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Would an overnight train trip with a 2yo be crazy?
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My parents 50th is next week and they are going away - asked us to go, we could not commit, they rented a smaller place but now found out they are getting moved to a large place. It would be 12 hours on a train and just DD and I, at night 7-7, all 'sleeping' hours for DD. BUT is that crazy? I can't get a room on the train- might as well just fly at that cost. Hmmmm, exciting yet crazy? I mean I could bring DVD, toys, sticker book, food, and hope for sleep? Or am I going to get their and regret it and dread coming back?
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Re: Would an overnight train trip with a 2yo be crazy?
Me (32) Dx PCOS, DH (32) SA = Normal/mild morph issues
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With my 2 year old.....yes, it sounds crazy!
You could not pay me enough to do that.
Sorry. Maybe in our own car, but on a train: no way!
Actually, with my 2 year old......I would not even attempt a 12 hour car ride in our own car! Ha!
How long would you be there? Is it just for the weekend? It might be a little crazy if it is a short trip with little recovery time if she doesn't sleep, but I might try it.
I think your plan of bringing stuff to keep her occupied is a good one in case she doesn't sleep. And frankly, I think the DVDs should be a good bet to get her to fall asleep.
Well, we travel a lot and still do with both of our girls but I don't think that's crazy at all. We fly to and from South America a lot which is basically an overnight trip (11+ hours flying) and my girls have been doing it since they were 8 weeks old and it tends to work really easily for us.
We did it when my older daughter was 2 years old (25 months to be exact) and she was great. We brought some activities for her to play with (coloring, games, videos, books) to keep her engaged at the beginning of the flight since she was over-stimulated so didn't go to sleep at her normal time but then she went to bed and slept the whole flight. We've done it several times since then and it's pretty much the same in terms of how it works. I just did it last week with my girls again and my younger one is 15 months and she slept for most of the flight as well. I think the overnight part is what makes it so easy since they're tired already and then add in the motion of the vehicle and they can easily fall asleep.
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~*DD 10.21.07*~
dx unexplained
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Beta#1 12/21 : 812 Beta#2 12/23 : 1634
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