8/10/2023 0 Comments 10 hour drive preminder![]() We stopped every 3 hours for 15-30 minutes for a "car-seat-free-time." If she was sleepy, I'd just hold her and let her sleep on me. She did wake up when we put her in the car seat, but fell asleep about 1/2 an hour later. We had put her to bed at 11 PM, so she had roughly 4 hours of sleep. Relatives helped as much as they can, but you have to understand her waryness of new people and a new place. She was shy about the new place / scared of the new people and only wanted her mommy and daddy. It was too late in the night to go to parks or just let her stroll around.Īfter we arrived at our destination, at about 8 AM, it wasn't easy to just hand over our daughter to our relatives and go to sleep. She was too tired to play or eat, as it was her sleepy time. Sleeping in the car seat for that long is fairly uncomfortable. Our daughter also didn't have a very comfortable sleep - the rest stops wake her up, or well, she would at least cry in her sleep. Food and fluids were just not keeping us awake (although neither of us are coffee or tea drinkers, so YMMV). Plus 1 AM - 4 AM is pretty dark and quiet on the roads. We found that it was just not possible for us to prepare by pre-napping or sleeping during the day to prepare for the night trip. We started taking a 30 minute break every hour - but it was really restless nap because we wanted to make it to our destination before she was awake/cranky. Both of us had a lot of trouble keeping our eyes open. However, between 1 AM - 4 AM, we started getting really tired. We started at about 8 PM, and she fell asleep around 9 PM. It may work for others, but it did NOT work for us. To go to Boston, we took everyone's suggestions and drove through the night. It was myself, my husband, and our 1 year old. We just (yesterday!) came back from a 10 hour drive from Ontario, canada to MA, USA. handy a new, comfortable toddler car seat (our timing was perfect as he had just about outgrown the infant car seat by then) snack cups and sippy cups that we could hand him and let him self-feed from without supervision/assistance the children's station on satellite radio frequent rest-stops for diaper changes, meals, or just to stop and play a changing pad and enough free space in the back seat that we could change a diaper in the car (while parked!) and being able to reach back and pick up the toys when he dropped them. Other key tactics included making sure to have a bag with snacks, drinks, toys, etc. We did not try driving through the night, as that would have prevented us from being able to be awake for interactions with our family the first and last days of the actual vacation. The trip was made much easier by providing two new largish toys featuring a variety of interactive activities (one was a cube containing a number of moving parts: beads, spinners, etc., and the other was a tray designed to fit over the lap with a number of musical buttons, levers, doors, etc.).Ĭoming back we stopped in Ohio, and got a hotel room for the night, after driving until I started to get tired. In retrospect, we could have done this better, as we stayed with friends in Pittsburgh, leaving us 8 hours to do the second leg of the outbound trip, but it was far preferable to traveling straight through. ![]() I'm looking for other suggestions for keeping him comfortable, happy, and entertained while we make our way across the country.ĮDIT: The trip went very well. I know in-vehicle DVD players are very popular, but we want to avoid television until he's older (he'll be about 14 months at the time of the trip), and even then we don't want to rely on it to distract him. How can I keep the trip pleasant for both my wife and I, and our son? It is roughly a 10-11 hour drive if we go straight through (I'm planning on making fairly frequent stops, however, as I think it would be unfair to expect our son to sit still the entire time, so I expect that the actual trip will take significantly longer). If you are not sure if something breaks the rules report it for the moderation team to review.We're planning to drive to visit my family later this year. If you see something on the sub that violates the rules please use the report button. Report rule breaking content when you see it No Self Promotion, Requests for Cash, Affiliate Links.More than Midriff Rule / Mark Posts NSFW When Appropriate.New to Intermittent Fasting? Check out our Wiki! Questions about IF? Please read the FAQ SUBREDDIT RULESĭetailed rule descriptions can be found here. ![]() This is a place to share success, support each other, ask questions, and learn. People engage in IF to reap the many benefits to health, fitness, mental clarity, or because it feels good. Intermittent Fasting(IF) is way of eating that restricts when you eat, usually on a daily or weekly schedule.
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