Stories about leaving a breastfed baby with a caregiver or taking them with you?

[HotI]

My LO never took ebm, although we tried. I worked at the election polls when she was 6 ? months. she wasn't taking solids yet, but would drink water. I left ebm with DH thinking she might drink it if tha t was all that was available. I fed her before i left. DH brought her up at lunchtime cos she wasn't interested at all in the ebm. i was also kinda glad cos i was pretty full by this time. He brought her up again just before the polls closed, so i could give her another feed. (when the polls close, the booth gets closed until after counting finished and no-one allowed in or out) . Each time she came up though, she was a bit wary of me at first and it took a little bit to get her to feed. I think she was pee-ed off that i had gone out without her. She survived the day though, and DH also got her to sleep without boob for the first time that night (i was wishing she was up though cos i was full as).

Soon after i started back at work one day a week and would be away from home for about 9 hours. DD was having some solids by now, and would drink water but not ebm. EIther my Mum or DH would look after DD. I would feed her before work, and for awhile, Mum was bringing her to me at lunchtime for a feed, and then DD would often sleep in the car on the way home. But, we found that it was too distracting and she wasn't really getting a good feed when she came to me, and so after awhile we stopped this. On work days, DD would feed in the morning, and then when i got home would have a big breastfeed session. On non-work days, she continued breastfeeding throughout the day as normal.

[MummyNaomi]

A BF giggle of mine was when we went to a Wedding and Mum had DS for about 12 hours. I had to pump between the ceremony and the reception as I was about to leak everywhere and had to sit in the car and do it in a busy city street, trying to do it discretely was hilarious, DH thought it was hilarious - so not only do you need to consider bubs (luckily I'd left enough EBM) but it was more taking care of myself that was the challenging part!!

[HotI]

I took DD to a wedding when she was 14 months old ish, and there was so much excitement going on that she wasn't keen to feed (the bridesmaid had the same problem with her younger daughter) and so by the end of the day we were both very buxom and full.

[wysiwyg]

Thanks for all the replies, will definitely use some of this stuff.

Naomi - yes I went to a wedding when DD was 6 months, and was away for about 12 hours, she was happy at home with EBM but I was in the toilets hand pumping it down the loo (I hadn't even considered I would need to express) for comfort. All the other guests on my table were wasted, whereas there were other mums with young bubs there and all I could think of was I wish I had brought DD.

HotI - Thanks your story about the election polls just the type of thing I was after too.

Sloane - Thanks for reminding me about feeding in the car, that is one of my favourite places to feed too - seat is nice and comfy, can listen to the radio etc. Also will make sure I mention that you don't have to feed in public if you don't want to, and there are lots of places you can use for privacy. I often feed in the parents room at the MCG during AFL games, it has a TV so can still watch the game, most people don't even realize it is there.

[sloane]

I often feed in the parents room at the MCG during AFL games, it has a TV so can still watch the game, most people don't even realize it is there.

i'd totally forgotten about this one too - and etihad stadium has a decent parents room as well, although last time i used it they were playing a different game on the tv grrrr! the footy is something DP & i go to every week so it was nice to be able to still keep that bit of normality once we had DS