https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:03:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1982028 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:09:25 +0000 rattles 1982028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Many times. I don't even think of 3 hours as a road trip, to be honest! We've done road trips across the country, the longest of which was 2-3 days each way. We've done that twice. It's really not too bad! The worst was when she was 3 months, nurses all the time, and hated her infant car seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981987 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:54:14 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1981987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We drove from Toronto to DC to southern Florida when DD was 11.5 months. Bubble Guppies for the win. It was four days in the car and LO was such a trooper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981927 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:16:49 +0000 Orchid 1981927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mmmmm hmmmm. 9 hrs to Toronto, then another few to Montreal. Only works overnight for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981822 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:18:44 +0000 yoursilverlining 1981822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A couple that were 3-4 hours, and then a bunch in the 2-hour range. Luckily LO falls asleep asap in the car (so do I!) so it was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981814 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:17:27 +0000 regberadaisy 1981814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, we drive to visit my family often. It's 7-8 hr drive depending on traffic. Thankfully, dd1 is wonderful on road trips. Hope DD 2 is the same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981806 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:12:18 +0000 Smurfette 1981806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just what should be 4 hours trips. They have been 5-6 with her and traffic (thanksgiving). Doing it again next Friday, only this time part will be during her normal bed time. Going to be interesting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981805 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:11:56 +0000 jhd 1981805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has done lots of car travel already and does great. The longest was 6-7 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981802 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:10:28 +0000 twodoghouse 1981802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We drove to Kansas for a wedding one weekend when they were 5 months old. It took about 8 hrs (would have been 6-6.5 without the kids) and it went much better than expected! We did have several emergency diaper change stops, but we mostly did bottles which sped things up considerably. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981782 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:55:06 +0000 yerpie110 1981782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, drove to Martha's vineyard from NJ. It was fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981773 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:51:39 +0000 JessKas 1981773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've taken a couple road trips that were 3-5 hours. LO ranged in age from 8 months-13 months, and maxed out at about 2.5 hours before needing me to entertain her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981772 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:49:10 +0000 lawbee11 1981772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've done a few...all around 3-3.5 hours. They were fine, but LO is pretty good in the car to begin with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981771 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:47:38 +0000 keepcalmcarrie 1981771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do an annual vacation to Hilton Head, which is about 12 hours. We break it up into two days - the first is 8 hours, then we stay in Charlotte NC, then 4 more hours on day 2. Two summers ago he was just 9 weeks, so he slept most of the way. This past summer he was nearly 16 months, and that was the occasion when we introduced screen time, which was a big hit and made the trip very easy. He's s pretty laid back traveller, so road trips don't scare me. Though next summer we'll have a 2.5 year old and a 6 month old, so that could be a different story :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981674 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 06:51:06 +0000 brownie 1981674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The disadvantage of loving in isolated towns is that you have to drive everywhere. 1.5 hours was common to get to the next biggest town. Last year we went twice a week there for speech. So I have a much higher threshold than 3 hours for a road trip, that is just normal. His first 3 hour trip was at 4 weeks old when we bought the new car.</p> <p>Then 3 hours for his Gastro and of course the big d land. At 1 we did 6 hours to Arizona to see my family and again at two we went twice in two weeks because of a death.</p> <p>Just for thanksgiving we did 5 hours to the bay to see family. We have been regularly back and forth 3.5 hours between old home and new home since spring of last year. </p> <p>For us, Phoenix was a road trip. Everything else is just normal. We will likely do a drive across the states to the east coast in 2 or 3 years (he will be 5 or 6 but new baby will be 1 or 2) to see family. I personally would rather drive than fly if I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981640 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:45:06 +0000 lamariniere 1981640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few short ones, I would never do anything more than 3-4 hours while the kids are young. We did NY to Martha's Vineyard when DS was 4 months, which was awful since he screamed most of the time. Bordeaux to Biarritz (2ish hours). A few road trips within Austria and Vienna to Budapest (only 2.5 hours). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981633 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:03:42 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1981633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but we want to... DH wants to do a road trip all the way from Socal to Vancouver, Canada! That's probably at least a 20 hour drive. He wants to stop at different sights along the way though - Santa Barbara, SF, Portland, Seattle.. and end in Vancouver. But then we'd have to drive allll the way back down again...</p> <p>Eta: well, we did do one 8-hour drive to SF for a wedding, and we've gone to SD a few times (but it's only an hour or two away). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981616 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:02:57 +0000 shopaholic 1981616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. Always 5+ hours going to Mammoth. Did Tahoe broken into 2 separate days. I wouldn't say it was terrible. But not really fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981614 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:01:29 +0000 808love 1981614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anaheim to San Diego two years in a row. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981597 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:26:19 +0000 autumnlove 1981597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 or 4 times a year for 6-7 hours. Only one trip was bad...LO 1 was almost 8 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981589 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:15:54 +0000 birdofafeather 1981589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! First of all, we drive 2-3 hours one way several times a month to see family/work. Secondly, we drove to NorCal (8+ hours) to camp when LO was a year. It was crazy but fun. We've also taken her to Yosemite (5+) and lake Mohave (5+). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981584 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:01:14 +0000 anonysquire 1981584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. And it was bad. An 8 hr trip turned into a 12 hr trip. Never again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-your-lo-on-any-road-trips#post-1981571 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:27:57 +0000 mrbee 1981571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The kids are getting to the age where we can start taking them longer distances. I'm thinking we'll take them up to a few hours away... in my mind, the perfect road trip is 3-6 hours. Any longer than that and I start to get a little stir crazy!</p> <p>When I was a kid, we used to drive 5 hours down to Nags Head, North Carolina and that wasn't so bad. Except that I was baking in the back of a station wagon in the blazing sun, and that was no bueno.</p> <p>Have you taken your LO on any road trips? </p>