Friday, October 30, 2009
Road trip advice
Wednesday is the big day! We embark on a 750 mile roadtrip with the little petunia. Oh gosh! Anyone have advice how to keep our almost 11 month old happy in the car for that long? I am not open to turning her carseat around- she is rear facing as long as the seat will hold her. My thoughts so far are to sit back with her and sing songs, read books and try to play. Also, planning on scoping out fast food restaurants with play areas (the viral cesspools that they are...). Also- we are splitting it into 2 days and staying at a hotel with a pool to wear her out a bit. What other advice can you offer?? Please comment and give me tips (besides chugging a bottle of wine on the trip.... i dont think that is legal...) I am a bit nervous about how this will go!
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3 comments:
Ella did great on the last trip to Vegas. She does better with no one in the backseat. I think when someone is back there she doesn't understand why they can't pick her up and thinks screaming will make it happen!
I keep a bag full of toys with me up front and hand them to her and we go and a bottle for her as well.
We timed the last trip with her sleep and it worked like a charm. We left about bedtime and she slept the entire trip to our hotel (4-5 hours). Then we swam in the morning, let her take her first nap (just a short one) and went to lunch and then her naptime was perfect for the rest of our trip. We did the trip home in one day with a lunch stop and she was so exhausted from the trip that she slept almost the whole way.
My favorite "toy" is her "who loves me" book with pictures of her family. She can look at it or chew it and it keeps her entertained.
You will do great and I bet the trip home she'll be tired!
We "always" travel when it was bedtime. The two days to get there sounds like a good plan. We hope you have fun.
Do you have a portable dvd player with any of her favorite shows? This can be a real lifesaver for years to come!!!
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