to even consider taking a baby to a job interview?

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I have a very short notice interview next week for a job that doesn't start till March. It is about 2 hours travel away.
My problem is that ds2 has never been offered a bottle (he's 7 months) until today). And he was NOT pleased to meet one.
HELP!
wouldn't bother me if he was in the room, but presumably might bother them...

Dont do it if you want the job

well yonks ago(ds is 15 now) i had an interview for a pt job. i really wanted it but couldn't get a babysitter. it was a weekend job but the interview was in the week. I took him with me and got the job.

How come it's not possible to reschedule? That seems a little unrealistic, whatever the circumstances are. Sounds like a bit of power playing to me.

However, if this is really the case, I definitely agree that you shouldn't take the baby.

If all your friends have other babies and are too busy to come, is there not a chance that they could look after yours as well?

There may be a nursery nearby you could leave him at for an hour or something like that.
Sorry about gran.

I never bottle fed a baby but they did take my milk from other people. I didn't like the idea of giving a bottle and also I wanted them to associate me just with breastfeeding. Has he tried a bottle given by someone other than you? If I were a baby knowing the real stuff was there under your top I'd obviously turn down the bottle.

My daughter was fully breastfed and never took a bottle, but she did manage to drink formula from a tiny cup (I used to use the plastic lid of a bottle) from about 6 months, when I went out and left her.

No No No. It's really a non starter. The ultimate turn off.
How about your partner? Can't he take time off to come along. Call in sick even?

As others have said, professional suicide to take the baby.

I think Xenia has a good point about someone else feeding your ds.

Hope you get something sorted, and good luck

I would ask for the interview to be arranged. I would not take the baby into the interview. Sorry but it gives the impression that you are not too well organised. If the job doesn't start until March, surely it's not that big a deal to try and rearrange for a more mutually convenient time, where you can explore some of the suggestions that have been made here?

They won't be rearranging the interview - and in my work no one would get time off for a nativity play/child's birthday etc. As I've said, when I'm not on mat leave I expect no flexibility from work and have arrangements to deal with it. However I wasn't expecting work to sneak its ugly little head into my mat leave...
ds2 has taken tiny bits from a cup today, but clearly thinks we are barking mad for offering it to him. He is no keener to take milk from DH than me.
oh well, at least now i know to get on with things so that he's sorted out by the time I go back to work in March. ds2 will be tanked up with milk before I leave, then will have to manage with Daddy and banana yoghurt (current fave) until I get home...

You won't get the job if you take a baby with you. It would be a complete waste of your journey. Hope you can find a solution.

ds2 obligingly decided to be very hungry three quarters of an hour before I left and had been up since 6 with no nap. So I was able to leave him very full and very sleepy in his cot at 1:30. When he woke up DH filled him with broccoli, peas and yoghurt and all was peace and joy when I got home...and I have got the job.
Gran (surprisingly, given how frail she looks) considerably better, thanks Xenia.

Congratulations on getting the job and so pleased that everything worked out well with your son and your Gran.

Fantastic news - how typical that all your angst over your DS2 came to nowt! Many congrats on your new job and glad your Gran is better