Travelling away from babies?

I would like some advice based on your experience.


I have 2 babies, 22 months and 4 months old. I am still breastfeeding the youngest one. She gets the odd bottle of formula.


I feel like I really really need a holiday/break, because I have been from pregnancy to newborn to pregnancy to newborn.... and I need a rest, if I want to keep up my enthusiasm...for myself but also for them.


I am thinking of taking a few days off in Phuket by myself, but have a couple of worries:


1- I know my 22 month old (who has never NOT seen me for one full day) should cope ok with the helper.

But what about my 4 month old? Is it too early? Is it early enough not to matter that much as long as she gets the attention from our helper?


2- How would I deal with the breastfeeding thing? As I am not intenting to stop just yet, I guess I would have to pump... and throw it away or give it to a hospital?...


Any thought? Any suggestion?

Oooh I hear you - me time is all too prescious!


Due to work I had to be away from my son when he was 4 months old for 4 days and I was still breastfeeding. I built a supply up of breast milk in the freezer by pumping and getting him to take a bottle with formula / mix of breast and formula. I gradually increased over a week before the number of bottles he had so that he got used to having more bottles / change in milk taste gradually. When I was away from him I just pumped and dumped the milk, it was no problem at all. I was sooooo looking forward to a full nights sleep, despite pumping last thing at night I would still be woken up with rock hard boobs in the middle of the night!


The baby was fine, didn't create or fuss whilst I was away, when I came back he was full of smiles and a bit more difficult as he was a bit clingy for a while, plus it took about another week to re establish breast feeding properly, but we both soon got the hang of it.


Bottom line she will survive, you will come back saner, go for it