Am I crazy? FTM question

JustcallmeGG2 · July 2012

Every year I go to this big walkathon/charity event in NYC. Its called Strut Your Mutt to raise money for Best Friends Animal Society.

Do you think it will be feasible to take the babies this year? I will see if my MIL can go so she can take one of my dogs. Its a 2 mile walk (all paved) and a 1 hour drive there and back. The babies will be about 3 months old at that point.

Will this be a nightmare or will the babies probably sleep the whole time? I guess we would have to stop to feed them at some point. Is it going to be impossible if i didn't have a restroom nearby?

LadyGolfer523 · July 2012

I bet you could do it. We did a 5k walk and the girls did OK. Make sure you have a helper (DH/MIL/friend) just in case.

denitab · July 2012

I don't believe that you are crazy. I would definitely ask someone to go with you for an extra set of hands. There are some things I think you should consider first.

For example, what time of day is the walk? Do the babies sleep during this time normally? Take a trial run with everyone on an hour drive or to the park for a certain period on time. The more you go out and about to establish a schedule of what works for all of you.

Planning is the ultimate key.

BuckeyeNut05 · July 2012

They would probably be just fine. Ours are 9 weeks and they've been on two road trips that were three and a half hours and seven hours each way. Just as long as you have help while you're there, I don't think it would be a problem.

Eriksgal · July 2012

I think it would be fine and the babies will probably love it!

Switzerland87 · July 2012

That sounds doable to me. If it were my girls, they'd probably sleep the whole time!

BritterBee05 · July 2012

I am sure you could do it, like pp said planning would be the most important thing. We took ours on a 3 hr road trip at 3.5 weeks they did really well and slept most of the time.