I've been back at work since DS was 5mo - he goes to a childminder 4 days a week where he now has one bottle of formula in the afternoon, rest of the time he's BF (stopped regularly expressing when he was 6.5 mo).
I've got the opportunity to go on a 3 day trip abroad with work mid to late October when DS will be 9mo (we usually go once every year or so). Trouble is he's still being BF at least once during the night and waking up usually twice, more when he's teething. DP has tried to take over and give a bottle (both formula and EBM)in the night and also sometimes at bedtime in order to give me a break but he will rarely take it and just cries. The only time he managed to get him to sleep was after 2 hours crying when I deliberately stayed at work late and then he woke an hour or so later.....
So...... should I a) just bite the bullet and go away leaving DP to cope with DS going cold turkey on the breast (seems really cruel), b) try over the next 6 weeks to get him used to the odd bottle by getting DP to feed him more often or c) just not go away?
I'm not too bothered to be honest about not going - would rather put DS first but if it's an opportunity to get DP more involved in night- time care should we both make the effort and go for option b)? Is it worth it or should I just wait until DS is ready to drop night feeds himself?
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mama01 · 02/09/2009 14:24
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