I went to a concert when Anelise was 2 months old. I was breast feeding at the time but I expressed for her for the time I was away from her. She was well looked after by my sister who I trust so much but I still called every hour to make sure everything was fine. My sister loved looking after her, Anelise was fine and I had a good time too.
As everyone else has said, it really depends. You won't really know how things are & how you feel until the time comes. I don't think it hurts to have the tickets there, just keep an open mind about it all & you can sell them if you need to.
I agree with all the others!!! Whichever way you feel though, please don't worry about it or feel guilty. It's okay if you want to go on your date night, and it's equally okay if you don't feel you can leave your bub. It really is a totally individual thing, for you AND your baby, don't let anyone make you feel bad about your decision (cos there will always be people who think you should do one thing or the other). I feel MORE protective about leaving my second baby than my first, go figure! You really don't know until you get close to the time.
An alternative would be see if you can take your mum and bub with you and have bub sleep in the pram with your mum looking after him/her in the foyer then if things really go pear-shaped you can duck out of the show and BF.
Thanks for your input ladies. I guess we'll just play it by ear. It's all very new and unknown for us.
Nai - Mum's already suggested she hang out at the Westin with bub so we're not too far away... she understands the "no one else can look after my baby like me" thing, cos she had it too
The first time we went out after DD1 we were having dinner with MIL at Crown for her birthday and she was staying the night there so my mum sat in the room with DD1 and babysat while DP and I had dinner downstairs. It made me feel so much more relaxed knowing that she was only a minute away if I needed her. With DD2 we went to the movies at 7 weeks for 3 hours - she was easier and slept better than DD1 - so it also depends on the baby too.
I went to a wedding when DD was 8 weeks old and it was fine. My friend was there and her bub was 4 weeks old, we both expressed for those feeds. DD was having a hideous wonder week at the time and I wasn't sure how it would go but wouldn't you know, she didn't cry at all during the night and charmed the pants off anyone who came to visit her! In the week leading up to the wedding I had expressed some BM and tested her using a bottle so it wasn't totally knew when I wasn't there.
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