https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 10:41:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-pumping-trip-out-of-town#post-1446002 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:29:06 +0000 cmomma17 1446002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: Thank you so much!! :)</p> <p>I was actually thinking MOTN might be best too. He varies so much, but on the best nights he will sleep from 7 pm to around 3 am. Worst nights he's up to eat at 1030 pm, around midnight and again at 3 ish. I thought I could just start by not feeding him before midnight anymore? Then work on dropping the 3 feeding next. </p> <p>DH and I give him food all the time, we just need to do a better job of leaving food and instructions for our moms when they watch him. How many meals a day are you doing? I think they will need set times, set amounts, very specific instructions ....</p> <p>ETA: and I definitely plan on bringing my pump on the trip to pump at least morning and at bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-pumping-trip-out-of-town#post-1445983 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:24:13 +0000 Corduroy 1445983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was where you were a few weeks ago. I chose to get rid of the middle of the night feedings first and concurrently offered more meal-type solids during the day.</p> <p>In preparation for a few date nights I had DH try giving LO a bottle at bedtime. I thought it would be an issue but she had no trouble taking it and falling asleep right away. I would try testing it and seeing if missing bedtime will even be an issue.</p> <p>I would still pump at morning and night on your trip and whenever you feel like it. I would think you would need to at least twice more for your comfort. </p> <p>Good luck! LOs usually take these things in stride and do much better than expected for others. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weaning-pumping-trip-out-of-town#post-1445925 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:08:21 +0000 cmomma17 1445925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO turns 1 on April 18. DH and I will be going out of town April 28 - May 2. LO will stay with my in-laws.<br /> I'm currently pumping at work twice a day, and nursing LO at lunchtime as well. LO also still wakes up 1-3 times per night and nurses. I'm very worried about ...<br /> 1. weaning from pumping at work (want to be done close to the 1 year mark)<br /> 2. the trip out of town not completely killing my supply, because I'd love to continue nursing LO morning and at bedtime for a few months past 1 year<br /> 3. leaving LO with my in-laws overnight for several nights in a row when he still eats overnight<br /> 4. LO doesn't eat set meals of solid foods yet, but we need to get a schedule down and set amounts before leaving him in the care of my in-laws<br /> 5. I still nurse LO at bedtime. We do bath, lotion, jammies, story, boob, sleep. Obviously my in-laws can't do the boob part ;) I should probably switch this up right? </p> <p>What issue do I tackle first? I'm stressing! :( Bedtime routine? Food/solids? Night weaning? Eliminating a day feeding? Reducing my pumping at work? I feel like I might need to pump ahead to build a little freezer stash for our trip out of town, but that conflicts with weaning! </p> <p>Calm me down bees! :) </p>