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ArnegardArnegard member
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We haven't traveled long distance with the girls in 2 years.  We will be driving 10 hours in a week.  For the first time ever, we will have all 3 girls in one row, we have built in DVD players and the two older ones have headphones (CD player/Ipod).

I was thinking of getting them Color Wonders Markers, paper & pencils, etc.
They cannot play video games or read in the car due to motion sickness.  Actually, due to meds for motion sickness, it usually makes for a pretty relaxed drive.

Any thing I should have/buy?  

There are seat pockets in front of both older girls, do you think this will do for storage, or should I look to buy something else?
We are going to 3 different destinations in 2 states over 2 weeks.

Thanks ladies!
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  • ArnegardArnegard member
    ExpectantSteelerFan said:

    I might be in the minority, but I don't plan 'fun' activities for my kids on car trips.  They have dvd players, and they do tend to just watch movies the whole time.  Our drive to visit family was 7-8 hours in one day before we moved, and they did well with it usually up till the end.  They can easily go 2.5-3 hours in between stops, so we'd leave in the morning, stop for lunch (at McDonalds or Chick Fil A with a play place hopefully), then go another 3 hours and stop either at another play place, or if none are convenient, just at a gas station where they could walk around and pick one treat for themselves, and then one more long chunk before we'd get there.

    They never seem to want to 'play' in the car.
    I think I am more on game with this since they are older. Maybe something to color, something to listen to, movies to watch. We are going 5-6 hours a day so we aren't making a super long day.
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    I think it depends on the kid. Now that dd is older she is pretty chill then whole ride. Typically 3.5 hours to see family. We leave at a sleep time and plan for her to sleep and them drive until she wakes up. Them we have dinner and keep driving. I bring books, her baby doll and a magna doodle drawing board. Generally she just hangs out and claps along to the music dh and I are listening too. We don't do DVDs yet but I'd think that will be a good time waster for you :) I'd get two movies for them.
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  • ArnegardArnegard member
    Oh, we are bringing more than 2 Movies. I think DD3 will need some in the morning/evenings to relax.
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  • AndrewsgalAndrewsgal member
    I don't plan activities either we routinely drive 4.5-5 hours. They watch movies or entertain themselves. I don't think the games and activities are really that necessary.
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  • MamaKctMamaKct member
    @arnegard - what do you give them for motion sickness?  We are flying soon and I plan to ask the pedi but figured I'd ask now too.  My middle gets car sick, so I want to make sure he is okay on the flight.  

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  • AndrewsgalAndrewsgal member
    auroraloo said:


    Andrewsgal said:

    I don't plan activities either we routinely drive 4.5-5 hours. They watch movies or entertain themselves. I don't think the games and activities are really that necessary.

    psst. movies are activities ;)


    I consider activities anything you are actively doing you know therefore giving you the word activity. Movie watching is about as passive as looking out a car window which is as passive as it comes but if you need to be write which obviously you do since weirdly you called me out on it movie watching can be an activity.
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    auroraloo said:


    Andrewsgal said:

    auroraloo said:


    Andrewsgal said:

    I don't plan activities either we routinely drive 4.5-5 hours. They watch movies or entertain themselves. I don't think the games and activities are really that necessary.

    psst. movies are activities ;)
    I consider activities anything you are actively doing you know therefore giving you the word activity. Movie watching is about as passive as looking out a car window which is as passive as it comes but if you need to be write which obviously you do since weirdly you called me out on it movie watching can be an activity.

    Lol. I wasn't really calling you out, or being passive intentionally :) I think of activities, when it comes to car rides, as anything you do that isn't normally done in the car so that you're NOT just staring out the window.

    Something you prepare for is all I meant.


    Well I guess that's where we differ because watching movies is something we do quite a bit in the car. We have built in DVD players. And yes this totally touched a nerve.
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  • ArnegardArnegard member
    MamaKct said:
    @arnegard - what do you give them for motion sickness?  We are flying soon and I plan to ask the pedi but figured I'd ask now too.  My middle gets car sick, so I want to make sure he is okay on the flight.  

    chewable dramamine.  Just google/ask doc dosage by weight.  

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  • ArnegardArnegard member
    Watching movies in the vehicle is saved for long road trips here.  If we are not in the car long enough to watch a movie, it doesn't come with.
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    Arnegard said:

    Watching movies in the vehicle is saved for long road trips here.  If we are not in the car long enough to watch a movie, it doesn't come with.

    Chalk it up to me being a lazy bad mom. But in all reality it's the only screen time they get in the summer and it's built in so I give no fucks.
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  • trizzietrizzie member
    I bought tackle boxes at Walmart and fill them with snacks. I tell them that is all they get and when it is gone, it is gone. That way I am not passing snacks the whole time. I do this on our 12 hour drives and it works great.
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    auroraloo said:
    Andrewsgal said:
    Watching movies in the vehicle is saved for long road trips here.  If we are not in the car long enough to watch a movie, it doesn't come with.
    Chalk it up to me being a lazy bad mom. But in all reality it's the only screen time they get in the summer and it's built in so I give no fucks.
    Eh. I wouldn't care probably either, especially on longer trips, or if we spent a lot of time in the car, but my kids are still too little to care, and my husband will probably care.

    My husband too since the movie sound plays over the system for the vehicle.  He misses the days of separate portable systems so he can still hear his music.  He is probably the biggest baby.
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  • Aussie45Aussie45 member
    Hey now @Arnegard‌ I still like to listen to my music vs listening to kids movie when driving :p
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  • outnumberedoutnumbered member
    We cannot do much because my oldest gets motion sickness even with Dramamine.  We listen to audio books on any long car ride.  It takes her mind off of her nausea and it keeps all three occupied.  We have listened to the first 4 Harry Potters, Peter Pan,  the Peter and the Starcatchers series, the Secret Garden, Roald Dahl books, and many more.  Our library has a huge selection.   I even enjoy listening.  Our library also has 'plug and plays'.  They are smaller than an Ipod and they can listen to individual books with headphones.  If you do have I pods or pads you can get the Overdrive library app and 'borrow' audio books on your device.  
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    Aussie45 said:
    Hey now @Arnegard‌ I still like to listen to my music vs listening to kids movie when driving :p
    Oh, I totally agree it is better.  It drives me a bit crazy to hear 2 movies and HIS music over both of them.
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    Arnegard said:


    Aussie45 said:

    Hey now @Arnegard‌ I still like to listen to my music vs listening to kids movie when driving :p

    Oh, I totally agree it is better.  It drives me a bit crazy to hear 2 movies and HIS music over both of them.

    Oh gosh, I'm sure it does. It was bad enough listening to Rio for the 3rd or 4th time with my youngest brother and then my dad's muse constantly. It made me want to pull my hair out after the 5th time riding in their car!
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    iheartthe80s said:

    Confession: my kids sometimes watch something on the way to the grocery store or school. Meh…it's quiet time for me. Flame on.

    Yep mine too. Also I jam to my music the kids have headphones
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    Andrewsgal said:

    iheartthe80s said:

    Confession: my kids sometimes watch something on the way to the grocery store or school. Meh…it's quiet time for me. Flame on.

    Yep mine too. Also I jam to my music the kids have headphones
    My kids almost always do. I am totally ok with this.
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