Travelling with a Baby

 

We did it again! 

Our first short road trip went fairly well, then when my hubby got some fourth dimension off run nosotros decided to caput to BC to surprise some household unit of measurement members as well as allow them see our fille :)

This induce feels long as well as ho-hum on a expert day, then I had no see what to facial expression travelling downwards amongst a 3 calendar month one-time baby. 

We were aiming for a sixteen hr trip. Four to a greater extent than hours than the commons 12-ish. Enough fourth dimension for a few feeds, stretches, as well as meals. With adults you lot tin sack invention to shorten these stops to xx minutes (at the most!) at a time, but amongst a baby, the halt times easily double. Especially equally the hateful solar daytime crawls on, when her naps instruct shorter as well as her liberate energy levels instruct higher. 

But again… beingness the amazing babe that she is, she exceeded my expectations. 

She. Was. Amazing!! 

We stopped 4 brusk times on the whole ride down. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 full of exclusively xiv hours. She slept as well as played similar a champ throughout the entire trip. Her slumber schedule has been a flake wonky since nosotros arrived inwards BC, but she’s nevertheless sleeping a enterprise 8 hours at nighttime – can’t complain most that!

(although my niece as well as nephew waking upwards to her crying at 4am may disagree amongst me…)

 

Here’s what nosotros did to aid brand the trip become equally smoothly equally possible: 

Tip #1 – Leave early.

We left at 3am. She unremarkably sleeps until 7am, then nosotros guessed that it nosotros woke her upwards at 3am, she would slumber all the agency to Jasper (4-ish hours), as well as nosotros were right!

Tip #2 – Get some fresh air along the way!

We made certain nosotros got out of the auto every fourth dimension nosotros stopped.

A footling fresh air as well as walking volition create wonders for a grumpy babe (& a grumpy adult, lol)!

Sidenote: nosotros ALWAYS halt at the Bear’s Paw Bakery inwards Jasper – delicious scones!!

 

 

Tip #3 – Bring your ain food!

If you lot are breastfeeding, select foods that are tardily to swallow amongst ane hand. I unremarkably only jumped inwards the backseat to feed her when nosotros were stopped as well as ate a snack or a repast at the same time.

A footling flake of prep saves lots of fourth dimension inwards the long run!

For this trip nosotros brought egg salad sandwiches, veggies, vegetable dip, fruit salad (not pictured) as well as delicious homemade nutella cookies :)

 

Tip #4 – Give the babe fourth dimension to stretch!

We allow our footling ane boot unopen to inwards the backseat afterwards I fed her then that she’s receive got a footling to a greater extent than liberty to flail her arms as well as legs around. Being cramped inwards that auto spot all hateful solar daytime isn’t real much fun…

We also had a footling flake of fun letting her endeavor on hats as well as induce the truck :)

 

 

Tip #5 – Give her some toys to play with.

At 3 months, our babe fille isn’t big on toys, but it was nevertheless expert to receive got a few rattles to milkshake as well as distract her inwards the car.

She definitely protested when nosotros lay her dorsum inwards her auto seat, but I sat inwards the dorsum amongst her as well as played amongst her to aid calm her until she got tired. Then I threw a blanket over the auto spot to mimic the darkness of nighttime as well as minimize visual distractions. It unremarkably took her most ii minutes to doze off.

 

In example you lot were wondering… the surprise when nosotros reached our finish was worth it!

Our niece as well as nephew had no see nosotros were coming :)

It was great!

Watch the surprise for yourself:

Any to a greater extent than roadtrip tips for me?

I’m certain that this won’t live on our final one! I’ll receive got all the tips I tin sack instruct :)

Many to a greater extent than pictures of our fun inwards BC coming shortly :)

{xoxo}