Hi everyone --
I have to go out of town
and will be away from home for 2 weeks (minimum). I am just so worried about my baby being lonely while I am gone
. He will be home with my husband and my two girls but he will have much more time alone while I am gone than he is used to (b/c of our schedules he is seldom home alone and not more than just an hour or so when it does happen). I wanted to get some advice on how to make this time a bit easier on him.
As I mentioned above, he is not home alone often due to our schedules but when the other family members are home I do
try to share him with them to ensure he is adequately comfortable with everyone but I didn't know if:
- Should I start having one of them feed him his meals in the am and/or pm so he is used to eating from others? While I am gone, this will also impact his regular times just a bit... should I adjust the times now?
- Should I try to leave the house a bit more for longer durations until I leave to help him get used to being alone some? I HATE THE THOUGHT OF THIS!!! Don't get me wrong, he has been home alone before but only for about 2 hours (3 hours ABSOLUTE max). Should I take some afternoon outings without him? It is hard to imagine leaving him behind when he could go with me but I don't want to completely "shock" him.
Any other ideas folks have? I would love to get all your advice and try to come up with a good game plan to try to ease into this a bit before I go.
I hate the thought of all of these ideas so much but do I...
- Do I have cut back on how often I pick him up?
- Make him sleep with others?
- ????
I am so sad about having to leave but this is something I have to do for medical reasons and he can not come with me. I am so sad about leaving my baby...
