How to survive journeys with children? tips for long car journeys with your kids

How to survive journeys with children? tips for long car journeys with your kids

Let us discuss guidelines to help make your long car journey with babies and young children better:

Picking the right time of day for your car tour can certainly help with your baby or toddler's mood for travelling. If you can drive at night while your young child sleeps in peace in the back, might make all the difference. Failing this, take time and make sure your little one is fed and dry before setting off. The more secure she is, the more content she will be to sit for longer period.

With small children, you probably need to stop if you're on trips more than two hours. Even if they don't need to have the loo, the possibility to run around and stretch their legs will probably cheer them no end and relief boredom. How many stops will you need? Add up to 45 minutes for each one to grant you a realistic arrival time.

Portable DVD players are best for car journeys – you could find ones that hook over the back of the front car seats, as well as dual ones so that two children can see a screen each. Bring a stash of their favourite DVDs and you're all set. MP3 players and iPods are an effective investment, too, that can be played through the car radio, plugged into a couple of speakers - or, if your tolerance for Kipper stories on loop was exhausted some miles back - listened to though the suited headphones.

Stock up on basics stuff for instance baby wipes and water.Lots of baby wipes are a must. Along with bottles of drinking water, we get several big jerrycans of 5 and 10 litres of water in the boot, pretty much permanently. Eventually you’ll be more than happy you did too. (Spills, puke, poo, sand, mud etc.) We at the same time keep a roll of black bin bags in the boot as often a complete set of clothing or shoes needs separated from anything else until such time it can be dealt with effectively.

If kids are sleeping as you approach a destination and are going to should be awake for a while once you get there, start to wake them early on in order that they have a chance to surface slowly instead having to be instantly alert right after you arrive