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tsurc · 03-11-2009, 05:19 PM

At most, she spends an hour (too much by your standards?) in her x-pen a day when we are home...and this is when I am cleaning or doing something that I can't have both eyes on her. Of course she didn't whine being with my mom...but that is exactly my point in posting...my mom happened to be home that day...what about when she (my mom) isn't home while we are away from the house (and for whatever reason cannot bring Lulu with us). I know not everyone is with their babies 24/7...so I want to hear from those who have to go out and leave them for short periods of time...what do you do to ease their anxiety?

I did not get her to have her caged 24/7...she spends most of the time everyday with me, either here at home or out running errands. I am fortunate enough to be able to homeschool my sons so I don't have to leave her for hours on end alone...unless we are doing something that we cannot take her with us. The time that she has went to the bathroom in the house is when one of us has turned our heads for a split second...we usually catch her midway through and bring her to her pad. ANYWAY, I am not really concerned with the bathroom issue (it will come with our continued persistence) but rather the pacing and anxiety...hence the title of this post.

03-11-2009, 05:19 PM	#3
tsurc YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: TX, USA Posts: 314	At most, she spends an hour (too much by your standards?) in her x-pen a day when we are home...and this is when I am cleaning or doing something that I can't have both eyes on her. Of course she didn't whine being with my mom...but that is exactly my point in posting...my mom happened to be home that day...what about when she (my mom) isn't home while we are away from the house (and for whatever reason cannot bring Lulu with us). I know not everyone is with their babies 24/7...so I want to hear from those who have to go out and leave them for short periods of time...what do you do to ease their anxiety? I did not get her to have her caged 24/7...she spends most of the time everyday with me, either here at home or out running errands. I am fortunate enough to be able to homeschool my sons so I don't have to leave her for hours on end alone...unless we are doing something that we cannot take her with us. The time that she has went to the bathroom in the house is when one of us has turned our heads for a split second...we usually catch her midway through and bring her to her pad. ANYWAY, I am not really concerned with the bathroom issue (it will come with our continued persistence) but rather the pacing and anxiety...hence the title of this post. __________________ ~Tonya~Proud mama to Lulu Belle ; Foxy Roxy ; Mazey Last edited by tsurc; 03-11-2009 at 05:20 PM.