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Your breastfeeding mother is taking a long road trip with her husband and infant. Both the husband and the mother will drive. You should advise the mother to do what when the baby is hungry, and she is the driver?

  1. Advise her to hold the baby in one hand while using the other hand for the steering wheel.
  2. Advise her to hold the baby in an upright position against the chest while driving
  3. Advise her to lay the baby on her lap while leaning forward to breastfeed the baby
  4. Advise her to stop the car and get into the backseat for comfortable and safe feeding
  5. None of the above
Explanation
Answer: D - If the mother is the driver during a roadtrip, the mother should stop the car and get into the backseat for comfortable and safe feeding. It is never safe, or legal, to remove the infant from the car seat while the vehicle is in motion.
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