Click bait indeed! I was thinking, "how in the world?"
How about "ALWAYS wear your seat belt"?
Seriously, though, to the nursing moms out there, at least operate on a hierarchy where you first make every attempt to nurse before you get in the car. Second, if it's unavoidable, at least keep your own seat belt on.
And, when you're really in a bind, traveling highway speeds with an inconsolable infant, know that nursing a baby who's still buckled into their car seat while still wearing your own lap seat belt is possible, but also rather uncomfortable. #btdt
I skipped past this thread a few times but decided that I would stop and write something.
I have been guilty as you might say of nursing a baby in the back of the car while my husband was driving to Mass.
I always try to nurse the babies when they are small before we go (I will wake up anywhere from 2 hours or so before we leave to have time to get everyone ready and out the door) but with Mass over an hour away and sometimes running late we aren't always able to stop again.
Usually by the time the baby is 3-6 months this is not an issue because they can have longer gaps between nursing times but when a baby is in those first few months, they nurse almost constantly. If we stopped every time a newborn needed to nurse we probably would never make it to Mass.
There have also been times that we have had a major blowout or throw up incident half way into the drive and I had to quickly take a baby out of his chair, clean him up and put him back into his carseat.
So, while I definitely recommend always keeping babies in their carseats as much as possible, there are definitely some situations where there is hardly much of a choice. Perhaps a good habit would be to pray to one's guardian angels to watch guard whenever such is necessary.
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