Kapow
OH, Moo moo and lil ted.
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Hi
As my title says I've decided to leave Max for a few hours for the 1st time. We are visiting my mum in Wales this weekend and if I'm brave enough OH and I are going to the local pub for a meal. I have an electric breastpump ready and waiting but I also have a headful of questions!!
1. Max usually cluster feeds in the evening from 6 to 8, sometimes longer. If we're only going out for 2 hours max do I need to leave milk for him?
2. He has a dummy and has used it each night to get him to sleep. He has never had any nipple confusion between the dummy and my nipple but could he get confused with the teat and my nipple? Should I do a few 'test feeds' tomorrow to see how he takes it? I'd be devastated if he preferred the bottle and refused my nipple. How would I do this?
3. Max obviously does not know his nana very well as we live hundreds of miles apart. Would I be better off leaving him at mum's with OH and taking mum for a meal?
Sorry for the silly questions but I really don't know if I feel ready to leave him but he's almost 10 weeks old. I haven't left him at all yet!
Thanks for reading!
Kx
As my title says I've decided to leave Max for a few hours for the 1st time. We are visiting my mum in Wales this weekend and if I'm brave enough OH and I are going to the local pub for a meal. I have an electric breastpump ready and waiting but I also have a headful of questions!!
1. Max usually cluster feeds in the evening from 6 to 8, sometimes longer. If we're only going out for 2 hours max do I need to leave milk for him?
2. He has a dummy and has used it each night to get him to sleep. He has never had any nipple confusion between the dummy and my nipple but could he get confused with the teat and my nipple? Should I do a few 'test feeds' tomorrow to see how he takes it? I'd be devastated if he preferred the bottle and refused my nipple. How would I do this?
3. Max obviously does not know his nana very well as we live hundreds of miles apart. Would I be better off leaving him at mum's with OH and taking mum for a meal?
Sorry for the silly questions but I really don't know if I feel ready to leave him but he's almost 10 weeks old. I haven't left him at all yet!
Thanks for reading!
Kx