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Vacation without baby :(

LindsayB523LindsayB523 member
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So when LO is 5.5 months ill be going on a cruise for 4 nights... As exciting as it sounds I'm dreading it. I haven't been away from her for more than 3 hours, how am I going to do 5 days?! Anyways how should I keep my milk supply up so when I get home I can continue and will she even remember how to breastfeed from the breast or will she start preferring a bottle? I know this might sound funny but.. Will she miss me or remember me or what should I expect from a baby her age? Any advice is helpful. 

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  • kjsmith9kjsmith9 member
    Does she take a bottle well? I'd start working on that ASAP if she doesn't. DD is almost 5 months right now, and if I left her for that amount of time I'd need at least 150oz of milk to leave behind... Will you have that at that point? If you have to s
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  • SingleMom31SingleMom31 member
    Can I ask why, if you're dreading it so much, are you going on a cruise anyway?

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  • LindsayB523LindsayB523 member

    It is our honeymoon, my husband is deployed and we agreed to take our honeymoon when he got home. We move to Japan in September so this is the only time we will be able to have family watch LO. He wanted to take a week long cruise so this is

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  • cmhicklincmhicklin member
    She will remember you!!! Smile
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  • cmhicklincmhicklin member
    Also, it gets a little easier the more you do it (although being away from DD who is almost 3 is still touch if it is more than a few hours).  How much time do you have between now and when you leave.  You should probably leave the baby a little
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  • rjeller32rjeller32 member

    With DD1, DH and I separated for a few months, around the time she was 5 months old. We got every other week with LO (she was FF), and she didn't seem to phased by it, she was always smiles when I came to get her. I would think pumping at the normal ti

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  • LindsayB523LindsayB523 member

    Yeah ill start doing bottles more often as it gets closer so she gets more comfortable. I have two months before the trip so I have time to get myself more excited and more time to build up a large stockpile. 

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