WWYD- regarding traveling (kinda long)

Kath1424

I am supposed to go to a wedding in Cancun on 3/1...the baby will be 5 months old. But up until even this very day he is a HORRENDOUS sleeper and feeds every few hours but he is HUGE so i guess he has to keep up with his demands. I have 2 other children 6yrs and 3 yrs..so all 3 were going to be with my mom and dad. But my mom and dad are 72 years old and although they can handle this- I fear it may be just too much with the infant being as demanding as he is and lack of sleep...Also my fear that my supply will take a big hit because i am super OCD and paranoid about water etc..so i will probably fear drinking it and therefore my supply may tank without an infant stimulating me. I just do not know what to do...and wondered what other EBF momma's would do? Plus I do not think i would ever have enough supply to last the whole 5 days while i am gone around the clock! Any advice?

My husband has to go to the wedding because he is part of the bridal party.

But my choices i guess are as follows:

Cancel my part of the trip- i have trip insurance and i would have to get a doctor's note describing his reflux i suppose or something medical... but send my husband without me...and hopefully be refunded my portion but hubby pays a lot more to be a single traveler...

Go on the trip and bring a 5 month old with us to cancun (the resort does allow children)

Stop worrying and just go on the trip as planned? 

 

HELP PLEASE 

meltoine

Are your parents aware of your LO's sleeping habits? If so and they've agreed to watch him anyway, I wouldn't worry about their lack of sleep. 

Do you have to go for all five days? In your position I'd probably go for 3 days to minimize the amount of BM I'd have to leave behind, but I've never had a large freezer stash so take that bit with a grain of salt.

I'm sure the resort will have bottled water available. Drink plenty and don't worry about that.

Also, between now and then, you may try attempting to get more of his feed in during the day. I know it's tough because he's very little and you'll have to be very gentle and gradual, but I'd start trying other soothing methods besides nursing when he wakes in the night. Of course, if whatever you try doesn't work after a couple of minutes, by all means nurse him.  

agytay

I'm not going to lie, I would probably bring the baby with me or cut the trip a bit shorter. 3 children, and one with poor sleeping habits, is kind of rough. I just did a 5 day trip when I left my 9 month old with my parents and as a EBFer, it was so much easier if my LO would have come with me. I hated being a slave to the pump around the clock.

Good luck with your decision. 

Rhianna1981

I think that you should take the baby with you. I remember that when I was little, my mom and dad left me and my sister with our grandparents while they went to a wedding across the country. They took my little brother with them because he was still nursing.

The "bigger kids" (my sister and I) had fun doing "big kid stuff" with grandma and granddad.