My SIL is nuts

nanabanana06 · April 2013

DH's sister, that is (not my other crazy XSIL). Her DH is military and is being stationed in Mississippi in June. My SIL is due May 5th. MIL and SFIL are driving down to help them move. then MIL, SIL, and my 4-6 week old nephew are driving from Cali to Mississppi (they live in BFE near Tahoe). She has it planned out with stops and all that jazz to the hour. She says it will take a week. She has this whole plan to have this med free birth, BF, and then drive 3000 miles with a newborn. Just the BFing standpoint alone is making my brain hurt.

I remember what it was like BFing a newborn. It was feeds every 2 hours that lasted forever, and god forbid there a growth spurt and they cluster feed. I know that it can be done. I'm just sitting here listening the the "agenda" from MIL and I just think it's nuts! At 4 weeks PP I was barely leaving my bedroom. No way would I be driving 3000 miles. I'd be telling DH I'm flying with the baby and getting hotel while everyone else drove down.

That is all.

PrincessFiona9 · April 2013

She sounds....ambitious.

gimmietimmies · April 2013

Oh, come on! That is totes a fun road trip. You've lost your sense of adventure in your old age.

Yeah, I'd rather fly too.

Nita2603 · April 2013

Well, she is going to be surprised.

[Deleted User] · April 2013

Eff that noise.

nurseynightnight · April 2013

Yeah well i had to stop 3 times during a 4 hour drive with a 5 month old. I can't imagine how many stops they will have to make daily with a newborn! CRAZY!

scorch · April 2013

We drove from Iowa to NJ with a 6 week old . It took us two days , each way, and I was breast feeding but there were a lot of bottles of BM . I would pump and when she starTed to act hungry I would start her bottle my DH would find a place to pul

TheBub · April 2013

I would never have considered it with my first, but when DD was six weeks old, we drove twelve hours to visit MIL before she was scheduled to have surgery. We left at 8pm and didn't have to stop to feed until 5am. It was pretty great, since before that

klondikebar · April 2013

That sounds absolutely miserable. I'd heavily sedate myself, buy a palette of formula and hide in the trunk for the entire trip.

RondackHiker · April 2013

Spooko:
Make sure she knows you can't take a baby out in the car, even if it's to nurse. I've seen too much misinformation about th

Littledeer84 · April 2013

Sounds crazy to me, but probably possible. My parents moved from NY to Cali when I was 1 and my sister was 2 weeks. My mom put my then 74 year old grandma on a plane with my sister and met up with her several days later when she flew with me. Thinking bac

WYEngTeacher · April 2013

My reaction is that I'm not sure what else she's supposed to do...? It'd be irresponsible to take an unvaccinated newborn on an airplane. Sounds like a sucky situation, having to move so far with a newborn, and planning everything out is probably the one