DS is going to be 2 this summer and I have a few hen nights and weddings coming up when I would ideally leave him with his dad or my mum for 1 or 2 nights. Part of me thinks it would be unfair/cruel to leave him while he is still breastfed. He is always with me apart from rare occasions when I have left him with DP or my mum for a few hours. They have put him down for a nap successfully but no-one else has ever put him down for the night. He normally breastfeeds at bedtime and often at nap time and around 6am (then rolls over till 7/8am). He won't drink milk/soy milk/almond milk from a bottle or cup but will drink banana milkshake! I think the comfort/snuggles is more important than the actual drink though. Anyone got any experience?
Will he be ok?
Will I need to pump?
Is it better to wean first?