Originally Posted By greenbean I saw this article about surviving a road trip with a young child and thought of this forum: <a href="http://www.parentsconnect.com/articles/Road_Trip_Young_Child.jhtml" target="_blank">http://www.parentsconnect.com/ articles/Road_Trip_Young_Child.jhtml</a> I know my cousin had to drive from upstate NY ALONE with two very small children so these are tips she would have found very helpful.. There are always little things that you forget when you go on a road trip and a checklist is always helpful!!
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP Right now YoungerP is fairly easy, but this was a good list to keep in mind fof a year or so from now.
Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy I survived a 3 month straight road trip with my 2 children this summer (living in a tent and hotel rooms and seeing 46 states in our minivan) my biggest tip is - know your chlidren. Andrew was 7 and Holly was 18 months old at the time. I also played with them not asking them to play with something. We had a blast and I would do it again in a heartbeat. I use to wrap up little gifts in napkins, like fruit snacks or toys that they played with 2 days ago- it made the toy seem new again. We drove no more then 8 hours in a day and always went swimming -even when that was the very last thing I wanted to do because of how much work it was for me. But it was not all about me and I too always felt better after a little dip!
