Nursing gymnastics

[teatimefor2]

DS2 was melting down in the car due to teething. I knew he wanted to comfort nurse, but we were nowhere a rest stop and no shoulder area.

I nursed him with him completely strapped in his car seat. Thank god we have a minivan and I took all those years of dance.

It worked, luckily after a few minutes, as I couldn't hold that pose fit long!

Totally feel like super mom. And I'm buying a paci for our trip back (he normally doesn't like them).

Any other crazy feeding stories?

[teatimefor2]

I didn't know that... His crying was making my other one flip out.

It did work out fine, but I won't in the future.

Thanks for sharing. Although part of me wants to delete because I feel a little like a bad parent, I won't so everyone can see your link.

[anna7602]

Safety concerns aside, I'm impressed you were able to contort yourself like that.

I felt like a superhero when I nursed DS on a crowded subway train and didn't make him unlatch to exit the train. I finished nursing him on the subway platform. (He was about 1 month old at the time. I think he'd be too distracted now at 7 months for that to work).

I can't think of anywhere else I had to use real physical skill to nurse.

[degal99]

Please don't feel like a bad parent. We all do things we shouldn't whether because we feel like we don't have a choice or we just don't know any better! The important thing is to learn from our experiences!

[anna7602]

@fivedogs, am I right in reading that post that the baby mentioned at the end was NOT in a car seat while being nursed?

[justjen]

I've done the car seat thing with L...

[gibbinator]

Don't feel like a bad parent, I've done tons of things that in retrospect were terrible ideas.

I'm also impressed you made that work!

[purplecow0206]

I once nursed A while walking through a corn maze, with her in the Ergo. Our friends (who have 2 kids themselves) were duly impressed.