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| Name: Randi | Date: Feb 23rd, 2007 4:42 PM |
| Hi. Congrats on your pregnancy! I live 18 hours away from my family...both my husband and I do actually. I moved here less than a year ago so I don't really know anybody. I had my baby December 12th and all of my worries have gone. I was surprised at how easy I am finding being a mother on my own. I get breaks from my son when my husband gets home frome work, we rent movies and find other things to do and make dates for when Kaden is asleep. Kaden and I also started going to a mom and baby group once a week. It's a great way to get out of the house, I get to talk to grown ups lol and there are other kids around the same age. I have already made a few friends and one of them has come over to my house and I have gone to hers. Her daughter is 12 days younger than my son, so we are basically going through the same things at around the same time. I haven't left my son with anyone yet...I am too scared, but if you can make dates with your fiance and find a group to join it will make it much easier to cope. Good luck! ↑ |
| Name: tubbybubble | Date: Feb 23rd, 2007 4:43 PM |
| i'm in that same situation...but the only difference is that my family doesn't like to babysit...they have their life...i also have a 18 yr old and 10 yr old sister's living at home...so when i ask to babysit their always doing something....you should think about hiring a babysitter...not just anyone...but someone you could trust. in my situation i don't know anyone but my besfriend..and she works on the weekends...goes to school during the week and has a 1 yr old...so she's busy alot of the time. my hubby and i only go out MAYBE twice a year to do something by ourselves...now with another one on the way i know that my parents don't want to have 2 to deal with...but i'm not worried about it...they only are young once. ↑ |
| Name: bmes | Date: Feb 23rd, 2007 5:34 PM |
| trust me....i thought the same way, and when my hubby and I went out one night for our anniversary dinner, all i wanted to do was get back home to my baby!! LOL....you become so attached that you don't think of your social life as being over. lol...that's how i felt anyways. i still do stuff, but it invovles my daughter now too....and i love it :-) ↑ |
| Name: bmes | Date: Feb 23rd, 2007 5:35 PM |
| also there's classes and things that you can take your baby to and you can meet all kinds of new mothers. Just get out there and meet some new people!! :-) ↑ |
| Name: LeshaPa | Date: Feb 25th, 2007 12:25 AM |
| When I had my first we had no support / babysitters. We lived 5 hours away from all of the family. It was an adjustment but It didn't take long to get use to having a little one. We did things that the baby could come with us and we stayed in a lot and watched a lot of movies the first 5 months. Sortly after I got pregnant this time we moved back to the town we are both from with many many babysitters. It is nice when they take our three year old but other then that the family is a royal pain. They add to the to do list and they give unwanted addvice. My mother-in-law informed me last week that after the baby is born she is going to move into our spare bedroom for a week or more to help out. She lives about 10 minutes away. Why on God's green earth would she ever have to stay here? Good luck. Nothing has aloud me and my husband to bond more than our first child. ↑ |
| Name: rowe_leah | Date: Feb 25th, 2007 5:55 AM |
| I have a 4 month old boy and live 10 hours away from my family and about 4000km from my husbands family.we only moved here a year ago so I dont know that many people.I had a lot of family come up when Riley was born and help out.It was nice but I was glad when everyone left so we could have some family time.I have only left my son once to go out for dinner and that was for about 4 hours.a cousin was visiting.I worried about him the whole time.I think once he gets a bit older it will be easier to leave him but you have to make sure you get some one you completely trust.I havnt had any time for me apart from that one time.and my husband will look after him while I have a nap but thats it.once you have your baby you wont want to leave it anyway but I think you will be fine on your own.part of becoming a parent. ↑ |
| Name: sweet tomorrow | Date: Feb 25th, 2007 4:20 PM |
| I don't really see eye to eye with most of the people in my family. So my husband I will have our twins 24/7 we talked about having my sister babysit or a close friend that is near by. Good luck! ↑ |
