Leaving 8 month old son for 6 days

[MaisieRed]

I'm looking for advice.

My fiancé and I are going to Vegas tomorrow from England for 5 nights to get married. (We've had 3 weddings at home cancelled due to various reasons so we have decided to elope.) My father in law is having our 8 month old son for the duration. He's had him for 2 nights previously and got on fine. But I'm really feeling guilty for leaving him. Like will my son realised we've gone and miss us and will he be alright. My mother is telling me we shouldn't go. But my mental health coordinator and doctors are telling me it will
Really help me to have a break due to my severe PPD. I'm just really stuck on how to feel.
Any advice is appreciated

Ps DS is bottle fed and weaning so BF isn't a problem.

Many thanks

I wasn't keen on leaving mine but 8 days isn't excessive, it's a special occasion and the break will do you good so in your circumstances I would do it. He knows his grandpa, grandpa is competent, medical advice is to go, he will be fine.

6 days, I mean.

He'll be fine!

Enjoy vegas! We went in may this year. It was amazing! Now our wedding plans are in full swing I kinda wish we'd done it there 😁

He'll be fine. Go and enjoy yourself.

I left all my children at various times with my parents for a week at a time when they were very young. My daughter was 4 months old when first left and she was fine, by the time I collected her she was sleeping through the night as even though she was in a cot in their bedroom, they did not hear her cry! When we got her home, she woke up in the night but I ignored her and after just a few seconds she went back to sleep - sleep trained by accident!

For us, it was a win win situation, my parents who lived 200 miles away, got to spend quality time with their grandchildren and they built a special bond. I got to go skiing with my husband and friends without children, allowing me to reconnect with my husband who worked abroad for three weeks every month.

I even expressed while away from my daughter so I could restart breast feeding after the holiday. Mind you, the downside was that I got pregnant with baby number 3 on that ski holiday as we foolishly did not think I would get pregnant while still breastfeeding!