The way to survive journeys with children? suggestions for long car journeys with your kids

The way to survive journeys with children? suggestions for long car journeys with your kids

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

Picking the right time of day for your car traveling can really help with your baby or toddler's mood for travelling. If you can drive at nighttime while your children sleeps peacefully in the back, could make all the difference. Failing this, make sure that your little one is fed and dry before setting off. The more comfy she is, the more content she will be to sit for a longer time.

With children and kids, you seriously have to stop if you're travelling for upwards of two hours. Even if they don't require the loo, the time to run around and stretch their legs can cheer them no end and relieve boredom. How many stops will you need? Add around 45 minutes for each one to give you a realistic arrival time.

Portable DVD players are ideal for car trips – you can get ones that hook over the back of the front car seats, and even dual ones to be able two children can view a screen each. Take a stash of their most liked DVDs and you're all set. MP3 players and iPods are a good investment, too, which enable yo to be played through the car radio, plugged into a pair of speakers - or, if your tolerance for Kipper stories on loop was exhausted a number of miles back - listened to on decent headphones.

Stock up on ordinary stuff for instance baby wipes and water.Lots of baby wipes are vital. Together with bottles of drinking water, we always keep several big jerrycans of 5 and 10 litres of water in the boot, pretty much permanently. In time you’ll be thankful 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 times a complete set of clothing or shoes needs separated from other things until such time it can be dealt with carefully.

If toddlers are lying down as you approach a destination and are going to have to be awake for a short time once you get there, start to wake them quickly and therefore they have the opportunity to surface slowly instead having to be instantly notify once you arrive