When my son was very little the out was together with my child ..
i could ask my inlaw to look after him but i was trying to ask as little times as possible
i can count on my one had fingers how many time i left him
once was when he was under 1
after that a lot of problems happen and she had the nerve to tell me i dont look after my son when others around she ment when her son was at home ..
I didn't work and was all day home with my son and all night.
we were not going out either ..my husband outing was most of the time drive at night with the car and back home ..
I could not understand a lot of English so was not easy to have friends at that time
anyway so when he was home i was taking a little break while he play a little with the child... and a lot of times to do work in the house that was not easy with a baby
so she was seen this i was dropping him to my husband
so i made sure only to leave him for very important time with her .. as i had no choice for that but was for few hours only and not for going out
and anyway my son never liked her he was crying with her
I see nothing wrong to go out sometimes you need a break wish i had that
even once a week not bad for few hours if you can