Leaving breastfed baby for the weekend

[melli]

Hi Im new to this site and have found it such a help in getting our angel sleeping in his cot . I have a weekend away booked for the end of march - we'll be leaving our angel with nana. Although he will be on solids then I am still concerned about leaving him without the boob. Does anyone have any advice/experience?Would finishing breastfeeding for this date be the least trauma to him? I am so conflicted over this. He has taken the occational bottle of EBM. Should we just hope for the best. He will be 7 and a half months when we go.Any advice will be appreciated.thanx

Melli, the decision on when to end b/f is yours to make, but I am sure you can get past this weekend away if you want to continue longer.
I've just had to get a b/f baby used to expressed milk from a bottle while she is at nursery and for the first few days, the stress of worrying about dehydration stopped me functioning properly. Hey, I was at work! So what but you don't want to spoil your precious weekend away.
I'd suggest that provided it isn't a major hassle for you, start expressing now, and make sure your ds is completely accustomed to drinking from a bottle on a regular basis.
You might find that the first inklings of separation anxiety (when a baby realises that he and mummy are separate people and doesn't like being left by her) creeping in around the age he will be then. So if he is not seeing nana on a regular basis at the moment, now might be a good time to up your visit frequency. If she is OK about it, why not start spending the odd afternoon out, leaving him with nana and a bottle.
HTH

And don't forget your breast pump while you're away, because otherwise you'll have ROCK HARD bosoms!

I'm sure you will be fine, melli. I left dd for a weekend when she was 5 months and still b/f and I expressed while away and it was fine. She had had a few bottles of ebm before we went and she didn't have any problem with it at all. She was then fine going back to boob when I got home. As long as they are used to a bottle, I think most babies are very adaptable at switching between the two. Good luck and have a nice time away!

thanks ladies-. marina- well done on your dds sucess with EBM. yes I was thinking about the whole sep. anxiety, problem is nana lives 2+1/2 hours drive away, so we will certainly have to step up the visit frequency. my mums coming up this weekend and we are gonna let her give him his EBM. i think you are right I will start giving him EBM on a daily basis.

I left my one of my babes when he was 8 months old for the weekend. I stocked up on EBM and he already took EBM from a bottle cause I was back at work. I hand expressed (didn't want to cart a pump aroung) while I was away and chucked it (sacriledge ), but I wanted to be hassle free regards storage. I only expressed when I was uncomfortable. You should manage no problem. Boy was he delighted when I got back - no problem resuming B/F