To do a day out without newborn weeks after birth?

I don’t think I could have managed this so soon. I did take very new baby along to this sort of thing myself, but I appreciate that’s not what you’re asking. I definitely wouldn’t have been able to pump enough at that stage. And I wouldn’t have been up for driving myself more than a v short distance either - was still finding sitting pretty uncomfortable. It’s more the drive I’d be worried about rather than the being there. I’d perhaps go for less time rather than the whole day. But if it’s a long drive that’s not practical. But also if it's a long drive that in itself would put me off. (I’m normally perfectly happy to drive long distances - but I remember I didn’t feel up to it v soon after the birth).

Ah when the Internet had a sense of humour, sigh

I don't understand why you can't take the baby with you.

Personally I wouldn't have been comfortable leaving either of mine for that long at that stage. An hour or two, sure, but not 6 hours.

I know lots of “chilled” mums who wanted their independence back fairly soon, but I don’t know anyone who would have left their newborn for a day at 2 weeks!

Feels pretty extreme as a plan and don’t know why you’d want to go to those lengths unless it was a medical emergency for your eldest.

I definitely wouldn’t have been able to do it physically or emotionally (my second is now 4 months old and I wouldn’t want to leave him for more than 3 hours, or go further than a few miles), but you should have some idea from your first how you’d feel.

I think feeding the newborn will be an issue if you are BFing. Introducing a bottle at this age could cause problems for your BFing going forward. I think it's unlikely I'd feel comfortable going if I were Bfing.

Mozhe. I nearly had the spelling right.

2 months and 2 weeks pp is a huge difference though! Also my induction took 5 days so it could be a week pp.

With her whole extended family? 😂

DH sits in cafe with baby?

At 2 weeks PP my SIL did a wedding but her Mum was upstairs with baby.

Have you pumped before? I never got much even though I Ebf very successfully? Are you planning to combi feed?

I honestly think you won't want to when it comes to it tbh.

I didn’t want to leave my newborn for more than a couple of hours - I was exclusively BF and newborn wouldn’t take a bottle.

This is a really snide (and unconstructive) way to respond to OP’s question.

Mohze. I will double check the name.

Holy crap who was that poster who went water skiing or something. It's going to drive me mad.

Op has already said it isn't an option
It doesn't matter why.
She's asking if X is ok or not, not for people to come up with Y or Z

Baby is with Dad so perfectly acceptable. You do you. If baby will drink from a bottle, you're happy to pump during the party and you feel ok about going, go. No one else's opinion counts. But I'd leave it as a "hopefully" in case you have a c/sec, have no sleep the night before, get half a mile down the road before bursting into tears and coming home, just can't face it etc.

Why can’t DH take ds and leave you with baby?

Two months old is very different from two weeks old.

It could be a school trip.

2 weeks old? They will be crying for food after couple hours. So is a bit long unless bottle fed already.
Take baby and ds
Or send ds with another family member

I went to the theatre with my older son 17 days after a c section - we were gone for most of the day. it was totally fine. To be fair I was bottle feeding though. I’d booked the tickets a year before and it was important for me to have a special day with my older one. I didn’t look back, wasn’t worried!!

Left my first to go to a gig at a couple of months old, she was fine with my sister.

I think it’s fine. A newborn needs very little. Just make sure from the off that they are taking a bottle at least once a day so they don’t reject it on the day you are out.

I've no issue at all with you leaving the baby with their other parent, with adequate food and care and everything else.
I'd only say don't go if you don't feel up to it yourself (still bleeding, in pain, whatever) or if once the baby's arrived you feel differently.

I couldn't have pumped enough for a day at 2 weeks PP, and ds wouldn't have easily taken a bottle and was recovering from tongue tie snip. We'd also had to spend a week in hospital due to birth complications, so would've literally only just got home.
I don't think you can confidently say it will be fine, there are too many variables and I think your son expecting to go then not being able to short notice will be upsetting for him, which is probably why people are asking why you all going or your DH and ds going aren't options

See this is just passive aggressive. Just say it. What you mean is ‘My bond with my babies was superior to the one you appear to have.’

I have no idea what’s going on with the OP and I don’t really care (as in, it’s just not really that interesting to me) but I don’t like little side swipes like that.