Road trip

christyp42

Traveling 7 hours with a two month old. Any thoughts on how to keep her entertained ?

carrotcake06

Does she sleep in the car? Mine will sleep until its time to eat, then well stop and BF them and then they'll sleep again once we get back on the road. There isn't much to entertain them with at this point.

JCWhitey

mainerocks said:

Does a 2 month old need entertaining?  I think mine was satisfied with looking out the window at that age. One of us rode in the back for long trips at that point, but now with 2 kids and no spare room in the back, LO will be on his own.

This.  Haven't done a road trip at two months (obviously) but this past weekend we did a 4 hour trip and we just put him in the carseat and drove.  When he got fussy we'd either pull over and feed him or, if he'd just eaten, put a pacifier in his mouth and turn on the white noise machine.

afrochick09

She's 2 months old, how much entertainment do you assume she'll need? Our LO is plenty entertained just by things flying by the window, or ends up sleeping. 

christyp42

Just wanted to see because as the FTM never traveled with an infant not really sure what she may have needed

Stacey099

You should be fine with no entertainment. She'll just look out the window and sleep as PP. Good Luck!

Ashfann93

I went on a six hour trip with mine. I made the mistake of traveling after his two month appointment (shots) - don't do that! But the ride back was fine. Stopped twice for a change and a feed, and he slept the rest of the time.

XoXBabydollXoX

My son still sleeps through most of the car ride (we've been taking 4 hour trips once a weeks since we were released from the hospital and are fixing to make a 7hour trip ourselves) but when he is awake foot/wrist rattles help....any bright colorful patters you could fix to the back of the seat or a mirror...and anything musical

amaburch

We are doing the same this weekend, thankfully only 4 hours. I'm going to pack some pumped milk and try and feed him en route if he gets real fussy between feedings (likes to cluster feed/fussy in the evenings and that's when he'll be on the road). We had a little mirror he likes to look at himself as some hand rattles...thankfully he just discovered his hand this week so he'll hopefully suck on his hand too.

maryoosa

We're doing this this weekend too. Eeek.

CarleyGraceGeorge

We Travel four hours every weekend with our three month baby and she loves looking out side when we go down the road..

christyp42

We left super early in the morning while it was still dark and she slept most of the way. Such a good baby. Stopped twice to feed and change diapers but that was it