Business trip will bring breastfeeding to an end?

[FutureHKmom]

lisa88 - I wouldn't feel bad about giving your baby one or two meals of formula. I too was in the beginning very against giving any formula at all, but because by the time my baby was 6 weeks old, my husband and I was so tired at nights my husband and I started giving our baby a bottle of formula at his last feed at night. He's been doing very well with the formula and starting at 6 weeks, he sleeps 6-8 hours a night. So really I was worried about the formula for nothing. Plus, as you said now, you have a good reason to start formula, so no need to feel bad. The majority of your feeds, as mine are too, will still be breast milk!

 

[firsttimemom]

hi buckeroo,

i'm interested too where to get the seaweed here in hk. pls post if you find it out, thanks.

 

[kinghk]

KOREAN SEAWEEDS

I bought it at Taste, korean section.

 

[firsttimemom]

KOREAN SEAWEEDS

I bought it at Taste, korean section.

When and which branch of taste? thanks.

 

[lisa88]

Hi Carang, thanks for the suggestion but I am not too keen to take baby on a plane these days. Seems like the prime place to pick up the swine flu is on board a plane! In other times, I might consider but it is still a long trip to New York.

 

[carang]

if that's the case, then continue to pump while you are gone. dump the milk. have your helper use the stored breastmilk on ration (maybe one feed per day) to make it last longer and then use formula for the rest.

it wont' kill your baby to have formula and the baby is still getting some breastmilk every day (hopefully). you will be pumping, so your supply shouldn't dwindle too much. when you return, breast feed as much as you possibly can to get supply back up and running.

good luck!

 

[cutebear]

in citysupper too.

 

[LeahH]

You could see if your hotel has a freezer they could put in your room? A good hotel, if given enough notice, would likely sort something out for you.

That way, you'd only have to dump the milk you pump during the day when in your long meetings - the milk you pump in the morning and night, you could freeze. Then transport it home packed in ice on the plane - or use coolants as someone else suggested.

The air stewards were happy to refill ice bags for me in the air and you could have someone waiting at the airport for you with a freezer bag. I seem to remember looking into dry ice but it was too difficult.