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My First Trip Away From Baby.

Last week, I had to leave for business trip for 4 days. My son is just 18 months old, a fussy eater and still breastfeed the thought of leaving him behind was giving me nightmare.

My husband was very supportive, that I should go and he will manage. This whole experience was a good learning for me and also for my husband as he could spend some quality time with my son.

I am glad that I did take this trip and everything just worked fine, I was worrying too much.

Here are my top seven tips, that worked for me.

1) Don't let anyone make you feel guilty

As soon I told my in-laws, they started "He is so small, how will he stay without you”, and "you cancel it, he will not eat properly” blah blah. Nothing that sort of happened, he was just fine, ate well and was happy.

Just ignore, don't take guilt along with you. Just go and enjoy this little time away and trust me when you will be back there will be lots of cuddles and kisses from your baby.
(Advantage – Even your hubby will miss you, good to ignite the flame of love again)

2) Prepare ahead

I had restocked all baby's toiletries like diaper, wipes, rash cream and everything, so no one had to call me for basic stuff.
Labelled his basic medicine and wrote dosage on it like for fever, cold, cough and allergies.
I explained everything to his granny like his feeding and nap times, also made a list of his favorite food and snacks so it can be handy.

3) Breastfeeding

This was the thing, I was worried most because my baby hate formula milk, and he is fussy eater so he needs his daily dose of milk. Milk storage was the only option and I never tried it before.

Two days prior leaving, I started to pump and stored that milk in refrigerator and instructed my maid, on how to thaw, heat and feed the baby. (Google helped a lot) . Also, I carried manual pump with me, I pumped thrice a day to avoid breast engorgement.

4) Don't be paranoid about the baby

I remember, calling my mother in law every hour to check how the baby is doing. I was worried, if he ate well, slept properly and that kept my me worried all day, so try to be calm.
No one can take care of your baby the way you do, so just let it go and trust on your family.

5) Avoid Video calls

I did one and as soon my son saw me, he was cranky that whole day. So, I just asked my husband to take video and sent me instead of a video call. This way, I could just see him whenever I want and not seeing me means not missing me.

6) Enjoy your little break

While away, after work I tried to pamper myself. I went to spa, ordered my favorite food ate in peace, watch some Netflix and most important slept like a baby. I had a good hot bath, took lots of sheet mask, hair mask as my body was in need of some TLC.

Don’t be in guilt trip and worry so much, just enjoy this break. Do what you love because once back you need to wear that mommy hat again. When I came back home, I was refreshed and ready to take on the world.

7) Nothing is going to change

After the trip, as soon I reached home my baby came running towards me, he nursed like before, kissed me. I was back with changing diaper, feeding and playing with my baby. Thank god, that I took this trip and it worked well.

Do share your tips and tricks, if you ever travelled without your baby.
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