Learn how to survive journeys with children? recommendations for long car journeys with your kids

Learn how to survive journeys with children? recommendations for long car journeys with your kids

Allow me to share tips to help make your long car journey with babies and young children better:

Selecting the best time of day for your car tour might help with your baby or toddler's mood for travelling. If you can drive during the nighttime while your little one sleeps calmly in the back, might make all the difference. Failing this, be sure that your child is fed and dry before setting off. The more cozy she is, the more content she will be to sit for for a longer period.

With little children, you really really do need to stop if you're going for longer than two hours. Even if they don't call for the loo, the time to run around and stretch their legs will certainly cheer them no end and reduce boredom. How many stops will you need? Add at least 45 minutes for each one to ensure that you get a realistic arrival time.

Portable DVD players are great for car journeys – you can have ones that hook over the back of the front car seats, and dual ones with the intention that two children can enjoy a screen each. Carry a stash of their fisrt choice DVDs and you're good to go. MP3 players and iPods are a fantastic 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 a couple of miles back - listened to though the right headphones.

Stock up on ordinary stuff for instance baby wipes and water.Lots of baby wipes are important. And also bottles of drinking water, we have several big jerrycans of 5 and 10 litres of water in the boot, pretty much permanently. Eventually you’ll be glad you did too. (Spills, puke, poo, sand, mud etc.) We usually keep a roll of black bin bags in the boot as sometimes a complete set of clothing or shoes needs separated from anything else until such time it can be dealt with carefully.

If little children are sleeping as you approach a destination and are going to ought to be awake for a short time once you get there, start to wake them quickly so they have the opportunity to surface slowly despite of having to be instantly tell as soon as you arrive