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Travel for work overseas - bring baby?

michaelaskedlaurenmichaelaskedlauren member
in January 2012 Moms

This morning I was told that I may need to go to our London office for work the last week of August. Pre-baby I would be thrilled. Now, not so much. Given that I am Z's primary food source ideally I would like to bring him with me so I can still do feedings, etc. We definitely dont have enough frozen milk to last him the Monday-Thurs Id be away.

Im hoping that DH can take the time off work, but he is co-owner of a company and may not be able to swing it. If he cant make it I  may ask my Mom to come and watch Z while I am working during the day...

I told DH as soon as I found out. The trip isnt definite yet, but I wanted to give him as much notice as possible. I know he isnt going to be thrilled if he cant come and both his son and wife are gone for a week. He also suggested taking our nanny, but to be honest Id be more comfortable with my Mom there (plus it saves the expense of another room which we'd have to cover).

What would you ladies do in my situation?

 

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Re: Travel for work overseas - bring baby?

  • namara5532namara5532 member

    If you have the ability to bring DS, I say bring him, especially if you can bring your mother along to watch him while you do work stuff.  You wouldn't want to risk losing your supply while you're gone.

    I've made the flight to London before with a tour group in high school.  It's a pretty long flight, 5 hours if I recall correctly.  If you bring him, you need to be prepared to be able to tend to him for that long.

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  • HuahineHuahine member

    I just did a two week work stint in another city in the US.  I EBF so I brought LO with me.  I wasn't willing to risk having my supply tank.  And I couldn't pump enough before I left to build a stash.  

    I flew in my mom to watch him during the day.  Has your LO spent much time with your mom?  If not, your nanny might be a better choice.  My mom hadn't seen LO since he was 2 weeks old.  By the end of the second week of watching him full time, she was completely done in by taking care of an infant day in and day out. 

    Rather than staying in a hotel, we rented an apartment through homeaway. 2 bedrooms was less than a hotel suite.  And it was nice to have a kitchen and a w/d, which allowed us to use our cloth diapers.  

    But it turned out to be two of the hardest weeks of my life.  DS refused the bottle.  This has never happened before.  But he is so used to seeing me during the day (I work from home; a nanny watches him but he sees me several times a day to nurse) that he flat out refused to drink milk from a bottle while I was gone.  Mom ended up giving him my stash from a cup, yogurt and avocado to tide him over until I could get back from the office.  Luckily that was only around the corner from the apartment and I could come back 3 times a day to nurse him.  

    And since he wasn't getting his mom time during the day he nursed all. night. long. to make up for it.  Seriously.  All night.  I was a zombie by the end of it.  

    YMMV, but having had that experience, for week I would recommend leaving LO at home with your nanny and husband and your stash and supply of formula to feed him with.  Take your pump to keep up your supply, but otherwise enjoy the week off from being a mom and come home refreshed. 

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  • verticgmverticgm member

    As far as the actual travel, you will be fine. I have traveled alone with DS on two cross-country flights to meet DH at a destination. (He is a consultant and travels for work every week.) You just have to prepare like you are going into battle. I even wore maternity jeans with a long shirt so I could pull them up and down while using the restroom with him in the Baby Bjorn. I am super organized by nature and traveling with an infant was no exception. I made sure I had extra supplies and it was easily accessible.

    As for going to London, I say take him.  We are taking DS to London and Budapest in the fall for 10 days and I. CANNOT. FREAKING. WAIT! PP's suggestion of renting an apartment is a good one. We will have a 2 bedroom suite (again, DH travels 3 days a week so we have hotel perks out the nose) so we will have room to let DS play and put him to bed and still be able to enjoy ourselves. 

    My most important advice: just go with it. I am pretty high strung so I had to work really hard to stay calm and accept help from others as we were traveling. (Read: Seriously considered daily affirmations before we left to help myself go with the flow.) People are surprisingly kind to young mothers and their babies.

     Have a great trip! London is a wonderful city! 

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