https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:52:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-544189 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:03:31 +0000 MamaMoose 544189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm doing a 4 hour road trip with LO on Monday... By myself! Yikes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-544188 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:02:46 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 544188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Driving during sleeping time is amazing. We took a 14 hour trip when DS was a little over 2 months old (10 weeks?). We changed/fed &amp; left immediately, a few hours before his bed time. We stopped after 2 hours to do his "bedtime" feed/diaper and then stopped every 4-5 hours after that. He slept nearly the whole time, but we did have to do a off-ramp pull over once. </p> <p>On the way back, we got smarter. We didn't stop just to feed. If he woke up and was hungry, I leaned over his seat and fed him while DH drove. We only stopped to switch drivers when one of us was tired and did diapers then.</p> <p>It wasn't that bad (as "not bad" as a 14 hour car ride can be). It was our dang dog who really gave us all the problems :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-544161 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:52:12 +0000 lomom 544161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely going to be coming back to this one! We will be taking LO on a 12 hour car trip to see the inlaws before I go back to work, which means before he's 12 weeks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-544154 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:49:15 +0000 Freckles 544154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had one person sit next to her in case she needed to be soothed. We drove during the day, and timed pit stops with when it was her feeding time. It worked pretty well and she slept through most of it, and there was only one leg where she was really fussy. </p> <p>I find that road trips are easiest when they are younger! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-544142 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:41:18 +0000 shopaholic 544142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Subscribing! We plan to take our first 5 hour roadtrip when baby will be about a month old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-543872 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:02:54 +0000 littlebittyhouse 543872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a road trip when LO was 8 weeks. Packed and loaded the car. Fed, got in car, tucked a blanket around him to feel like a swaddle and planned to do one stop for a feeding if needed. If babe is sleeping, keep driving! Bring a tupperware with lid to pee in if needed - gross but not kidding - if you stop the car the baby might wake up and we didn't want to risk that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-543776 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:28:31 +0000 lovehoneybee 543776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I find it helpful to have a bottle made up to give him, but if I stretch I can feed him from the front seat...we've been on stretches where we really couldn't stop so I could nurse (well we could, but it would have been on the side of a highway and I wasn't okay with that). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-543771 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:27:03 +0000 JoJoGirl 543771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tagging - ambitiously planning a 4 hr roadtrip when LO is like 10 days old (to stay with my parents for a few weeks) so will come back to this :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-543764 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:25:46 +0000 prettylizy 543764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you're driving during sleep time then you're golden. We did a road trip when she was 6 weeks old (4 hours each way) and I bought a new dangly toy for her carseat to give her on the trip. Worked like a charm, though she did sleep for most of the drive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-543758 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:24:25 +0000 birdofafeather 543758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only did 2 hrs but our LO is 3 weeks. We made sure the car was packed and as soon as she was done feeding, put her in the car and left! She made it all te way through. I second getting them dressed for bed and making sure they're nice and toasty warm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-542952 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:48:05 +0000 sera_87 542952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dress her in something comfy, like a sleeper, prepare to stop to nurse/diaper changes, although if you're leaving after bedtime I'm not sure you'll run into that problem. </p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-road-tripping-with-infant#post-541930 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:01:18 +0000 DillonLion 541930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What are your best tips for travel with your LO? Mine will be 9 weeks old on our first road trip tomorrow. We will be gone for one night. Driving 4 hours each way. Planning on driving tomorrow night after her bed time, and coming back the next day after her bed time. </p> <p>Any tips? </p>