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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a long drive like this, I prefer to leave early in the morning. Driving all night would just leave us wrecked the next day… with a toddler who is raring to go.

Pack the car as much as you can the night before. Start with a full tank of gas. Leave whenever kid wakes up — go straight into the car after a diaper change. Do not change clothes, do not serve breakfast.

If kid settles and dozes, great. If not, start doling out car breakfast bit by bit: Cheerios, pieces of salami, toast fingers, slices of fruit, a pouch of yogurt. (My kids were early and enthusiastic self-feeders with good tongue and palate control. For those who were late to leave the purée party, adjust as necessary.)

[b]From there, it’s a game of never stopping unless you have to. And if you have to, combine activities. You don’t just get gas — you let the kid run around, the adults go the bathroom, and ideally you combine with a meal or snack. DHs who opt to exit a quiet car off the highway “because I want to get another coffee” are taken out and shot. [/b]

We generally get a good 3-hour stretch between stops. Pack entertaining novelties like painter’s tape, magnets and a cookie sheet, new board books with flaps, and some sort of busy box with levers, latches, Velcro, etc. [/quote]

This is so funny!  And so true....[/quote]

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