For what it is worth, I had a friend who nursed her baby for around 14 months or so (then did some mother-led weaning). She practiced a lot of AP and NFL techniques (bf, cosleep, baby wearing, cloth diaper, etc) and was the person to give me Dr. Sears Baby Book and a sling at my baby shower and she introduced me to a lot of the AP ideas.
She did leave her child around that age (or perhaps even earlier) for work trips and for a weekend with her husband. I don't know if she ever left for four days, but at least three. I know she pumped and had to get up in the middle of the night to pump, and her supply was not affected. She felt that it was important for her marriage to be able to get away with her husband.
I think it was nice that you were concerned about your friend, but in the end we all have to decide what is best for our family. I haven't really left my 2 year old overnight yet (stayed across the street from my in-laws once, and stayed in my BIL's house nearby another time, both times I left at bedtime and was back first thing in the morning) and we will be leaving her the second weekend in March with my MIL while we go out of town for a retirement party (that will really be only for adults). She will be....29 months then. And it is going to be SO hard for me, and probably won't be for her (since Grammy and KK's house is just a big fun land). Sometimes I wonder if it would have been easier if I would have taken more time for myself earlier in her life.
She did leave her child around that age (or perhaps even earlier) for work trips and for a weekend with her husband. I don't know if she ever left for four days, but at least three. I know she pumped and had to get up in the middle of the night to pump, and her supply was not affected. She felt that it was important for her marriage to be able to get away with her husband.
I think it was nice that you were concerned about your friend, but in the end we all have to decide what is best for our family. I haven't really left my 2 year old overnight yet (stayed across the street from my in-laws once, and stayed in my BIL's house nearby another time, both times I left at bedtime and was back first thing in the morning) and we will be leaving her the second weekend in March with my MIL while we go out of town for a retirement party (that will really be only for adults). She will be....29 months then. And it is going to be SO hard for me, and probably won't be for her (since Grammy and KK's house is just a big fun land). Sometimes I wonder if it would have been easier if I would have taken more time for myself earlier in her life.
