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Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / July 2005travel away from nursling question
I'm de-lurking in the hopes of gaining some much needed advice and wisdom. I am taking my first trip away from my 1.5 year old (actually he'll be 22 months) in Sept. He nurses about 3-4 times a day. I don't want to wean him. How can I make this happen--I'm afraid he will lose interest or my that supply will drop drastically. Thanks for any advice. Susan > I'm de-lurking in the hopes of gaining some much needed advice and > wisdom. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > don't want to wean him. How can I make this happen--I'm afraid he > will lose interest or my that supply will drop drastically. How long are you going to be away? That's the biggest issue, I think. 5 days. Sorry, I wasn't thinking. Susan >>I'm de-lurking in the hopes of gaining some much needed advice and >>wisdom. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > How long are you going to be away? That's the biggest issue, I think. Well, I think for 5 days, the simplest solution is to take him with you. Others have reported babies that forgot how to nurse in a week at that age. Larry : I'm de-lurking in the hopes of gaining some much needed advice and wisdom. : I am taking my first trip away from my 1.5 year old (actually he'll be : 22 months) in Sept. He nurses about 3-4 times a day. I don't want to : wean him. How can I make this happen--I'm afraid he will lose interest : or my that supply will drop drastically. : Thanks for any advice. : Susan Mcmahan writes: > Well, I think for 5 days, the simplest solution is to take him with you. Simple, but may well be impractical, Larry! If you have to go away, I don't think there's any way you can ensure that your DS won't lose interest, though it seems to be a minority of nurslings who do. Supply - I'd be less worried about this than about engorgement/mastitis, since supply would only drop if you were getting much less milk out than usual and that would come with its own problems... Can you pump easily? I did a 36 hour trip without my similar-age DS recently, and did manage, but I wouldn't have been happy risking a 5 day trip; the chance of getting ill with mastitis while I was away would just have been too high. Sidheag DS Colin Oct 27 2003 I can't take the baby. I do plan to pump and nurse right before I leave and right when I get home. I'm hoping to hear success stories... Susan > Well, I think for 5 days, the simplest solution is to take him with you. > Others have reported babies that forgot how to nurse in a week at that [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > : Thanks for any advice. > : Susan > I can't take the baby. I do plan to pump and nurse right before I leave > and right when I get home. I'm hoping to hear success stories... > Susan I have one, but for a 3-day trip, not a five day. DS was about about 20mos old at the time. Plan to pump, if only to relieve pressure/aviod mastitis, as someone else said, your supply will probably be fine. Mine was, and I only pumped once to relieve engorgment. I didn't have too many worries about loss of interest, and DS is extremely fond of nursing still. here's the link to my original post with the same question and my followup of what happened: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/misc.kids.breastfeeding/msg/ce3fe234499934f5 ?hl=en& HTH, PumpkinMama Good luck, As for success stories, I hope you are one of them! Larry : I can't take the baby. I do plan to pump and nurse right before I leave : and right when I get home. I'm hoping to hear success stories... : Susan :> Well, I think for 5 days, the simplest solution is to take him with you. :> Others have reported babies that forgot how to nurse in a week at that [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] :> : Thanks for any advice. :> : Susan > I'm de-lurking in the hopes of gaining some much needed advice and wisdom. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks for any advice. I just got back (yesterday), from a 5 day 4 night trip. DD is 12 months old (on Sunday!) and nurses maybe a tad more than your son, but she came back to nursing just fine. I don't suppose he's taking a bottle? I think that actually helped DD stay interested, DH fed her bottles on demand, including at night (when she usually nurses). I pumped 4 times a day while I was gone in order to keep up my supply. I pumped right before bed, in the morning, at lunch and tried to get one more pump in at dinner time. I also tried to mentally prepare myself for the possibility of her weaning. If last night is any indications, she's not weaned :) I hope the same happens for you! Mary W. Oh great. That sounds so reassuring. I will be gone for 5 days and 4 nights also. Actually, I can nurse before I leave and when I get back so there will be no nursing at all for only 3 days. He doesn't take a bottle--never has but I think we can do this. Thanks for sharing your story. Susan >> I'm de-lurking in the hopes of gaining some much needed advice and >> wisdom. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Mary W. Oh great. That sounds so reassuring. I will be gone for 5 days and 4 nights also. Actually, I can nurse before I leave and when I get back so there will be no nursing at all for only 3 days. He doesn't take a bottle--never has but I think we can do this. Thanks for sharing your story. Susan >> I'm de-lurking in the hopes of gaining some much needed advice and >> wisdom. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Mary W. |
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