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I think it depends on your relationship with your family and how you choose to parent. Nothing wrong with not wanting to leave your child. I do leave my children with family, my mum has them 2 days a week while I work and if there is a social event where I feel like it’s not suitable for them to come they will either stay the night at grandparents or they will babysit at my house.
Definitely depends on relationships and your own feelings. Nobody watched my son but me or his dad for the first year because of my anxiety. I don’t trust baby dad’s side of the family to watch my son for even an hour because they have no bond with my son and they don’t know what to do with him. My son has had his first ever sleepover at my sisters house when he was 15 months. I had no choice to be honest as I was moving, me and my babydad split and he was helping me decorate and set up mine and my sons new home. her kids were there, her partner and my mom as she lives there and it went smoothly. I was so anxious for his first sleepover but it went perfectly fine. Obviously because me and his dad are split he goes to his dads now for weekly sleepovers. However it took me ages to trust anyone, I know nobody would hurt him but it was a case of will they be what he needs? Will they know what to do? But you get there eventually and I actually really enjoy my me time now xx
I think this depends on your relationship with your family. I would never leave my baby with my family, but I'm more than happy to leave him with my in-laws who I have a great relationship with. He goes to their house once a week and sleeps over once every few weeks, but I wouldn't dream of doing the same with my mum, dad or sister etc, there just isn't enough trust and I would worry the entire time.