What is the longest you have drove with an infant?
We want to take DD to a Christmas Village about an hour away.
We have yet to make a 15 minute car ride with DS 5 weeks with out him screaming at some point....
I know if he is well fed and changed all is ok and we should just bite the bullet and go....
but I hate that goat screaming cry!!!!!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
My kids were both pretty good in the car, so I could drive up to 1.5-2 hours as infants before I needed to feed them again.
Sorry you have a screamer! 
eggplant / 11861 posts
@Adira: G did the exact same and I justjust made it a point to drive daily
Which I am doing with him too!!
She liked the car once she could play with toys and such, going for the same
clementine / 777 posts
6.5 hours as 9 week old, but my mom was with me. She generally did great.
squash / 13199 posts
@FaithFertility: Do you sit in the back with him? This usually helps, DH drives and I sit in the back. We plan our drives in such a way that we leave home immediately after he eats and 9 times out of 10 he falls asleep soon. He will start screaming if we are out longer than 3 hours especially if we run into traffic and the car slows down
nectarine / 2210 posts
When K was about 2 months old we did an 8 hour road trip with her. It actually wasn't that bad, at least until it got past her normal bedtime and she started freaking out. For the drive home we made sure to leave early in the day so we'd be home before she went to sleep for the night.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
I'd go! K was not great in the car as an infant and it was easier to avoid longer trips when it was just her. Sry #2
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
2 hours or so. That's how far we lived from family. My kids generally slept in the car as newborns though!
pomegranate / 3973 posts
I almost always had an hour drive for dr. appts or shopping (country living perk). I remember one time E cried the ENTIRE hour drive home, it was awful. Most of the time he just slept.
I'd just try and time your trip after a feeding when you know he'll be tired and then feed him again before you go.
coconut / 8854 posts
My DD was always pretty good in the car. at 3 months we went to visit DH's family, and it's a 9 hr drive with minimal stops. She did amazing!! we did it again when she was 13 months, and again she was awesome! We left at 3AM, and she slept for 3-4 hours, woke up, we stopped for breakfast, and sat in back with her after. We read books, and small toys, then she fell asleep for her morning nap as usual, and we powered through driving. I would do it again in a heart beat!
nectarine / 2262 posts
I think I'd skip it - I feel horrible torturing them unnecessarily at that age I didn't take my son anywhere at 5 weeks except the doctor but I was probably a nutso first time mom
coconut / 8483 posts
My daughter hated the car seat. Getting better now. But at 4 weeks we drove 3 hours. She slept on and off. Screamed some. Etc. I knew she was fed and clean, we just kept driving for a lot of it.
My method that worked well: make sure they are good and tired. Rock the car seat until they are asleep. Clip it in and GO quickly. No stopping for gas,coffee, etc as that wastes precious sleeping time! Good luck. I would go 
ETA: my son was good at taking bottles so I would pump while driving and give him a bottle if needed so it avoided a stop. My daughter hasn't been as good with bottles (especially at that age!) so we would make the full stop for a feed and diaper change.
nectarine / 2987 posts
We drove from the east coast to the middle of the continent to move. Our son's adjusted age was less than a month.
pomelo / 5257 posts
When my son was about two months old, we did an hourish drive to a pumpkin patch. But he just falls asleep on the car, I don't think I could have done it if he were screaming 
pear / 1961 posts
I drove 8hrs with 3week old DD1; MIL was with me in the car for the trip. Our normally-8hr trip ended up taking between 9 and 10...basically stopped for 20-30min every 2-3 hrs to feed. It actually wasn't that bad because she mostly slept in between all of the feedings.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
We live 3 hours from family. If they are crying, they usually settle down (and fall asleep) after 30 minutes.
watermelon / 14467 posts
A has only been to my parents house, which is an hour away. She mostly slept but when she was fussy, we'd shake her favorite rattle.
H was much easier to travel with because she took a paci. A refuses them all.
pomegranate / 3764 posts
Claire LOATHES the car, so 30 mins is about all either of us can tolerate!
grapefruit / 4418 posts
We did 6 hours when DD2 was 7 weeks old. She slept the entire way until the last 45 minutes. I gave her a small bottle in her seat because we were stuck in traffic with nowhere to go and that tied her over until we could stop and I nursed and changed her.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
At 5 weeks old we drove 9 hours straight. He slept for long stretches. It wasn't until 7 hours in he was really antsy and cried. We pumped him up with a lot of bottles, which looking back was not the best idea. It kept him occupied, but he was probably uncomfortably stuffed.
bananas / 9229 posts
I drove 6 hours alone when she was about 5-6 weeks? And with the dog.
coffee bean / 40 posts
2 hours to my parents house. They would sleep the entire way back then which was so nice.
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