Advice - Leaving nursing toddler for 2 days

[DDNemo]

In March one of my good friends will be having her first baby, and my husband offered stay home with dd and let me fly out to see my friend for a weekend. I really want to! But I have only left dd over-night once, (with her Aunt). She did fine, but I'm a little nervous about a whole weekend.

In March dd will be 25 months old. She eats pretty well, and she'll be with Daddy. I feel like she'll be ok, but I'm still a bit worried about it all.

Should I pump over the weekend? I guess I'd need to keep up supply?
Any other advice to make the weekend go smoothly??

[alegna]

You will definitely need to pump for your comfort and supply.

-Angela

[DDNemo]

Ya. I've only pumped milk once. I don't really care for it. lol But that one night I spent away, I did get engorged and had to hand express in the shower.

I had thought I could get away without pumping for that one night, since a friend of mine let her son spend every Saturday with grandma and never felt engorged or had to pump, but that did not work for me.

Any advice on keeping dd happy while i'm away?

Thanks!

[Baby_Cakes]

Does she take a sippy or drink from a cup? Express some milk a few days/weeks beforehand and keep it frozen so at least she could have some in a cup while you are gone.
I agree you should pump while you're away. You'll be quite uncomfortable if you don't plan for that. But overall, I think you will both be just fine.

[pbjmama]

I would take a pump for comfort, not worry about expressing a certain amount or anything, just when you feel full. I don't think you need to do anything to make the weekend go smoothly, her dad knows how to take care of her and this will be a special time for just the two of them. Let him plan some fun stuff! She will have her usual comforts, minus nursing. Enjoy your time away!

[DDNemo]

Well, thank you for the replies! I think i just needed someone else to encurage me that it will be ok to leave her. After two years of being a duo, its weird to think about going away by myself for two days. I'm really looking forward to seeing my friend and her little baby boy, and being there to support her bfing!

it will be good for dh to have some real full time care of dd.

[spirit4ever]

Originally Posted by pbjmama

I would take a pump for comfort, not worry about expressing a certain amount or anything, just when you feel full. I don't think you need to do anything to make the weekend go smoothly, her dad knows how to take care of her and this will be a special time for just the two of them. Let him plan some fun stuff! She will have her usual comforts, minus nursing. Enjoy your time away!

totally agree!!! I wish my dh would tell me to go away!!!!!!!!

[Qestia]

I just left my 14 month old for 2 nights for a work conference, it was fine. I did pump probably more than I normally nurse--so be prepared for that. But she seemed totally fine and probably slept better for DH than she does for me!

[StrawberryFields]

At 25 months I don't think I would have needed to do a lot of pumping. Granted, I have never produced for a pump anyway. I would probably take it and either use it if I needed to or just hand express to take the edge off when I was feeling uncomfortable. But for me personally I know my supply would rebound after returning from a trip that short with a child that old, and I wouldn't take any extra special steps to preserve it while I was gone.

My dd is a little younger and I recently spent some time in the hospital. My dd did great with my dh! She didn't care at all that I was gone and actually slept better for him than she does for me.