. he doesnt seem traumatized at all. it didnt affect his nursing, although its not as much as it used to be (about 4 or so times a day now).

it makes me feel a little better about him having to start daycare next month

[MacKinnon]

My DD was about 2 1/2 (and weaned for a month or so) when she stayed at my IL's as a trial run for the hospital stay when DS was born, we figured it was easier to start in a low-stress situation. She did great, had a blast, and has stayed several times, maybe 2 or 3 times a year since. We live close to them, and actually wish we did this more. She loves it! She sleeps with Grandma. They co-slept with their kids, are Grandma is happy to sleep with DD, although Grandpa has a C-Pap machine for sleep apnea, so he doesn't co-sleep.

DS is starting to be intersted, but we won't let him until he weans. FWIW, we see them at least twice most weeks and I TOTALLY trust them, 100%.

[bc1995]

Ds1 was 5 and ds2 was 3 1/2 the one time they have stayed overnight with the grandparents away from us. That was two summers ago. I didn't feel comfortable letting them last summer, and I have no plans of doing it this summer either.

[straighthaircurly]

DS had his first overnight stay with grandparents around 2yo. He did a couple overnights and then had a weekend stay when he was 4. He could have handled sooner but my dad gets exhausted having kids around for that long
My son is a really good sleeper at night and so I think that made it pretty easy for him.

[lucky_mia]

Soemtime after 2yo they stayed overnight one night with my mom. They adore her and she co-sleeps with them. I think I felt better knowing they had each other. They have done this twice since then and they love it.