Traveling and first time pumping question

[Jewels06]

My DH and I are going on a 4 hour road trip with our DS tmw and I am going to pump for the first time for the trip - And I'm wondering how do you heat up a bottle on the road to get it to the right temperature? For that matter how do you ever prepare a bottle when you're out? TIA!

[jumpmama]

I think you can buy a bottle warmer that plugs into your car or buy a car converter so you can plug a normal one in. Sounds like a lot of work?! I am assuming you want to feed him while driving instead of stopping?

[Diyan]

Expressed milk will be fine at room temperature for four hours and shouldn't need to be refrigerated or heated. Does your little one know how to take a bottle?

The simplest solution is to pull over and nurse when you need to - that's what we always did on road trips.

[Sandstress]

We used to ask for a small coffee cup with boiling/hot water from some fast food places and put the bottle in that for a couple minutes. It would heat up fine. We always took prefilled/prenippled bottles with a cap so it was minimal work and minimal spillage risk. But at that time I was exclusively pumping, so it was not very different from out routine, just happened in the car instead of at home or daycare. If I may ask, how do you think pumping/bottlefeeding will make your car trip easier?

[PatioGardener]

Originally Posted by Diyan

The simplest solution is to pull over and nurse when you need to - that's what we always did on road trips.

It goes a long way to calm a bored/sad/frustrated by the car seat baby too! (And to be honest, it helps me to center/calm after a spell of driving too!)