[blparent] first big car trip with baby

[Erin Rumer]

Sure thing Ronit.  Happy to help.  My son has never been a fan of being in
the car either until he finally falls asleep so I'm so glad his trip went
great as well.  The funny thing is by the time I'm done nursing him my left
boob will probably be longer than the right one from nursing Dawson in the
car! LOL

Just so you know another thing that worked around your son's age is simply
putting my clean pinky finger in his mouth when he got fussy.  For some
reason this soothed him more than the pacifier at times.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 1:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] first big car trip with baby

Hi Erin,
Thanks for sharing these tips. We are taking our four-month-old son on a
road trip to Los Angeles frm northern California and are very nervous about
it. He has not been great in the car so far so we are not sure how this
goes. Your tips on nursing while driving were very funny. I sure wish I
could do that but I don't think I could reach. :) I do think I will sit in
back with him most of the time to keep him entertained or hold the pacifier.

Thanks for sharing.
Ronit

On Jul 5, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Erin Rumer wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> 
> 
> My husband and I just took our 8 month old son Dawson on his first big 
> car ride from Tucson, AZ to San Diego, CA this past weekend and I just 
> wanted to share that the boy did beautifully with not one melt-down in 
> the car.  It was a 6 hour trip each way but with stops it was more 
> like 7 hours.  I must give most of the credit to a little car 
> television that my husband got right before the trip that just straps 
> onto the seat in front of my son as he's facing the rear.  Dawson was 
> in love with being able to watch his educational Baby Einstein and 
> Sesame Street videos and it literally kept him entertained for hours 
> over-all.  Also, so we didn't have to stop the car every time I needed 
> to nurse him I simply slid myself next to his car seat and swung my 
> boob into his area to nurse.  It worked like a charm and I did need to 
> hold the back of my son's head since he needed to lean his head 
> forward a bit to nurse but he was happy as a clam with being able to 
> feed from his car seat.  I know that not all women could do this but 
> this is one of those times my big chest came in handy.  I did give in 
> and give Dawson a few of those quick melting puffs cereal for babies 
> although I'm not very comfortable giving him anything to eat when he's 
> strapped into something encase of choking.  I kept a very close eye on 
> him and he did great and the sippy cup with just water in it was a fun 
> thing he liked to play with and snag a sip from as well from time to 
> time.  We would feed him his actual meal of baby food when we 
> ourselves would stop for food and that worked great.  Dawson enjoyed 
> the music we had for him in the car for the trip but he especially got 
> a kick out of mommy and daddy singing to him.  I sit in back with him 
> so I can be his "jester" and make his stuffed animals talk to him and 
> dance and sing for him.  Dawson loves all that interaction and I get a 
> kick out of watching him laugh and have so much fun.  Sometimes I'd 
> just simply lean over in my seat and let him play with a hat I was 
> wearing or merely play with my face and hair as long as he didn't get 
> too wild and tug mommy's skin off. LOL
> 
> 
> 
> Hope these tips help for your future travels with your little ones.  
> We're going to Long Beach in a few weeks so we'll have even a longer 
> trip to have fun on.  Let's hope that trip goes as well as this last one
did.
> 
> 
> 
> Erin Rumer
> 
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