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i've road tripped by myself with LO several times. biggest lesson i learned is to go during nap time. i leave before 9am and he has an uber nap. then we stop 30 mins or so after he wakes and i nurse, change diaper, we eat, we hang out. i make it a really long stop. then we do the rest. and i hope for his afternoon nap to occur during the second half. the trip is 5 hours driving. i never considered going his sleep (at night) time because i imagine i would be too tired to drive that much and i don't like interrupting his sleep for the night. though after a full day in the car, it is harder for him to go to bed once we arrive. depends i guess.

Ideally, I think sleep time would be best but I wouldn't feel comfortable driving alone at night that far with DS. So I would try to drive during nap time to help cut down on possible fussiness.

Sounds like a good plan, I think you can totally do it. While I've only done 4 hour solo road trips, if you're talking 2 5 hour stints you should be just fine!

I agree with everything @californiadreams: said. We've had good luck traveling at bed time (though C is much younger) but if I was driving alone, it would make me really nervous that I'd get too tired driving that late.

@PrincessBaby: I travel when DH is working with LO solo. It's 3 hours one way. I try to go during nap time, but the last two trips she woke up early. It was a nightmare, but I also think it's her age. The only thing that calms her when she is upset is eating. She can't watch videos or anything, so that makes the ride boring unless she gets to eat.i don't do sleep time because there is nothing to help me if we had any trouble on the road. At least at nap time I can stop and feed her at a parking lot or something. Good luck!!!

My LO hates the car, so I would only really consider driving at night if could help it. In your case, I would at least drive at night one of the days.

If it were me, I'd drive from 5-6, stop, change LO and give her snaks/bottle, then assume she'd go to sleep around 6:30 or 7. Then I'd drive until 11.... that woud allow us to get in about 5.5 hrs of driving. She'd wake up the next morning around 7:30 and I'd plan to be on the road at 9. Hopefully she'd take a 2 hr nap before e arrived. That's what I'd do/hope for! Good luck!

I haven't done it yet, but I would choose naptime over sleep time. Because K tends to freak out in the car near bedtime and hates being in the dark car - especially if no one is in the back seat with her. Good luck!