
Originally Posted by
mcphee
Road tripping 950 miles one way with a 10 month old. Am I going to die?
nah, we did 750 miles without issue.
Some pointers:
- You said you had a DVD system, use it as much as the kiddo will pay attention to; throw out all "screen time" rules that you might normally have. The goal is to keep baby occupied by any means necessary.
- Have a bag of new cheap toys/books, so you can pull out something new and shiny as baby gets bored, over and over.
- Plan on regular stops, maybe every 2 hours, and plan on making stops when you have to, even if the last stop was 30 minutes ago. You're simply not going to be able to "power through".
- Get up and get on the road crazy early (compared to baby's normal wake up time) and put baby in her car seat in her jammies. With any luck, baby will sleep for the first few hours while you churn out some miles.
Vaya con dios!
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