Can you nurse him before you leave? At that age, my lo was on 3 feeds a day. What are your feelings on night feeds? I cosleep with my baby and he has just stopped night nursing at 13 months. At times he would reverse cycle feeds and have nothing all day and nurse all night even though I was a SAHM. I know it's not very BW, but the nursing relationship was the most important thing for our family, everything else being secondary. I am sure Samuel's mom should have great ideas!