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4 hour drive with 6 month old

Emily2meEmily2me
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Any advice? 4 hours each way this weekend. We will leave at nap time, so that should take care of 2 hours, but usually he is not happy being awake in the carseat. Stopping for more than a few minutes on the way there is not an option, we are going to a wedding and leaving the day of... but we can definitely stop on the way back to break up the trip.
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Re: 4 hour drive with 6 month old

  • kel716kel716 member

    If you don't have a vent on his side, bring a fan that you can angle in his direction.  Car seats get really hot!

    Have you introduced DVDs yet?  A portable DVD player is my bff during longer car rides if it's not night time. 

    You could have someone sit next to him in the backseat instead of both up front. 

    GL...  4 hours isn't terrible if 2 of it is naptime. 

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  • mag2point0mag2point0 member
    We did this a couple of weeks ago and after R was done napping, I just ended up siting with her and reading to her and singing songs and playing with her. Looking at the grey upholstery on the seatback has got to get boring, it would for me, and just having some company back there with her was all she needed.
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  • Lucky_N_LoveLucky_N_Love member

    Honestly it may not be that bad. We drove to Gatlinburg last year when DD was 6 months old and she slept majority of the way. The only thing we brought along were a couple of books and I sat back there with her for maybe an hour or so.

     

    Good luck and have fun :)

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  • Mrs.Cooley2beeMrs.Cooley2bee member

    We just did a 12 hour drive with both kids.  On the way there we drove overnight, so no real issues.  On the way back we did two, 6 hour days.  Charlotte was great with the portable DVD player.  Asher is 7 months and we couldn't get him to pay attention to the screen at all.  I have a toy like this image

    on his seat so he could play a bit.  You can borrow the toy if you want to use it for the trip.  I also spent some time in the back just talking and reading to him, playing peek-a-boo etc. 

    GL!!

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