Which is the lesser of two evils?

juliane2004 · January 2010

When do you take LO out?

1. When they have just eaten, and it's their "awake" time - risking missing/being late for their nap and them being overtired by the time you get home.

or

2. After they have eaten and been awake, and just at the beginning of their nap - hoping they'll fall asleep (and stay asleep) in the car ride?

AMYfromKY · January 2010

1. right now because we are using a convertible car seat

Once we get our replacement base for our infant car seat I will use that for short outings (still using the convertible for trips) and will probably stick to waiting until he's tired because he can sleep in it.

H4'sFan · January 2010

#1

She does not nap well anywhere but at home, even in the car. She is always in a great mood after a nap and a feeding. That is when we take off to do our errands.

tsoyster · January 2010

So they'll sleep in the car.

Temp534591562502098 · January 2010

after food but she doesn't need a lot of naps every day. Then she'll have "catch up" days where she sleeps more.

butterfly1979 · January 2010

We always go with option #2

mernamom · January 2010

#2 Because my son is a horrible napper but if I can get him to fall asleep in the car seat he usually stays asleep for a while and actually gets in a good nap. I have even gotten so desperate for him to sleep that I come up with something I need so I can go somewhere!