Can I go away for the weekend and have a brilliant time with my girlfriends and keep on breastfeeding?

[specialmagiclady]

I'm BFing my 10 mo DS2. I said to myself I'd stop when he was 1 or walking.

Anyway, the little blighter is practically walking, and I'm just not sure I'm ready to stop. Which is kind of irrelevant BUT
I have a long-planned girls' weekend away coming up that - months ago - I said to myself I'd be ready to finish BFing in time for. Well, I'm not.

I'll be away from 5am Saturday to 11pm Sunday. I reckon I could give him a mighty 4.30 feed before I leave and come back in time for his 11o'clock at night feed and maybe express if things get too bursty over the weekend.

The boy takes a bottle so I don't feel the pressure to wean him off the boob just to get him taking a bottle, but I do think it might be unkind to DH to leave him alone with the Boy Who Likes Boob In The Night.

What do you think? Can I keep boobing after a weekend away? Anyone done it?

I've kept going after a whole week away -- admittedly a couple of months later on, but I don't see any reason why you can't go away for a weekend and pick up breastfeeding when you get back.

Would you be able to express for your own comfort during the weekend? You might find you get very full & risk getting blocked ducts etc otherwise!

How far away will you be? Might be worth having a trial night time to see how your DH & DS cope?

Your DH will cope. I've been away for work for varying periods - up to 6 nights from when DS just had milk to now (20 months) when its just morning and evening. Sometimes Ds gets a bit annoyed with DH as he wants boob, not Daddy, but they seem to sort things out without either being traumatised. DS is always very pleased to see me and num nums !
I do express as far as possible at feed times - have just gone to hand expressing rather than using my pump.

No reason why I shouldn't be able to pump while I'm away. He seems to be dropping afternoon feed so won't have to do that one. It's really just night time and early-morning marathon.

Thanks for advice

(secretly hoping will magically not need 4.30/5am feed when I get back.....)

Magically Dh did get DS to start sleeping through the night when I was away. Apparently daddy with a beaker of milk was just not worth waking up for, and it stayed that way.

Think you should be fine, though you will prob want to express for comforts sake while away.
My DS (almost 9 mnths) wakes lots for feeds at night but these days if its before I go to bed, I pretend I can't hear him and stay on MN and let DH calm him down, which seems to work fine...

Bless him, he slept 'til 6.30 this morning. Boobs of rock!