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Can you go out as soon as he wakes up in the morning, after breakfast?

No genius ideas here - but I always bring a snack in the car if we're going to be out right before her nap time. I like to fill the munchkin snack catchers with something that's a little tricky for her to get out so it takes her a long time to eat and usually keeps her awake. If all else fails I sing crazy songs with her or even reach reach one hand back at a red light to scratch her head or tickle her feet or open the windows. I try as hard as I can to keep her awake!

I'm so thankful that LO will transfer if she falls asleep in the car! Whenever I want her to stay awake, we give snacks, talk a lot, pass books to her, or let her watch a video.

i give her something she's not usually playing with to hold for the ride home: a water bottle, an empty coffee mug, bubbles we just bought, etc. that usually keeps her occupied enough to not fall asleep!

I'd go out first thing in the morning or after the nap. I HATE having to keep my son awake in the car! I know for sure videos would keep him awake but we don't have anything set up for that. We also play with the windows when he's falling asleep.

He's recently fallen asleep in the car before his nap and once we get home he gets ~30-45 minutes to play and goes down easily.

We plan it so as not to be in the car when approaching nap time. But if it gets close we just take away her paci because she won't fall asleep without that.

We do our best not to be in the car during nap time. He usually sleeps around 2 hours in the afternoon, so it's not much of a sacrifice to go in the morning or after his nap to do things. I'd much rather have him eat on the run than nap on the run.