So my hubs and I both work in education – which means we get a pretty awesome 2 weeks off at Christmas Time. It was BUSY. We did 5 days with his family out of town and then another 5 with my family – this one included a 7ish hour drive there and back.
Having no real experience traveling with a Toddler I really had non idea what to expect (beyond crappy sleep – but we’ve already covered that). So here are some things I came away with:
- You can never have too many goldfish crackers. They are food, but also a source of entertainment.
- Get some Toddler Apps. They are your friend. Yes, you will have to listen to “The cow says, “Mooo!”” for about 19 hours – but it’s worth it.
- Have a large arsenal of children’s songs at your disposal. My daughter HATES to be in the car in the dark. So I had to contort my body around to keep a hand on her in the car and sing as many silly songs as I could think to keep her happy for the last 3 hours of our trip.
- Cosleeping isn’t as pretty as they make it out to be. On our second trip, Baby Girl flat out refused to sleep (at night) in her pack-n-play. One night after trying at least 3 times to set her in her bed without getting a screaming freak-out that would wake the whole house I set down her completely asleep little body only to have her pop right back up and point to the big bed. At that point, I gave up. Anyway – Here is a diagram for you to study, should you consider cosleeping:
My daughter’s favorite pose is “H is for Hell” although there was also a lot of “Snow Angels” and “Jazz Hands” - If you are going to cosleep, don’t allow your child to eat a dinner of pinto beans and cheese. Enough said.
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