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We've made a 14 hour trip a few times when F was an infant. When he was that little we planned to do a bulk of the trip at night because he'd sleep more, so I don't have many tips about keeping babies happy when awake.

However, my best friend told me this gem: breast feed while your partner drives with the baby in the carseat. I thought that was crazy, but it was a LIFESAVER. I just leaned over his seat and he was able to latch on. It saved us a lot of trouble.

Good luck!

@locavore_mama: totally agree!

When we've ever gone on the road, I wait til she's ready for a nap and then leave. When she was 3 months we drove to the cottage, about 3.5 hours, and she napped the whole bay because we didn't stop.

Of course-- I forgot that driving at bedtime is the best for baby-- but it's hard on the driver who has to stay awake. We did that our first 4 hours trip with C and she stayed asleep the whole time until transfered her to the pack and play when we got there, fed her and she went right back to sleep.

@locavore_mama: Exactly what we did. We drove out to Michigan (11 hours in a day). We started at his morning nap (around 9), and he slept for about 2 hours. When he woke up, he was happy, so we kept going. He started getting antsy right around 1:30, so we stopped for about an hour. Hubs and I ate and then we got back in the car and I nurse D. He didn't fall asleep, but he was drowsy enough that we could put him back in the seat without too much complaining. He fell asleep for his afternoon nap then and slept another 3 hours or so. And same thing - awake for about 2 hours, got fussy, we stopped for dinner, nursed again, back into the carseat, and about 1.5 hours later, we reached our destination, where I nursed him again and he went right back to sleep in the crib we rented.