Tuesday, January 22, 2013

We are travelers.

The DDH's grandfather died this morning.

We're heading to Houston later this week to be with his grandma and father. I love traveling and haven't been to Houston since I was very little (I have vague memories of the Space Center and a zoo or park or something). So perversely I'm kind of looking forward to the trip.

BUT.

Anyone have any tips for surviving two eight-hour car trips and four nights, five days in a hotel with a two-month-old?

I think we'll have to switch to disposable diapers for the trip, since my cloth stash covers about four days, not five, and I'm not sure about doing laundry at my father-in-law's house. We also have a gifted stash of size one diapers that just barely still fit T-Rex.

And clearly the drive there and back will take much longer than eight hours since we'll have to stop and feed T-Rex every two to three hours. So there's that, too.

Please share your traveling-with-tinies wisdom! And any must-do's in Houston, of course! ^_^


8 comments:

  1. Oh Katie, I'm so very sorry to hear about Hyphen's grandfather. :-( I don't have any kid traveling tips, but best of luck!

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    1. Thanks, Jessi! It actually turned out to be quite a nice trip.

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  2. I don't have any tips either, but I'll be praying t-Rex is a mellow traveller. I'm sorry for your loss.

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    1. Turns out he is in fact a mellow traveler. ^_^ Thanks, Jen.

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  3. I'm so sorry the loss to DDH's family.

    Definitely ditch the cloth for the trip. Not worth it.

    Stopping to feed T-Rex every few hours will actually be a good thing. You can stretch your legs, get some fresh air, and freshen up a bit as you go. I always sat in the backseat with my girls on long trips like that. I could hand them a paci or read to them or hold their little hands while they snoozed.

    Praying for safe and easy travels for all of you!

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    1. I ditched the cloth for the trip, but I was soooo happy to be back to it after.

      Amazingly, he is a champion car sleeper and really we made excellent time. I even was able to sit up front, which is good, because I get carsick like the highway is a hurricane-tossed sea and the car is a yacht. Ugh.

      Thank you, Megan!

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  4. I'm with Megan. Don't bother with cloth for the trip, and sit in the back with Baby. Lots of stops are great.

    Good luck!!

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