I think we are reaching here.....

tinkerbell09

We planned a trip to Florida and had planned to leave this Sunday.
My Dad works for Air Canada and we fly extremely cheap but we have to fly stand by. Well we got hit hard with snow this week here in Ontario (again) and a pile of flights got cancelled and pushed back. Which means we have no chance of getting seats on a flight for when we need to leave.

So DH has come up with the idea for us to drive! It is a 22 hour drive for us.
Now normally I would be all over this. I love road trips and I love the drive to Florida. But with a 4 month old I think this may be way different.
Our plan is to leave at 11pm Saturday night. That way it is DS' bed time and he will sleep for about 9 hours of our drive. We plan to stop at 14 hours of driving, stay over night somewhere and then continue the rest of our journey early in the morning again when DS is sleeping.

Has anybody done a journey like this with LO?
I am thinking we are reaching here and that this could go either amazing or really bad.

Any advice on how to make this trip a little more tolerable for DS?

eebaehr

I think when my niece was about 6 months we did a roadtrip from nebraska to california...it's about 26 hours.  We did the same thing and left at night, and it went rather well actually.  There were a few rough hours here and there, but she did pretty good.  Just make sure to stop as often as your LO needs a break...I'm totally jealous I would love me some sun right about now.

aelhunt

We go from Florida to Michigan every year but luckily or unluckily it will be when she is 6m. Leaving at night is good and stopping for a night half through is a MUST. It recharges you and makes the 2nd day easier. Also, stop for a good hour and play a lot so it tires LO out. Then you can go longer hopefully between stops. GL!