https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:53:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2826086 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:19:04 +0000 Sams Mom 2826086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: and of you use "Guided Access" she can't exit the app you put her in without a pin code. 😬 I tried putting a game on my book for him and he kept closing it, so I get that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2826034 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 08:37:23 +0000 PinkElephant 2826034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I've never sat in the back, except when doing a long drive with a VERY small baby, when we lived in the city and rarely drove anywhere - and now with three in the back, there's no room anyway, unless I flip up a seat in my third row and sit behind them :)</p> <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Hahaha, she DOES love music, but often "sings" so loudly that it's almost as bad as the crying :silly: </p> <p>@MrsKRB: I'm pretty sure this would happen! I'm kind of surprised so many people use these successfully for kids so young! But, she also likes to suck the color out of markers, so water sounds like a better alternative!!</p> <p>@Sams Mom: Not bad at all! I just don't think mine could hold the ipad with out clicking out of the movie app.- I may have to look into some kind of case for her.</p> <p>@mrswin: @Ms.Mermaid: @808love: @Mrs. Champagne: @LadyDi: @Foodnerd81: @snowjewelz: @looch: </p> <p>Thanks for all the ideas (and sorry if I missed anyone) - we have a lot of these things stashed away from my older daughters, and it just hadn't really crossed my mind that "the baby" might be ready for them. Time to break them out and give it a try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825972 Sat, 02 Jun 2018 13:15:36 +0000 MrsSRS 2825972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another vote for both water wow and the mini off brand magna doodle. Also: sturdy flap books, a little bag with things to take in and out of it (finger puppet, fake credit card from junk mail, bracelet, handkerchief), taggie toy, fabric books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825954 Sat, 02 Jun 2018 08:56:58 +0000 Ms.Mermaid 2825954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At this age we got a TON of mileage out of decks of flash cards. The best are the shapes/colors ones but we had good luck with go fish cards and with dinosaur memory - she didn’t play with the games, she just loved sorting them. Target has them for back to school in the dollar spot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825947 Sat, 02 Jun 2018 08:30:25 +0000 starlitsky 2825947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKRB: @Foodnerd81: haha I’m surprised my LO hasn’t tried that yet with the water wow pens 🤣 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825773 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:29:11 +0000 JMOM 2825773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried books on tape? We listened to books on tape since my son was born and I think he started getting into them around 2. She might be too young but the older ones would like it and she could grow into it. We listened to a lot of Geronimo Stilton and Hank the Cowdog, The Book with no pictures, Fancy Nancy, etc. at that age. Just look for lower reading levels. We don't have a built in video and my kids rarely get the iPad in the car and they are just fine with books on tape. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825770 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:19:53 +0000 lilyofthewest 2825770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Magnadoodle and the my first crayola color wonder that has patterns and colors in the paper were best at that age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825768 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:12:46 +0000 lilyofthewest 2825768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I can count on my fingers the number of times I’ve ridden up front since my kid was born. He’s 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825766 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:03:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 2825766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKRB: ugh same!! It’s so gross! They work in a restaurant because I can stop it but in the car it’s like a nasty little drink- even though they have water bottles full of clean water. Both my kids do this, even my 4.5 year old if I can’t stop her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825763 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:48:07 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2825763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Drake is DH’s secret weapon. LO loves to hear God’s Plan on repeat. I use the car to bring out old forgotten toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825758 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:38:19 +0000 mrswin 2825758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKRB: At least LO is quiet?! Lol :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825751 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:17:32 +0000 808love 2825751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKRB: hahaha!! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825724 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 09:54:50 +0000 MrsKRB 2825724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The water wow books don’t work for us, my 2 year old just sucks all the water out of the pens hahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825722 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 09:44:09 +0000 Foodnerd81 2825722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: I intentionally don’t let my kids watch something on shorter rides because i don’t want them begging for it every time we get in the car. But long trips are totally different. I try to occupy them with other things first just so I have the big guns to pull out at the end of the trip when they are really losing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825721 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 09:39:30 +0000 snowjewelz 2825721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: Haha yes! Thankfully in the car she can't really see what K1 is doing! </p> <p>@Foodnerd81: Ugh I so agree! Even DD1 who was like 21 months when she went on her first road trip did so much better than my 17 month old. </p> <p>@Sams Mom: Girl I let my 17 month old watch iPad on our recent road trip. I get really car sick by tending to both of them so I NEEDED for them to just sit still and not need anything for a while! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825718 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 09:36:56 +0000 looch 2825718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I always sat in the back...part of the reason was I would get into the car and sit to do the buckling so I wasn't on display in the parking lot. I would get frustrated easily and when people would pull up and start blinking, honking, edging closer, I would get fumbly and have a hard time buckling. Since we only had one car at the time, my husband would just get the stroller in the car while I did what I had to do and since I was there, I stayed put.