Update: I've decided to take my daughter with us for two of the three trips and I will be staying home with her for the international trip. I've decided it's too hard on my parents with a newborn + three kids and I can't justify flying our nanny out with us. My husband is going to ask around for babysitter/nanny suggestions during both awards ceremonies so I can have time to get ready and enjoy a night out to myself :)PP here: This is a new account as I've never used reddit before but my gf told me about this sub :)My husband works in the film industry in a tech/special effects capacity. Our daughter (kid #4) was also born on December 10th. A couple of weeks after she was born, my husband was nominated for a industry guild type of award that has their ceremony in LA (we live on the East Coast.) He wants me to come to the awards ceremony with him and stay in a hotel in LA for 4 nights. He wants to go to meetings on Thurs/Fri and the ceremony Sat. night.Our daughter will be 7-8 weeks old by this time. We have three other older children that will have no problem staying with my parents. We also have a live-out nanny during the school week but she's not really in charge of the newborn.Should I bring my daughter with and find some type of nanny at the hotel during the ceremony? I've begun weaning her (I've started this now...trip is next week) with the intent of leaving her at home with my parents (who are happy to take her.) The (first world) problem has been exacerbated as he has been nominated for an Oscar (!!!) when I will be 11weeks PP.My husband is on cloud nine with this crazy career achievement and wants to make all these trips to LA to network and wants me with him....he's been in this business 20 years and I've been struggling 20 years with him....but I just think it's crazy to bring a newborn to Los Angeles (and another trip to London) for three 3-4 day trips and...what? stay in the hotel room with her and nurse her? Carry her around the city while she cries?I really have no idea who to reach out to about this. We've never been to anything like this and I don't have "LA" friends that have been through this. Any normal person in my CT suburb would look at me like I was a monster devouring her children if I mentioned leaving my newborn.Not to mention I have to find some type of dress that distracts from my leaky breasts :( via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2jHBzVZ
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