{"id":789,"date":"2015-10-08T04:05:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T04:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com--precise\/?p=789"},"modified":"2019-01-08T16:21:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T16:21:39","slug":"tips-on-how-to-survive-a-road-trip-with-a-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sometimesraw.com\/?p=789","title":{"rendered":"Tips on how to survive a road trip with a toddler."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI was surprised, as always, be how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.\u201d \u00a0\u2015 Jack Kerouac, On the Road<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The writer in me I guess chose a quote by Jack Kerouac\u2019s great novel \u201cOn the Road\u201d to start this post. If you have never read it I highly recommend that you do. Let\u2019s get to the bottom of this road trip story I want to share. A couple of days ago my son (almost two years old) and I needed to drive to a garage to get our car checked out. It turned out that this specific garage was approximately 64 miles away. One way no less \u2013 so it is a mini road trip. My family totally is into long road trips driving all the way up to Canada but these tips I will share work well for any road trip \u2013 even smaller ones. My son loves being in the car and does not mind long road trips; however, he can get pretty annoying at points when he is bored, hungry, wet or all of the above. I want to share a couple of tricks and tips how I survive a road trip with my son and make it as comfortable as possible for everybody in the car.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For us, timing is important.<\/strong><\/em> My son loves loves loves to sleep. He sleep currently from 8:30pm until 10:00am without waking up and crying once. (Lucky me for the time being, right?!) So I try not to schedule anything for before 10:00am obviously. The key is to make your child as comfortable as possible \u2013 meaning if you can avoid it, let them sleep and schedule the appointments in the afternoon for example. This way they are not fuzzy and getting up on the wrong side of the bed. Then again, if your baby sleeps well in the car simply plan your time with their regular nap time or sleeping cycle. For the road trip to the garage I left two hours earlier simply because of all the traffic, stops, diaper changes etc. You never know. Plan accordingly and keep in mind that you need to stop and make a break. I can drive easily four hours straight without stopping whenever I am alone. My son needs to walk a bit and stretch his legs after driving for 2 hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I always change my son\u2019s diaper before we leave<\/strong><\/em>. On this note, make sure to bring enough diapers and wipes!!!!\u00a0Nothing worse than to run out of wipes!!! \u00a0I don\u2019t need a changing table for him while on the road. I simply change him on the backseat which works fine for us. If you do need a changing table, make sure you plan ahead and see where the rest areas are with somewhat clean bathroom and available changing\u00a0tables. Also bring a set of extra clothing<\/strong><\/em> for the baby. Bring some garbage bags or ziploc bags<\/em><\/strong> for diapers, dirty clothing etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Make sure you bring enough snacks.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0My son is into apple juice for quite some time now so I bought these from Trader Joe\u2019s:<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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They come with a little straw and he loves them. So I always bring a couple of those and keep them in the car just if you are stuck somewhere longer than expected. You should also have at least two bottles of water in the car at all times and some snacks for yourself (Road Safety 101 my husband would say!)\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>As far as snacks, I usually bring sliced apples and some crackers\/pretzels in a ziploc for him to nibble on. When he gets really hungry I have to stop obviously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I always make sure I take some toys. He has toys that he loves and one stuffed little fox that he takes wherever we go (My sisters\u2019s son Pauli has a stuffed clown called \u201cSiffi\u201d that needed to come along at all times as well!) I never thought I would ever do this but we bought an <\/span>iPad headrest mount<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0My son loves to watch <\/span>Peppa Pig<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and <\/span>Maisy Mouse<\/a>, <\/strong>and lately\u00a0anything Disney Channel,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>so I downloaded some of the episodes and I put it on for him whenever he does not know what else to do anymore. Usually he is fine just looking outside the window. (yeah, my son is pretty awesome!)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is all we take on a small road trip and so far we had no problems. Is there anything else you would take? Feel free to share in the comment box below. I would love to know how you handle road trips with your toddler(s).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Safe and sane travels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI was surprised, as always, be how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.\u201d \u00a0\u2015 Jack Kerouac, On the Road The writer in me I guess chose a quote by Jack Kerouac\u2019s great novel \u201cOn the Road\u201d to start this post. If you have … <\/p>\n

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