Why is the drive home so terrible and nerve racking?!?!

gajumper

I have been back to work a month now and LO is in a daycare on the medical campus I work at. 

We have about a 45 minute drive each way in a rural area...not too many places to pull over and even less SAFE places to pull over.

For the first few weeks everything went great...now it seems like the wheels have fallen off and I am about to loose my mind!

I get off work at 5 and am at the daycare by 5:10 most days to get him...he eats between 4 and 4:30 according to his daily sheet but each day the past 2 weeks no sooner have I left the parking lot and gotten to the edge of town does he start whining...if I dont stop then its another 15 or so miles before I have a safe place to do so...

Bottom line is he is hungry...when I pull over he will eat a whole 4oz...he is then silent the rest of the ride.  If I miss this window of time and he starts once we have actually left town its a nightmare ride...I cant pull over safetly and he gets progressively more upset each second.

On the days he doesnt actually start whining as we leave, I get about 15 minutes from home and he starts whimpering...I can usually get home before the majoy tears start and get inside and get him fed...

I honestly dont know what to do...They have tried feeding him right at 5 and he wont take anything more than a sip, yet 15 minutes later he is starving.  It seems like we have tried to adjust his schedule throughout the day so that he has a full tummy when its time to go home and we have had no lunch.

Now, each day I dread the ride home...its stressful, I'm usually in tears before I pull in the drive...I really dont know what to do.

Any input?

livinirie84

Maybe he just wants you to feed him. Push his last feeding back a bit and save the 5 oclock one for when you get there and you can give it to him. Good luck. 

rxlaurasean

I was gonna suggest the same thing as pp. can you feed him before you hit the road?

gajumper

Ive tried that several days, including yesterday and Wednesday and he didnt want it...just played with the bottle or refused to take it all together. 

At this point I am thinking I need to walk down an dget him at 5 and bring him back to my office...wait wuntil 5:15 or 5:30 and try and feed him...or of course that leaves me here at work an extra hour or so but maybe then I wont have to deal with finding a place to pull over and sitting in the truck feeding him...I dont know.

This was never a problem until last week...I would think that if he eats a full bottle at 4 or 4:30 he should be able to at least make it home before he is starving again, but apparently not.

EveryNameIWantIsTaken

Have you tried making his last bottle bigger?