Away from DD for a day - advice about BF please

[Abubu]

Hi,

I am going to be a bridesmaid in a few months time and next month I am going away for the day on the hen do.

I cannot not go, considering I am a bridesmaid but already worrying a bit about the feeding situation.

I have made sure DD can take a bottle from when she was first born as I have been anticipating the wedding. This has been either expressed milk or formula. However she only really takes a bottle once maybe every 3 or 4 days, sometimes longer inbetween.

So I know she will be able to take a bottle, however she has never done this for several feeds in a row and I am a bit worried in case she takes the first bottle but then has problems with taking more and I will be miles away, or if when I then get back she struggles with BF again.

Please could someone offer some advice?

Thanks.

is there any chance anyone can stay with her nearby just for your peace of mind if anything? Otherwise I would just practice the several feeds from expressed milk before you actually have to leave her?

I'm in exactly the same situation.

I'm matron of honor and organising my friend's hen do at the end of next month. I'll be away over night for the hen do and the a few weeks later DS will be staying with his grandma during the wedding.

DS will be nearly 5 months so was wondering if I should start moving him onto formula as I'll be going back to work soon after the wedding, or if I can get away with leaving him with expressed milk. I don't know if I'm ready to stop breast feeding him yet and feel guilty for considering putting him on to formula just to make my life simpler.

It's one thing taking a feed a day from a bottle but another to be without his mum completely!!

Advice much needed as I'm tying myself in knots trying to work out what to do for the best

I assume you are leaving her with someone she knows well/is happy with? I can only tell you what happened to me. I left my DD2 at 6 months for 2 days and she didn't have a problem taking the milk from a bottle. We'd done a couple of "practice" feeds from a bottle, but not "days" of bottles. I left her with my Mum and the only thing she noticed is that she tried to go after my Mum's boobs when she was hungry and liked to know where my Mum was (normally she is very aware of where I am) as my Mum had the milk! Bottles didn't faze her and she was fine when I got back - very excited to see me! It was lovely! Before, when I talked about it to my HV she said not to worry about it too much - babies are very adaptable and wont let themselves starve!

Try to enjoy your hen party!