My daughter is 7 years old. She has a planned hospitalization on Monday, and I'm 100% staying with h…

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My daughter is 7 years old. She has a planned hospitalization on Monday, and I'm 100% staying with her. I'll try to get a private room if available. If not, we'll share one bed). Here's my question: when do kids start staying alone? Last summer, a friend's daughter was hospitalized, and there was a 9-year-old boy there. Is that about the right age? I can't imagine my daughter staying in the hospital alone at 7, even though she's independent at home. She stays home alone and even goes to school alone (I meet her). But the hospital... it's all about tests and unfamiliar surroundings. We're being admitted to the nephrology department.
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Lyana
I was lying with my little daughter, and a 7-year-old boy was lying with us, alone. My daughter was lying alone at 9 years old. Well, not alone, I was there all day. She stayed two nights and liked it)
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Elena
At that age, the hospital stay was for my older son. I stayed with him when he was in kindergarten. This year he's been in the hospital for the second time, alone, of course. The first time in March, he was in infectious diseases... now he's in traumatology. But I still feel uneasy, I miss him at home.
I stayed with my middle child when he was three, then thankfully not again. I've already stayed with my daughter twice, once at 8 months and as soon as she turned 2. I don't really want to end up there. I hope everything turns out okay...
And I wish you all the best with your plans!
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Kushnir Anna
Mine was already lying alone at 9. She really loved it! 😅
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Aleksandra
I was alone for a month every summer from ages 5 to 7... Also for nephrology.
I just had people bring me things and give me a few coins to call home via the payphone )
Nothing complicated for me in principle. Take medicine, get dressed for a walk, eat....
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Romanova Olga
I was hospitalized when I was 4-5 years old. My parents helped me if needed.
But it was psychologically veeery hard.
This summer, my youngest son was hospitalized with me, and I can't imagine how it would be to be there alone.
Last year, they refused to admit my middle son. They said no, and that was it. He was admitted alone, and seemed to handle it okay, but we picked him up a couple of days later.
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Nadezhda Zuevich
I used to let my older one go alone at 7, but she had a check-up.
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Olga
Oh, I remember from 5 months old, it was like there was no space provided for the mother, we slept with the baby in the same bed. No, there were free cribs, but it was a nightmare, not a bed. Anyway, from 5 months they can lie down alone, as I understood it, and they only brought food for the baby. They told me then that it wasn't calculated for the mother, although who knows, but we were fine, they brought me homemade food every day, even though it wasn't close by, and it was an infectious diseases hospital
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Marina
Mine was 6 years old and stayed alone. And I was also alone for surgery at her age. We managed fine. They don't admit children with parents from age 5. My son tried to convince me to let him stay, even without a bed - but no way.
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Kristina Krasnova
We were admitted with my daughter for a scheduled surgery. They said that from age 4, a parent's place is not implied. Like, the child should be there alone. How a child of this age is supposed to take care of themselves in their understanding - who knows.

Well, it depends on the parent. Some stayed with their 7-8 year olds. Others didn't.
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Kristina Krasnova
Kristina Krasnova It also depends on the child. I have a friend whose daughter goes to camps starting at 4. She's super independent. But my daughter would cry and forget where she put her underwear.
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