Suggestions needed please

Today we received a invitation to my cousins wedding in November, we really want to go problem being kids aren't invited and my almost 16 month old is still breastfeeding. He is only having 2-3 feeds a day and will not take a bottle - what are my options ?

I dont want to just wean him for the sake of being away for one night (would have to have the kids looked after so would be away for 24hrs at least). Could i maybe just start trying him with some milk in a cup and see how he goes? I dont know what to do :(

Is it just one night? HE'd probably be fine just to skip and you can resume when you're back.

I went away overnight when DS was a similar age and feeding semi-regularly and it was never an issue. I was pretty full and was starting to get rocks by the next day and was keen to feed him as soon as I could.

Hi. My bub is the same. But she will drink (although not heaps) from a straw cup, one of those take and toss ones you get from Coles - DH did have to give her flavoured milk the first couple of times to get her interested enough to drink the straw. However, as said, she really doesn't drink any liquid of quantity except mummy, so if I think she's a little low on liquid, at this age, yogurt or even custard will do the trick! You can certainly try different options, but at this age, bub will be fine for one night.

Thanks so much ladies, i am just really unsure as he still usually like to have his booby to go to sleep at night....i guess i can just try giving him some milk in a sippy cup and see if he would be happy with that, i guess it is only one night - he will survive without booby for a night !!!!

I'd test him out. Who would you be leaving him with? See is they'll have him a few nights leading up to the wedding to see how he goes.
DS was very attatched to the boob. At 9 months I went out for my birthday & left him with my mum. Mum is very patient & so good with the kids. She wandered around with him outside for 2 hours in the middle of the night when he wouldn't settle!! I had to go get him at 6am though.

After that he's stayed with them at least once a month. He did used to put a hand down mums shirt when half asleep, & the first few months I did have to go pick him up very early morning, but mum just used her amazing patience (that she never had with us!!) & kept going til he slept if I wasn't close enough!

Thanks for your reply ~clover~

Im not sure if we will take him and see if a friend can come with us and look after him there (they would only be 10klms away from wedding) and i could just pop back and feed him after the ceremony and then again when i got back after the wedding.
I left him home with my in laws one night for 5hrs he missed his night feed but was fast asleep when i got home so he has done it once....so i guess he could do it again.

I took my sil with us in Jan for the same reasons. A wedding. I hired a room across from the reception, so I could go back & forth easily.
Was ok. Had to leave during speeches :( but that's all I really missed.
So much easier than her having a screaming baby while I raced to get there.

Good luck :)

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