</p> <p>I don't mind sitting in the back and when my son was smaller, it was a lot easier to deal with him on longer trips. But I know I am not the norm in this at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825702 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 09:04:53 +0000 Grace 2825702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I’ve never sat in the back. I’ve felt from the beginning that car trips are something that my kids need to accept and they are not going to figure it out with me back there. Having said that, I’ll always play kid music if asked to and as soon as my kid turned 2, I used the iPad for drives over 45 min (so no, .@Sams Mom:, I don’t think it’s awful :happy: ). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825700 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 08:53:26 +0000 Sams Mom 2825700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is it bad that my FF 2 year old watches a movie on long trips on the car DVD player? Because that is totally how we make it through long trips.</p> <p>@LCTBQE: I sat in the backseat with my son while my husband was home for 2 weeks after he was born. Also I couldn't drive for most of that because of my c-section, so I rode in the back to distract me from telling my husband he was driving too fast or something... Now if someone is in the backseat with him he's talking their ear off (usually Nana and she doesn't mind at all) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825680 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 06:48:11 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2825680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Water wow books are good! Stickers (they get every where though). </p> <p>@LCTBQE: I’ve never sat in the back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825677 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 06:00:15 +0000 LCTBQE 2825677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit7: ditto above--clearly I've been doing it all wrong! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825676 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 05:59:49 +0000 LCTBQE 2825676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrswin: AWESOME! I get carsick very, very easily and hate riding in the back and my husband is a control freak about driving, I really long to just sit in the passenger seat like an adult human. We don't even do longer trips (like ever) so this is super liberating to hear your style. Also great tip about McDonalds--just had a flashback to how unbelievably effective it was as a bribe for us when we were kids :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825675 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 05:58:05 +0000 Littlebit7 2825675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: I’ve never sat in the back seat. Whenever we have people riding with us and someone (typically a grandmother) wants to sit in back, one or both kids ends up crying. It’s as though they don’t like an adult back there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825673 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 05:45:36 +0000 mrswin 2825673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LCTBQE: Hopefully your LO likes it!<br /> Neither one of us sits in the back seat EVER (lol). It makes her angry that we are back there and then she starts demanding hugs and snuggles to get out of her seat. We buckle her in, make sure she has her “things” and then get in the front. When we do a longer drive (2+ hours) we usually plan to leave in the morning right after she gets up and stop about an hour in a McDonald’s or a restaurant for breakfast which gets her out of the seat for a bit and then she will tolerate the rest of the drive better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825672 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 05:37:38 +0000 LCTBQE 2825672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>following, we're getting to this stage too. </p> <p>also not to thread jack but curious if anyone wants to comment--what the consensus is when both parents are in the car--does one of you *always* sit in the back? the other day our friends came to visit from 75 minutes away and the mom just hopped straight into the passenger seat after buckling her 20-month-old into the back, I was so impressed!</p> <p>@mrswin: just ordered the magic sketcher, thanks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825664 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:08:14 +0000 808love 2825664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Water Wow.<br /> Restaurant. Plane......Yes!! Trust me!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825629 Thu, 31 May 2018 16:43:09 +0000 Foodnerd81 2825629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that’s the worst age for long car trips- old enough to know they are bored but not old enough to entertain themselves. We got a Boogie Board for mine and it helps sometimes, as well as a travel size magnadoodle. New little toys, like those busy books, but my LO is 2.5 now and old enough to not put them in her mouth. Tons of snacks of course. I’ve also started letting her watch my old iPod or the kindle fire though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825625 Thu, 31 May 2018 16:36:42 +0000 FaithFertility 2825625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 19 months and as long as he has exactly what DD has he is ok lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825624 Thu, 31 May 2018 16:34:59 +0000 LadyDi 2825624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>basically everything that @mrswin suggested but ESPECIALLY the magnetic drawing board. My son loves his at that age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825623 Thu, 31 May 2018 16:29:55 +0000 snowjewelz 2825623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just had first road trip (3.5 hours) with DD2 whose 1.5. She shared her sister's water wow books. I caved and got a buckle toy. Buckle toy was great BUT she got frustrated when she couldn't buckle (but still great). </p> <p>And honestly I let her watch the iPad. I don't foresee another road trip anytime soon anyway. It was a bit of a pain to detox her after the trip, but for the peace it afforded me it was worth it lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-entertainment-for-15-2-year-olds#post-2825619 Thu, 31 May 2018 16:10:48 +0000 mrswin 2825619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: No one wants a screamer on a car ride :silly:<br /> We have a couple of these for DD and she loves them</p> <p>We also keep a collection of books in the car for her to “read”. We rotate them out every so often but try and make sure they are lift-the-flap or the ones with he noises.</p> <p>The other thing we have used on longer trips is colour wow books/markers and reusable stickers from Melissa and Doug </p> [attach=1414/18/p9m2u1.337x600.62E4DB92-7FB5-42C6-BA9A-165ED58ACFB1.png]