How will she (and I) cope for two nights and a day apart?

[Ghosty]

Hello!!
A good friend of mine has invited us to her 40 birthday party at the end of October. DH and I have decided that it would be sensible (and much cheaper) if I went on my own as the party is in Christchurch and so an hour or so's flight from Auckland.
The idea is that I would fly down on the Friday night, do the sights (maybe catch up with Toddlerbob if you are around ) of Christchurch on Saturday, party (and have a few ) Saturday night and then fly home Sunday morning (avec hangover!!!)
The problem is this: DD will be nearly 9 months old then (well, nearer 8 and a half) and I will still be breastfeeding her. She is now on 3 feeds a day and I imagine she will still be having 3 by then.
DH seems to think it will be a natural time to stop .... but I don't want to ...
So ... can I go away for that long and still come back to breastfeeding her? I have a pump and I will express while away to keep things going ... but what if she rejects me when I get back?
I am not worried about leaving her with bottles as I know she will have a bottle if necessary.
Should I not go to the party?
Has anyone been away for a couple of nights and not had any problems with b/fing when they got back?
Sorry for garbled questions ...
Any advice gratefully received
G xxx

Your DH sounds like mine, who's always saying casually that I'm stopping around now, aren't I!

I reckon it'll be fine. And I think you should go, and have a totally riotous time flauting your glorious b/fing cleavage.

Thanks MI .... I will definitely be flaunting that cleavage ....
Any tips on how to make sure DD will 'want' me back when I get home?

Friend of mine went away from her ds for a long weekend... came back and you can guess wot the first thing they did together was!
He was 1.5 years to... so you dd will be happy to see you and your mammories I am sure

Hi Ghosty. I'd definitely go partying!!! I know for me anyway, my imagination gets the better of me and I start creating problems before they happen. Most of the time the "problems" don't even manifest. Whatever happens, you can deal with it when you get back. She's had 8.5 months of boob and 1.5 days of bottle - my bet is she'll stick with the boobs. HAVE FUN!!!

I left mine for 2 nights when she had just turned 1 (and finally decided to take a bottle). She did great while I was gone and was very happy to see me (OK, not me, just my boobs) when I came back.

Somebody else asked this as well recently. I had no problems at all coming back to my 9 month old after 3 nights away. She was on 2 feeds a day, and she gobbled me up as soon as I got back. I didn't actually pupm (did try to hand express but couldn't) and had huge boobs by the time I got back. Take PLENTY of breast pads

Right! Am off to book my flight!! So excited about this ... thanks girls!!!
Toddlerbob ... where are you? Fancy meeting up?

Hi Ghosty,

DD would be free on plane, so you are quite welcome to have me babysit for the bits you are partying and catching up with friend if you want to bring her with you.

Whatever, it would be good to see you again.

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Definitely go Ghosty! Either with or without DD. She'll be great with your lovely DH. A friend of mine in USA had to return to work with both DS1 and DS2 were 6 WEEKS old (due to rubbish maternity regs) and she "breastfed" both times exclusively for a year. She fed in a.m. and p.m. and during the night, pumped during the day, stored milk up for DH and nanny to use when she was away and all this trough a really busy heavy duty travelling schedule. Tons of love. ReallyHip