Mummy come back!

[indiansummer]

What do you girls do when you leave your LOs at home? Do you just sneak out when they are not watching :? :D or do you make a point of saying 'good bye', waving, kissing etc etc?
We wave and kiss and say 'mummy (daddy etc) come back soon'...sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't go down very well....
I'm curious to find out what you do!

[trukgirl]

If we leave him here (like with my Sister) we have to sneak out, he gets pretty upset. When I leave him at my Mom's, her, my Dad, or their 3 dogs usually have him really distracted. He also gets upset when Mike leaves for work, but today I found out if we go outside and walk Daddy to his truck, he will just wave bye bye to Daddy and not get upset!

[indiansummer]

If we leave him here (like with my Sister) we have to sneak out, he gets pretty upset. When I leave him at my Mom's, her, my Dad, or their 3 dogs usually have him really distracted. He also gets upset when Mike leaves for work, but today I found out if we go outside and walk Daddy to his truck, he will just wave bye bye to Daddy and not get upset!
What a great idea! Bless him, that helps him to understand and cope with the situation...he likes to be more in control. The "3 dogs" made me laugh for some reason! :)

[trukgirl]

Haha...if you can picture it, 3 weiner dogs so they are right at Grant's level. He is learning to pet them very well, like a good boy! I should take a pic next time. :D

[indiansummer]

That's even funnier!!! I love those dogs HILARIOUS!
Please do take some pics! Bet sometimes you can't tell where your baby starts and the dog ends!
;)

[annie1995]

We split it. Most times I say bye bye, mommy loves you, I'll be back soon. But very rarely, if he's in a cranky mood or something, I'll sneak out.

[benjaminsmommy]

We are having serious issues with seperation anxiety. I can't leave the room without him screaming. It has gotten so bad, it is frustrating! I can't even pee in peace! I left him with Natalie tonight while I went to the gym, I was gonna sneak out but I kissed him and said bye and he just knew I was leaving and totally freaked out. I could hear him crying in the house from inside my car in the driveway. He even wakes himself up every night in the middle of the night just to come into my bed. I feel so bad but we are gonna have to work on this!!

[~Christa~]

If me or Tony go out and leave him with thte other one we just say bye and give him a kiss. He likes to wave out of the window as we walk down the path too. I don't ever leave him here with anyone else. We have left him at my mum's before, and we say bye there too. If he started crying I wouldn't leave him though.

[tarbella]

I haven't even thought of it but we always give a kiss and say bye and wave. Never been an issue thank goodness, maybe having an older brother doesn't mind his parents leaving has helped.

[MrsDisel]

We usually leave her at my in-laws house, and don't get much of a fuss at all. She loves them very much and loves to go over there, so we don't have much of a problem when we leave. So we usually give her a hug and kiss and tell her we love her and walk out waving as we go. Then her gramma or grampa will bring her to the front window and she waves as we drive away. Every once in a while she'll whine, but all they have to do is distract her with a toy or something, and they're usually good after that.
And the only other person that we've left her with is DH's aunt, and Zoey also loves to see her, so we don't get much of a fuss out of her then either.

[indiansummer]

We usually leave her at my in-laws house, and don't get much of a fuss at all. She loves them very much and loves to go over there, so we don't have much of a problem when we leave. So we usually give her a hug and kiss and tell her we love her and walk out waving as we go. Then her gramma or grampa will bring her to the front window and she waves as we drive away. Every once in a while she'll whine, but all they have to do is distract her with a toy or something, and they're usually good after that.
And the only other person that we've left her with is DH's aunt, and Zoey also loves to see her, so we don't get much of a fuss out of her then either.

Wow, your new addition is NEARLY here! How exciting!!!!

Sorry, I got a little bit distracted there ;) We've never actually left Kate at someone else's house...I'm dreading it :? When the time comes it will be just 'fun and games' ..NOT!!! :lol:

[michellemarbelle]

When I go out with my friends or take dd out for a mom/daughter day dh watches the kids. If I have a dr appt or something for myself my mom watches the kids so it's never an uncomfortable thing for them... and I hug and kiss them goodbye...see you later.

When I'm out my dd will sometimes call my cell to talk to me... :)

[Neva4getme]

I kiss hug and wave good-bye. I read somewhere that it's important to do this because then they know you're leaving and will understand when you get back that yes, you leave, but you always come back. I make just as big of a production when I do get back, smiling, hugging and kissing all over again.

Some days she's totally fine, but a lot of the time you have to distract her a bit once I leave. I think this is totally normal.

I've always played a lot of peek-a-boo with Sam, especially when she has some separation anxiety.

[indiansummer]

I kiss hug and wave good-bye. I read somewhere that it's important to do this because then they know you're leaving and will understand when you get back that yes, you leave, but you always come back. I make just as big of a production when I do get back, smiling, hugging and kissing all over again.

Some days she's totally fine, but a lot of the time you have to distract her a bit once I leave. I think this is totally normal.

I've always played a lot of peek-a-boo with Sam, especially when she has some separation anxiety.

I totally agree with you Sarah...Sometimes I'm tempted to just leave when she's not looking, but it so makes sense to say good bye properly as it will pay off sooner or later...I want her to feel secure and to understand that it's ok to say bye bye because we ALWAYS come back to her...
I also read somewhere that playing games such as peek-a-boo or hide and seek when they're bit older helps to scare their fears and anxieties away...

[JuJuBean]

The handful of times that I have not been with Peanut, she stays with either my or DH's parents in LA. It's usually naptime, so she wakes up to one of her grandmas and it doesn't bother her; I'm never gone for very long. The last time we were there, I left while she was awake and I kissed/hugged her, laughing, making it a fun thing. She seems to be past the separation stuff now, so it isn't an issue.

Last night she stayed with Daddy while I went out to eat with a friend passing thru town and he said she didn't miss me a lick! It was dinner time though and she LOVES to eat.

[breezy0706]

well Lauren is really good at saying "Bye-bye!" and waving and blowing kisses, so I LOOOOVE to say goodbye to her... HOWEVER>.. there are days when she does NOT want me to leave and it makes her sad and cry and scream... its a crap shoot at our house...
if I'm just running to the store I might sneak away, but going for the day I just have to say good bye...