Honeymoon and being a parent

Ask your friends and family with kids and your pediatrician. By a year you should be able to leave her for a few days unless you are still breastfeeding. A great book is the AAP book birth to 5 years. Excellence for reference. I tell all my patients to buy it and get it for all my friends.

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You have some options. Leave her with a trusted caregiver. Take a sitter with you. Delay your honeymoon until she is no longer nursing.

What are you planning for your honeymoon? I would probably take a sitter with you

View Quoted Comment We only have thrown out ideas, nothing concrete yet. We discussed the idea of taking a trusted relative with us on the honeymoon but, it would cost more depending on what we do.

No but I will say it's very difficult to ween a nursing baby .. I'm still currently nursing my 16 month old .. my older two children nursed until 18 month self weened .. a honeymoon isint necessary . . Do a family vacation . Or postpone it .

Every baby is different. Some nurse a long time, some ween early. If you have someone to care for her and have backstock of milk you could pump on honeymoon to rebuild stock. Or you could take a caregiver, but the mommy in you will still want to care for her and not really enjoy your honeymoon. Or you could postpone the honeymoon a little.

If you haven't invested into a pump yet, I highly recommend it. Insurances now a days cover the cost of pumps. You can start saving breast milk in the freezer to be used for later dates, such as when you are gone on a honeymoon. Freezing milk for even after you stop producing is beneficial in the long run. When you do set a date for the honeymoon, talk to your child about it. Even if they are just a year old, they will be able to comprehend that mommy and daddy are going on a vacation and are coming back. You want to build a healthy attachment with your child and talking about times when you have to leave, before it happens helps soothe the child's mind and helps them learn to understand the situation at hand.

Do you have a parent or sister you could leave her with? I think I would do a minimoon, maybe just one night in a nice hotel somewhere close by, then plan a longer honeymoon for your first anniversary. By then you will have a better idea of how she would do away from you for a little longer. I would NOT bring her with you, this is time for your and your FH to enjoy together.

Honestly I would have postponed it until my baby was a little older but you know what's best for your family. I just couldn't stand leaving my baby for long when she was that age and would have been worrying about her the whole time.