I left my 6 month old overnight to go see Taylor Swift. Long story short about how I actually got a ticket is my friend was going and I mentioned I wanted to go and she said oh I have an extra ticket, come with us. I said ohh I don't know I will have a 6 month old baby, let me talk to my husband, I might be able to come. She said no worries, it's yours if you want it.

 

I exclusively breastfed my first, never pumped and didn't leave him until I could go a full night without breastfeeding him so I was so nervous to leave my second. I told my husband about the concert and he right away said go! We'll be fine, I still have vacation days so I can be home with the boys. I was still a bit uneasy and then I told my mom and she's like omg you have to go. And then I told Josh's mom and she said go, I will come over and help, you have to go.

 

So it's one thing for my friends who don't have kids to just be like just leave your baby and come to a concert with us but I feel like if our moms who have been through it all say go, he'll be fine then I guess he will be fine.

 

I wanted to wait until the baby was actually born and healthy to commit so once he was born I bought my plane ticket. My friend made all the plans so that's all I had to do.

 

We would be gone for literally 24 hrs. Fly in the day of the concert and fly home the next day. I was so excited to just be responsible for only myself and barely need to make any decisions for 24 hours almost more than the concert.

 

I never pumped so this was a new experience for me. I pumped once we got to our accommodations, than once we got home from the concert, than once when I woke up. I probably could have pumped more than 3 times, I would have fed my baby more than 3 times but I really only had 3 chances unless I wanted to bring it with me. 3 times was fine though, I didn't get engorged.

 

I missed my baby for sure and it took a lot for me to leave him. But the most amazing thing happened, I came home and I was energized. I enjoyed playing with them and was cleaning and doing laundry even though I didn't get that much sleep (although I'm used to it).

 

I had been in such a deficit for me time that getting a few hours here and there wouldn't do much or wouldn't last me as long. Apparently I needed a good 24 hour break from my entire life. I didn't cook, clean, plan and I barely even made a decision while I was gone, it's like I hit the reset button. I also made sure to rest while I was gone, before the show started my friends all got up to go look around and trade bracelets and I decided to just sit and enjoy being by myself. I used to never want to be by myself in that situation and now I will gladly sit at a concert by myself or eat at a restaurant by myself because I really don't get to be alone often. So apparently I just need to take a good break every once in awhile to fully reset myself. This took a lot of pre planning to be able to take this break so I don't think I'll have one like that for awhile but it's good to know I need bigger breaks and just an hour here and there of me time doesn't quite cut it. I hear this saying about your marriage, the 2-2-2 rule. A date out of the house every 2 weeks, a weekend getaway every 2 months and a big getaway every 2 years, maybe I should be following something similar for just myself.

 

As for the baby, apparently he did great, he just woke up in the middle of the night starving and ate 5 small bottles in 2 hours. I don't think they were giving him enough milk but to be fair, he has only eaten  from the breast the last couple of months so how would we know how much to give him.