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[quote=Anonymous]We’ve done this at that age and it went fairly smooth. We try to keep the drive aligned with their schedule as much as possible. So we leave in the morning, they eat breakfast in the car. I usually sit in the back and read to and otherwise entertain and make sure they stay awake. Me in the back is enough of a novelty that things usually go well. We stop to eat lunch if they’re restless but if they’re pretty chill they eat lunch in the car. We stop and eat outside if they’re very fussy, and let them play outside and run around either way. Then back to the car and they usually fall right to sleep. We stop after nap for a snack and more running around. Then back to the car and it either goes well or that’s when they get a video, a new interesting toy, and all the snacks they want. We usually need to add in an extra diaper change stop or two, and always let them run around for about 15-20 min when we do.

For an 8 hour drive it usually ends up taking us 10ish hours, and sometimes longer because we’ll stop for a play break to avoid rush hour traffic depending on where we are. We try never to have to rush, because I think for us play breaks are key. [/quote]

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