Stay-At-Home Moms

Is it 12 hours straight through?

Or is it 12 hours, including stopping every few for your toddler to run around, etc.??

Either way, if it were me, I wouldn't try to do it in one day. I'd get a hotel room and break up the driving... but I know that may not be possible for everyone.

We went to my uncle's cottage this past summer which is a 4 hr. drive non-stop. It took us about 6-7 hours because of lunch, stops to run or stretch our legs, etc.

I'd buy some new toys and dole them out one at a time as he gets bored. If he gets to the point of non-stop fussiness it's time to stop driving : )

It's a 12 hour drive strait through - it typically takes us about 14 hours with stops & Lunch or Dinner.  We normally take sandwich stuff with us to make lunch in the car because we leave so early so lunch tends to be around 10:30 for us.  We wont be doing that this time because I'm pregnant and can't eat the lunch meat so we will have to figure something else out for that.  We would definitely stay over night 1/2 way though if that was an option, however, we have 2 dogs (Lab& Husky) that have to travel with us so staying over night is not an option.  We could find a hotel that allows dogs but those are hard to come by with the route we take and we like to drive as far as we can get on the first day.  I guess is all else fales we will find someplace to stay.  I have looked online for ideas on keeping your toddler busy on a road trip and there have been some really great ideas!  So I'm hoping some of the tricks will work.  I'm wishing for the best and I think my husband is expecting the worst...lol

Here is the link I found with a ton of great ideas so hopfully they will work!

http://www.mamapedia.com/article/need-help-with-ideas-to-keep-my-toddlers-busy-during-14-hour-car-ride

Thanks for your thoughts

Just be VERY careful because you (and your son) can easily get DVT (deep vein thrombosis) from sitting like that for too many hours.

A friend of mine got it from a 10hr. flight recently. It's BAD!! And you're at a higher risk for it because you're pregnant.

Safe travels!