[Purrrrrrr]

My son's 8 months and I actually quit work to be with him and breastfeed. I couldn't handle pumping at work and then trying to get him to take a bottle. I figure, I have plenty of time in my life for outings with friends and nights away with the hubster. But this is the one time in his life that he really, really needs me... depends on me for his every single thing. I gotta be here.

The one and only time I left him overnight was Black Friday this past year. I left him with DH and some pumped milk. I had planned to pump, but forgot my batteries. Man, was a full in the morning! And of course, it was one of the few times he slept all the way through the night and didn't wake up until I got home. DH is the only one I trust to leave him with. I left him with my parents for an afternoon out with DH once and was worried the whole time (I don't know why... I'm still alive after all).

[Doodlebug06]

Jealous. wishing I could get dd to nurse. We wre forced to bottle feed breast milk due to her bad latch. I'm trying so hard now to get her to latch correctly.
Any of you moms that might read my post about my 2 week old and have advice???

[nilla]

My DS is going to be a year old on Saturday, and I had my first trip away just last week. I was gone at a conference for 3 nights and left my son with DH and Grandma. They did perfectly fine... I was the one who was a mess! I was miserable, I missed them so much. I worried before leaving how DH was going to get DS to sleep because I always nurse him to sleep. I cherish that time before bed and the truth is, DS went to sleep just fine without me. But I missed our bedtime together so much. They had plenty of pumped milk and I pumped ok while I was gone. It was just so emotionally hard for me. I don't plan on leaving him again anytime soon.

[RUNNER25]

You girls have NO idea how much of what you've said rang true for me! The panic feeling when I'm away, the drive back to DS being the longest of my life, kowing that he will grow up fast and treasuring this time- true, true, true.

I'm not alone & it feels so good!!

Doodlebug- I hope you can work thru the latch issues soon! I didn't experience latch issues, so I can't offer any advice, but just wanted to show support. Maybe a lactation consultant could help?

[andi2284]

My DD will take a bottle and I still rarely leave her. I think DH has given her a bottle 3 times since she was born, and it was while I was gone. For me, part of it is that I would rather nurse than pump. It takes less time to nurse and unless I need to be gone for more than a few hours, I'd rather just nurse her before I leave and when I get home. Otherwise, I take her with me. I couldn't leave my baby at this age...I wouldn't get a good night's sleep even if I did, I would worry constantly that she wasn't sleeping well or wouldn't take the bottle! Alexis is my easiest baby too, and goes back to sleep for DH just fine in the middle of the night, I still would worry though. My first DD was 4 before her first night away and my second was 2.5, so I've never even entertained the idea of being away from my babies for a night.

[Anna2ds]

I didn't want to leave any of my babies for more than a few hours til they were like a year old or so.
When my youngest was two months old I was called in for jury duty and I panicked at the very thought of it! Fortunately they excused me and I didn't end up having to do it.
I can't imagine having to go back to work and leave a two month old baby, I would have been so sad.