TOTD: Breast Feeding Your Baby While Riding in a Car (*gasp* sounds scandalous doesn't it?)

Summer is almost over, and you are making that last quick road trip before school starts.  Unfortunately your baby has figured things out.  He's learned by now that being put in their car seat never means a quick trip to the store anymore.  It means all day in the car on the way to Grandma's house.  All day in the car on the way to the beach.  All day, every day, day after day.  Now anytime you put your baby in their car-seat she is instantly angry and hysterical.  If your baby takes a bottle or is bigger and eating big people food, you may be able to pacify him with food.  But what about the breast fed baby?

If your baby is still nursing, that means pulling over every three hours, perching unceremoniously on a rest-stop bench, trying to feed a hungry baby, in the sweltering heat, while your other children run around digging cigarette butts out of community ash trays.  Wouldn't Grandma love to see that picture on a post card?

Wouldn't it be nice if you could just keep driving AND feed your baby at the same time?


NEITHER YOU NOR YOUR BABY SHOULD EVER RIDE IN A VEHICLE WITHOUT WEARING PROPER  SEAT BELTS OR CAR-SEAT RESTRAINTS.  EVER.


But.....


If your baby is in a rear facing car-seat, and you are buckled into the seat right beside them, you can easily lean forward and breast-feed your baby.  Seriously.  You can both remain safely buckled in the back seat (presumably while someone else is driving, otherwise what's the point?) and feed your baby without having to pull over and repeat the hideous rest-stop scene again and again.  On a super long drive, this can be a lifesaver!  And sometimes all your baby needs is a little bit of comfort, and they are back to sleep in no time without the risk of waking them up when you try to put them back in their seat.

Now go enjoy that last taste of summer before it's back to the daily grind of reading logs and math worksheets!  Good luck!