So here it is... my precious 8 week old LO is to be abandoned tonight while his mother attempts to rejoin the general population. (i e. Not just mums & babies) at a friends engagement party!
This is a bit of a milestone as expressing & bottle feeding didn't come so easy for us. I don't know how other EBFing mums feel but I found it pretty full on at times being only food provider for my son, so come 6 weeks I started to attempt to express... My electric pump & I are now firm friends & DS drinks from his bottle with zero hesitation :o
& now here it is, the big night out. I'm not sure who I'm more nervous for, my LO without his mum to give him cuddly last feeds of the day before his (slightly) longer night time sleeps, or me without my baby in a social situation WITH BOOZE, eeek! Ok so I admit it, he'll probably be absolutely fine having tons of milk & doting grandparents at the ready, but how will I cope... Better watch my vino allowance... & try to talk about topics other than baby poos & sleep deprivation ;)
Any funny first post-natal-night-out stories for me?