Here is the down side. It is in 2 months, and Emersyn is only 5 months old. She will be 7 months old at the time of leaving. We will be leaving Adelynn with my sister Shana, because I think she will really enjoy being there. She loves her cousins Kira and Reese. But Emersyn...
I can't decide what to do. Some people are saying leave her, don't take her. My friend and pediatric nurse Christi is saying we'll have more fun this way. Pump now, and she'll take a bottle while I'm gone. And then pump while I'm there, and my milk supply will last. All of you mothers out there, this is my call for help. I don't know what to do. Do you think if I pump while I'm gone my supply will last, and she will take me back when I get home? Or do you think my milk would dry up without her there to stimulate? Or do you think that whole end of things will be fine, but when I get back she won't want me, she'll just want a bottle? I'm pretty attached to her, and pretty attached to nursing. It's a very personal bond. I nursed Adelynn for 17 months (partly because she was really attached, and didn't want to stop) and I rather enjoyed the bond it created. I don't really want to lose this with Emersyn, but when I think of this vacation, I do think of LOTS OF PARTYING! Give me your thoughts on what would happen if we did leave her...(even thinking it breaks my little heart!)
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OH, I am SO jealous of you! But, in a good way, of course! How fun. About the baby...that is a tough tough decision. I'm pretty sure if you pump, you'll keep your supply. It is hard to leave one that young, but I believe I would leave them both (easy to say, since I'm not the one leaving my kids). This is a pretty good opportunity for you and Caleb. Emersyn will forgive you, and she may even take back to nursing. Just think positive!
By the way, what good is a swim-up bar for you guys? Hehe! Do they serve lemonade? (: Oh, and can Paul and I hide in your bags? I promise we'll get our own room.
Are you kidding me! That is the nicest place. Is that Cancun Palace? Is this an all-inclusive? We love Cancun we go there once a year and LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! The beaches are amazing and you will seriously have a blast. My biggest advice is DON'T TAKE THE BABY..you deserve a trip with your hubby and you really won't have as much fun with a baby. You won't be able to do all the excursions with a baby in hand! I promise take my advice! Anyway let me know what that place is I may have been there!
Can't wait for you!!!
I am way jealous Ash. I would love a vacation, then be able to come home and have a baby! I am excited for you though, it will be way fun. About advice, I don't have any because I'm not a mom. I think whatever you choose will be fine, and you will have fun no matter what!
How Fun!! That will be an awesome vacation. As for me, I LOVE my kids but I would definitely leave them home and have just hubby time. Things will work out for Emersyn. Enjoy the chance to have a wonderful vacation.
How fun is that!!! um, are they hiring?:) I don't have any advice, that is a hard one. Love the picture of Emi.
I am so excited for you. I was telling Spencer about it last night and he thinks you should leave the kids. You'd have more fun that way and in all honesty, you would. What would you do with her while you were swimming with the dolphins (I think that sounds the coolest)? However, I understand your concern because leaving Marek on night made it hard for me to nurse him again, and I even pumped while I was gone and still the next day he didn't want to nurse. That was the beginning of him on a bottle. Luckily for you, you have a better milk supply than I did, but still, you never know. That's a hard decision, but at least she would be 7 months instead of so young you had no time with her nursing. I miss nursing Marek a lot, but I am glad he got 6/7 months of good nursing before I had to start him on formula and the bottle. Good luck with your decision.
AWESOME....... Blessing come in all different packages and ones including LOTS of sunshine are the BEST!!!
Just think of what you two want and what you are willing to do. If Emi comes your plans will change lots and night outings won't be really there since she'll need her sleep to survive the next day. You'll have fun no matter what, but it just depends on what you both want. Do you two want time to reconnect and live alittle with out the littles... or do you want vacation, but still be parents. So ya, it always works out in the end. THIS IS SO EXCITING!! Have fun!
How fun! So I am blog surfing and found you!!!! Your family is adorable!! We are pregnant with number 2 due may 2nd!!! Email me at mspiggy381@hotmail.com and I will add you to our blog so that you can see mine! Good to see you!!!
Oh, I am so happy for you! That sounds so fun!!! I don't really have advice on the nursing thing, other than what you and others have already said. Do you have a really good pump? I've never been away from my babies before they were about a year old. But, only because I didn't have a vacation like this pop up! I can relate to your fears, though, because I too had really good experiences with nursing, and didn't want it to end before I was ready. I think things will work out well for you though, whatever you decide! :)
How exciting Ashley!!!! I haven't had much time to check blogs lately, so I've been catching up. I LOVE your blessing box idea, and your post about your sister's adoption! :) Hope you had a happy valentines day!
Ashley,
You are such an amazing mom! You have won this amazing trip and all you can think about is your baby, that is so selfless! It is easy to say to just leave your baby behind, but I only, now that I have a baby understand that, that is totally easier said than done. I think that this is a great opportunity for you and Caleb and if you can bare the thought of leaving her than you should do it. I was never able to get my baby to nurse so I pumped for quite a while and I had no problem keeping my milk supply up as long as I kept up on the pumping. I'm not sure if you are in need of one or not, but I have a really good pump that you can borrow if you want. Good luck with you decision, hopefully that helped a little.
I am so excited for you Ash! You and Caleb definitely deserve this vacation! As for Emi--I think you should do what you feel will be best. As someone who's left their baby behind to go on a trip, I can tell you it's really hard and you miss them A LOT. But, on the other hand, it's really nice to have that alone time with your husband! I know that we wouldn't have been able to do near as much as we did if we'd had Jace with us. So--it's a toss up, but I know that you'll do what's best for you and your family! Good luck with your decision! Love ya lots!
Um jealous much! Thats so awesome. You should totally leave the kids. you will totally miss them, but hey like you said you have never done anything like this before. And your babies won't forget you.
Yea!!
leav her! THe next time you'd be able to take a trip alone with caleb, you'll both be old and wrinkled, Gross!! Have so much fun! (We're coming to Devin's wedding March 13, hope we get to see you!!)
We will take good care of the girls - I promise! I am glad the registration problems were resolved.
Any chance you could take someone along to babysit Emersyn while you're having fun, but then you would be with her to nurse when she needed it too? That does sound like a dream vacation (congratulations!!), so you wouldn't want to have anything hamper it, but at the same time, you already know how much you love nursing, and at least with me, my experiences nursing my Boys were so different from each other that I don't think I could offer advice. But if there would be someone who could go with you to nanny, maybe that would help?
That is SO awesome! Way to go Caleb!
About the nursing thing... that is so hard. I read your decision on your next post, and I do think it's a good one. But you just never know. I left Jackson when he was 9 months for just three days, and he would have nothing to do with me when I got home. It broke my heart.
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