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XP: Traveling with baby on a schedule

Eitak82Eitak82 member
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LO is 10 weeks old and in the past few weeks has put himself on a very regular schedule of eating every 3 hours during the day, going down for the night around 9:00 pm and waking up for his first feeding somewhere between 5:00 am and 6:45 am (he takes only a little at this feeding, usually around 3 oz as compared to his normal 5-5.5 oz, and no matter when he wakes for this feeding, he has his "start of the day feeding at 8:00 am, eating every 3 hours after that).

H and I need to travel from MA to NY for a wedding in 2 weeks and are trying to figure out the best approach for making the drive. We'd like to stop as little as possible with an infant (hopefully only once for the 4 1/2 hour drive) and would like to disrupt LO's schedule as little as possible.

Suggestions? Do we stop at his normal feeding times to change him and offer him the bottle even if he is asleep in the car seat? Any thoughts/tips would be appreciated! TIA!

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  • jennygirlmtjennygirlmt member
    My parents are 4.5 hrs and we've made the trip about five times now. We've left both at bedtime and during the day, aiming right before naptime. Our goal is always to feed her then go and pray she lasts the whole way but we usually stop to nurse around ha
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  • BrittanyDoesDerbyBrittanyDoesDerby member
    We are driving to our hometown this weekend, and we did when DD was two months as well. We let her sleep if she was asleep and stopped about halfway through to change her diaper and feed her. The trip is about five hours. This time we are driving at night
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  • Wild_flower25Wild_flower25 member
    I would forget the schedule and just follow his cues.  Feed when hungry, nap when tired.  Around 12 weeks a lot of babies start to want to go to bed earlier and change their schedules themselves so its really hard to know what kind of a schedule
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  • mamaHippo23mamaHippo23 member
    I agree that even if he's on a regular schedule now, he may change it in the next two weeks. But either way, just feed right before you leave and stop the next time he gets hungry. If he does well in the car, he may sleep longer than usual- right through
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