https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:46:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-582364 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:40:05 +0000 winniebee 582364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, we're leaving at bedtime! Is it mean if I do our standard bedtime routine (bath, lotion/pj, book, bottle), but instead of putting him in the crib, I'll put him in the carseat? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-577482 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:03:51 +0000 Weagle 577482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For anything 2-3 hours, we usually try to travel during naps. If it's longer, we go at night and LO will go back down pretty easily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-577108 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:49:33 +0000 Sammyfab 577108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd also leave at bedtime. Even if he wakes up during the transfer I'm sure he'd be tired enough to fall back asleep without too much fuss even if it takes 30 minutes.</p> <p>If you go during nap time and he takes a really crappy nap, then your whole day is shot. At least that's how I'd feel with my LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576922 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:57:47 +0000 littlek 576922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would leave at bedtime. Night drives are so much easier then day drives. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576712 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:11:40 +0000 heffalump 576712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO's a better night time sleeper then napper so I think she'd do better at night. Plus that means you'd have more time at your vacation spot. But..... she also doesn't do great sleeping in hotel rooms/new places so she might have a freak out if we just got to a new place, set up a pack n play, and put her in it without her having time to get to know the place. </p> <p>Just depends on your LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576694 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:05:30 +0000 T.H.O.U. 576694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: When we would arrive at my mom's house she would be up for an hour or so. It gave her time to stretch her legs, say hello, get changed and then usually with a bottle she would go back down. Typically she wakes up the next morning just fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576396 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:57:42 +0000 mrs. wagon 576396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had about 50/50 success rate with both options. We have about a 3-4 hour trip to family usually. Lately we have been opting for naptime because Wagon Jr. fights naps so hard these days, if we want to survive the weekend we HAVE to get him to nap in the car anyway. And LMW will nap in the car any time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576395 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:57:38 +0000 winniebee 576395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: My son did great in the car and slept like a champ without it affecting night sleep probably until he was 4 months old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576332 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:47:19 +0000 littlebug 576332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm facing a 2-hour trip next week with a 6-week old. Weighing these options, as well. He sleeps well in the car, so I think I'm going to take him Thursday morning, but then I worry about what'll happen once we get home and I have to leave him with my step-dad for 4 or 5 hours. But if I take him Wednesday evening, I don't know how he'd transfer to the bed (pnp) once we get it set up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576296 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:38:59 +0000 Running Elley 576296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're going on a weekend roadtrip coming up and we're weighing these options as well. I think that we'll probably end up leaving at bedtime so that he can sleep through the drive. E does really well with getting back to normal bedtime routine if we have a different night so I'm not worried about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576265 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:34:28 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 576265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I' just give him some toys and leave at nap time. That way, when you arrive, you can give him a solid night's sleep without interruption. You can do the whole...bath,book,singing routine and put him down properly.<br /> I know for us, my husbands voice and constant phone calls and stuff would not allow for our son to sleep well in the car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576254 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:33:18 +0000 prettylizy 576254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: We tried that this past weekend, stopped for dinner at 6:30 and she slept the last 2 hours in the car, we arrived at 9ish and she woke up when we got there. Once she settled down we tried to put her to sleep she was a disaster :T Prettybaby is a total sleep diva though and was not having it. DH had to rock her to sleep (at home she goes to sleep on her own) and she still cried when we put her down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576236 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:30:26 +0000 buffalove 576236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd do Friday night but my LO transfers well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576205 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:25:15 +0000 winniebee 576205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: He definitely doesn't transfer (ie, I don't think he'd stay asleep when we take him out of the carseat). I would just plan to change him, maybe offer a bottle, and put him down for the night immediately upon arrival at our destination. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576186 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:23:18 +0000 prettylizy 576186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us, she doesn't do the transfer to an 'away' bed after sleeping in the car at night very well, so I try to time things around naps. She does awesome napping in the car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576169 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:21:48 +0000 winniebee 576169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: Does it screw up her sleep the rest of the night (or the next night?) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576163 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:21:17 +0000 winniebee 576163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Usually. Though, now that he naps well at home, sometimes his car naps are only 30 minutes, so I try to avoid sleeping in the car at all costs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576129 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:15:50 +0000 T.H.O.U. 576129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do a 5 hour trip to my moms and we leave just before bedtime (around 6pm). We drive for a bit and then we stop for a late dinner (7pm) and change her. When we get back in the car she sleeps the rest of the way (7-11pm) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576120 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:13:54 +0000 chopsuey 576120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does T sleep well in the car? I'd leave at nap time if he does.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timing-car-trip-with-sleep#post-576097 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:09:55 +0000 winniebee 576097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're going away this weekend - we have 2 options. Leave at bedtime on Friday night (7 p.m.) and then just change him and put him to sleep when we arrive at our destination (about 2 hours away). Or, leave at naptime on Saturday morning. Return trip will be Sunday afternoon. My son is 9 months old and bedtime is pretty well established.</p> <p>Thoughts? </p>