Warm season - a great time to travel. If your family have a baby who eats far exclusively mother's milk - that is no reason to abandon the long journeys by car. For a comfortable breastfeeding in the car, it is sufficient to follow a few simple guidelines.
Take care of the diet - one of the highlights organization of traveling with a child. If the toddler is breastfed, then things become even easier, because my mother did not have to bother with a mixture of water and the right temperature.
epithem. Finding a baby in a properly installed car seat or avtolyulki- a prerequisite for a safe trip. Before you organize feeding process, it is better to stop at a gas station, parking lot, or simply at the roadside, at a safe distance from the road.
Pillow. For the convenience of nursing bring a pillow. So it will be more comfortable and at times you and your child. Pillow while feeding sheet under the elbow of his hand, or behind his back.
Lactation pads.Most breastfeeding mothers know - you feed one breast milk and stands out from the second. The road is very convenient to use the lactation pads that will not allow dirty clothes. If you suddenly happen "surge" of milk at a time when the baby will sleep, or not be able to stop - they will also save you. You can buy them in any pharmacy, or else make the most of.
A thermos of tea. In order to maintain the required amount of milk, nursing mother should drink plenty of warm fluids. For this fit any regular tea with honey or milk, or a special collection of herbs for lactation. You choose, most importantly, make your favorite drink in a thermos is still ahead.
Breast pump. If absolutely no way to stop (for example, in a traffic jam) and feed the baby - do not risk to get him out of avtolyulki to feed on hand in the way. It is better to use a mechanical breast pump: Decant required amount of milk, and let the child eat from a bottle. Important: take care in advance about the sterility of breast pump and bottle.
Earlier, we wrote about how to ward off sleep, if you really want to sleep at the wheel.
