I’m currently nursing my four year old and my 21 month old. In about two months I have a weekend trip coming up in a few months without the kids. It’s a commitment I can’t put off. I’d nurse the baby Friday afternoon and Sunday afternoon. My 4 year old only nurses to sleep. My mom told me she thought my milk would dry up. I’m not ready to stop nursing and my baby definitely isn’t. I have an older child who I also nursed for an extended period but was never away overnight except for a hospital stay during which I pumped. I don’t pump any longer and I’m not even certain I would respond well to a pump this far out.
Does it seem likely I wouldn’t be able to nurse after about 40 hours without? I do not anticipate my baby wanting to stop even after that break. It’s a drive, but technically close enough that my husband could bring the baby by to see me once on Saturday to nurse him if I needed to. It would be very inconvenient though.
I hadn’t considered this at all so I’m spiralling a bit. I thought I might be a bit sore come Sunday, is all.