Throwback Thursday: First Work Trip With Baby {circa Oct 2004}

Boo's first plane trip! Oct 2004, 5 months old. PDX->NYC

I left Donald Trump’s presentation to go breastfeed my 5-month-old son. I got up while THE Donald was speaking, and walked out. I’ve never been apologetic about my life, my decisions, but reading this blog post from October 2004 makes me think that perhaps sometimes I am a little too strong in my stance. I mean, really: I could have waited a few minutes, right?

For my first Throwback Thursday, I share one of the first blog posts I ever wrote: Airplanes, Hotels and Formula…Oh My, written October 25, 2004. Our son – whom we had always called “Boo” on this blog since the very beginning – was just about to turn 5 months old. It was his first plane ride and our first time traveling with a child. I was headed to New York for a PR Directors event with Education Management Corporation, my former employer. My husband at the time (oh don’t worry, he’s still my husband; no string of baby daddy’s here!) was still producing the news for the local FOX station at that time while also working on his second Bachelor’s degree in Multimedia/Web Design. Luckily he was able to join us on the trip, which meant that our son could go too and I wouldn’t have to worry about the whole breastfeeding issue… or so I thought.

Read the whole long saga here. Do you remember your first plane trip with your first child? What age was he/she and where did you go? More importantly, HOW did it go? Please share! I just love other parents’ stories!

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