Comments on: Airline travel tips for nursing moms:

By: Moms of Four! or More

Moms of Four! or More — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:56:48 +0000

If you are a nursing mom but have to fly without baby- you will need somewhere private to pump – Every airport has a separate handicap one-room bathroom next to the regular bathrooms with an outlet plug and a deadbolt on the door! After all, if you are trapped in an airport, you have eventually GOT to pump or you wil get very uncomfortable and anxious. When I travelled for work, this was always helpful to be able to slip into this virtually private bathroom. The Gold rooms, even if you have a membership, are not set up with private rooms to pull out your breast pumps.

By: Felicia Eis

Felicia Eis — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:00:08 +0000

I also have the tip that if you have to pump (I had trouble breastfeeding so I was exclusively pumping) To see if you can find a mother’s lounge in the airport and to make sure that you pump before you board the plane. Though pumping can be done on the plane, I did it once, there is not much room to do so.

Also about the sling idea. It was really great idea until I had the same experience as Pamela above. I was wearing my daughter in a moby wrap and those are a lot harder to get your child out of then just a pocket sling so make sure that you can get you child in and out easily because you may have to, though I took four flights and only had to do it once.

By: Olivia Jean

Olivia Jean — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:51:37 +0000

Thanks for the tips

Can’t wait to see the how the blog develops….I will pass it on to other nursing mommas!

By: Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:25:48 +0000

Great tips! I have traveled quite a bit with my kids. I find a sling or wrap is wonderful for boarding and deplaning and also during the flight. I’ve had flight attendants ask me to take them out for take off and landing but I’ve also been able to keep them in for both, so you never know. And I personally like the aisle seat when traveling with a baby of any age since then I don’t have to bother anyone to get up if I need to change a diaper, go to the bathroom or just rock the baby.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:50:01 +0000

We traveled on an airplane with our 4 week old to visit her grandparents in Florida and it went wonderfully well. She nursed during take off and landing and slept for the whole flight. She was also sleeping most of the time we carried her around the airport with our sling. Nursing makes traveling easy, especially with a nursing top.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:53:04 +0000

One word of caution about using a sling for airline travel. I recently did while traveling alone with a baby and a five year old. In the airport it was great, but on take off and landing the stewardess insisted that I take my sleeping baby OUT of the sling. It was awful. I complained and she actually took out some sort of regulations handbook to prove to me she was not just trying to make my life difficult. But, clearly, that was exactly what she was doing.

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:44:27 +0000

I’ve flown three times with my daughter so far and she’s only 9 months old. I make sure to wear a nursing shirt, I bring an empty water bottle and then ask one of the restaurants inside the gate area to fill it with water (which is free, instead of buying a water bottle in the airport), and I buy a seat for the baby as well so she can ride safely and comfortably in her carseat. Having a seat for her also provides more room and privacy for nursing on the plane.

By: Angie

Angie — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:20:56 +0000

nursing and flying are great…much better than nursing and riding in a car! We always allow extra time for those long drives…i think we’ll be camping along the way a lot this summer.

By: Shira

Shira — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:17:23 +0000

Sometimes traveling with a baby, you can get a bulkhead seat, at the front of a section where there’s no-one sitting in front of you, if you ask and there isn’t someone who needs it more. There’s more leg room, and there’s no-one to bother either by putting a foot up to get into a good nursing position or by your baby kicking, banging etc. on the seat in front of you. Of course, you have to stow everything you bring overhead except a few small things that fit in a pocket, so its kind of a trade off.

By: jenn

jenn — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:29:51 +0000

Nice to hear all the positive comments are nursing and flying. We’re taking our newborn on the plan next month I think she’ll do great.