Are you worried about taking a trip across the state? Well I can tell you it is super scary but everything will work out! What did we do? Well... first off we fed baby W right before we got in the car. At the time he was only 7 weeks old and was eating every 2 hours...maybe 2 and a half hours. Step one was that we fed him right before we left and changed his diaper before he left. He fell right asleep for a good hour or maybe even hour and a half. Once he woke up, I was able to feed him again. Unfortunately, I sat in the back seat to keep baby W happy and it made the hubby unhappy. Since I was still breast feeding, I used my hand pump to pump in the backseat while Wesley was driving and baby W was sleeping. This worked out well because I was able to pump 20-30 minutes prior to baby W getting hungry and then I would just feed him from the bottle.
After 2 hours, we pulled into a mall and changed him and grabbed a bite to eat. We only had 20-30 minutes left to go after that but it was great to get out and stretch. On the way home, we did the same thing. Now baby W really doesn't like his car seat often. He in fact would rather be held but obviously that isn't safe. We tried really hard to drive when we knew it was nap time. Hopefully, this helps you when you need to take your little one to visit family members that won't be able to come to you.
After 2 hours, we pulled into a mall and changed him and grabbed a bite to eat. We only had 20-30 minutes left to go after that but it was great to get out and stretch. On the way home, we did the same thing. Now baby W really doesn't like his car seat often. He in fact would rather be held but obviously that isn't safe. We tried really hard to drive when we knew it was nap time. Hopefully, this helps you when you need to take your little one to visit family members that won't be able to come to you.
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