Going to parties with a baby

It's important to get details about the evening from the host

If you’re not ready to leave your baby with a sitter just yet, going to a friend’s house and socialising with a new baby in tow is actually incredibly easy. In the early days your little one will spend a lot of time asleep, so you can pop your baby down and enjoy the evening, but you’ll have your baby with you if you start to worry.

Ring the host

“Phone whoever is throwing the party and ask about what’s happening during the evening,” advises Lucy. “This way you’ll know how late it will go on, if there’s room for your baby to sleep, and if needs be, there’s space in the fridge for expressed breast milk.”

Pack for the night

“Don’t panic, if, when you load up the car for a night out, it looks like you’re going for a month,” says Lucy. “If you’re staying overnight you’ll need a few changes of baby clothes, your baby monitor, a travel cot or Moses basket and bottles if necessary, so it might look like a lot.”