How old was your child when you let them stay over night with the grandparents?

Personally, i don't think it's necessary for a child to stay over night somewhere unless they want to - which means they have to be old enough to ask! To me, it just seems a little unfair to the child to just be left somewhere because it's what you or the Grandparents want, what about what the child is comfortable with :) Some parents like to have a break which is fine but i think if you're a parent then you need to be prepared to have loads of sleepelss nights & so on rather than just leaving your kids somewhere else to give you a break :) I also don't think that your kids need to get used to staying away from home, why would they? They don't HAVE to go anywhere until they're ready so i would suggest that you wait until your child is ready to be somewhere. Oh & my partner is the same as yours, not keen on having our daughter stay over anywhere but he also agrees with me - it really isn't necessary to just leave a child with someone else just because you want it or they want it, i really think it needs to be up to the child or maybe if it's an emergency :) Good luck, it's never easy when parents have different views to each other!

My son has spent 1 night in his entire life (he's 5) without me. His grandparents were in town when he was about your daughter's age. He spent the night at the hotel with them and we met them for breakfast at 8am the next morning. So it was only about 12-15 hours that he was with them. We took advantage of the night off with a movie, a late dinner and some... um... dessert. Almost the whole night, he was on my mind. I was worried. Not that I don't trust his grandparents, but it was the first night that I couldn't check on him whenever I got worried. You have to do what's best for you and your family.

We did not live by my family until my son was 4, but we visited for a week to two at least every 6 months so he was use to staying there. They would watch him when I would visit my friends. When we moved back, he did stay over a few times. He is now 8 and asks to stay over. If you little one is comfortable, I see no problem with her staying by your parents.

I also have a 15 month old and she hasn't stayed with the grandparents yet either. She won't sleep anywhere but her crib. She has just started sleeping in the playpen at my grandmas for like 45 minutes tops. My grandma is too old to deal with her not sleeping during the night. I really wish she could sleep over there sometimes to give us a break though. I think once she is in a toddler bed she will be ready to sleep over. I don't know if my grandma will ever be ready though!

My kids have yet to stay overnight at their grandparents. However when I was little I loved staying over at my grandmother's (maternal) when I was little. It's probably due to her helping to take care of me when I was in a coma when I was a baby. She stayed with me while I was in the hospital (she and my parents took turns). My mom told me we (my grandmother and I) became very close after that. So neither my parents or I had a problem with me staying the night (or longer ) at my grandma's. :)

I let my parents take my daughter on an overnight trip to see other relatives when she was 11 months. Then when she was 2 1/2 and her twin brothers were 20 months, my husband and I left them with my parents for a week while we went on a cruise. My parents don't do everything the way I do, but they did have 4 kids and they would never hurt them so I don't have any reason not to trust them. I don't think that a child should have to spend the night somewhere else just to get used to it. I would say let her sister go with her or let her wait until she is ready.

I don't have kids yet, but when I was little (like 6 months old) I'm told that I stayed at my grandparents.

My parents didn't want the kids when they were babies because they considered them too much work. They wouldn't let the oldest spend the night until he was in kindergarten. He's been spending the night with them at least once a month ever since then and he's in 3rd grade now. It's worked out pretty well. The other two boys have to wait until they are older before they can spend the night.