Breastfeeding or bottle feeding ?
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Honestly if your cousin cannot adapt to what you need to do during the newborn stage they have zero respect for you. Because you're close they'll know how young your little ones going to be and how demanding that stage is as this is not your first. It doesn't mean you cant do fun things but they should really adapt to what works for you because you have a new born. I did a bit of everything when mime was new born due to them not latching. I was quiet lucky mine would latch to a nipple shield and to a bottle quiet happily. Not every baby will switch between bottle and breast. If you do give formula do pump or it will affect your supply
Your cousin should understand that you won't be able to do as much and you could always do those things at a later time, however if you did want to I'd say experiment with a bottle to see if LO will take to it. If so you could always build up a stash for when you do go and you could always take a portable pump with you and pump while out so your supply isn't at risk
A lot of jumping to conclusions with these comments. Do what you feel is best for you! I won’t be breastfeeding, I’m autistic and any kind of nipple stimulation is unbearable for me, I also want to be able to do things like you’re mentioning here in your post and I wouldn’t be able to do that if I breastfed. That’s my own personal choice obviously. If you feel you want to spend time with your cousin in the way you’ve mentioned then again that’s completely up to you and your choice. I think you’re looking for a bit of support in not feeling guilty here and I personally don’t think you should feel guilty at all!! Someone mentioning your cousin has zero respect for you in these comments is really uncalled for and I don’t know how they’ve gathered this from your post. It seems you just want to give her the same experiences she gives you, but just remember if you are as close as you say she’ll be more than understanding and supportive of any decision you make xx
@Robyn yeah my cousin is 100% supportive and she actually told me all the things she had planned and how she plans to do it alone as she knows I’m still recovering and have a newborn. She don’t expect me to do anything with her it’s more that I want to be there with her and make sure I give her the same experience she has given me as u said as it’s not easy for her to come here so we don’t know if she’ll be able to come back again. I will try to express and see if she will take a bottle but if not I will try to make sure I’m planning things we can do with the baby too so that she’s not doing everything alone.
Thank you everyone for your advice ❤️
Your baby is more important than some trips. You can go whenever your cousin is next comes back, you won’t be able to get this time back with your baby x