Traveling by car with a child – tips and mine personal experience

I thought I was thinking, write or not write about it. Still my This is a specific experience, and I don’t want to terrify people who have doubts. and thinking about whether they go somewhere with a child or not. With another I see that not only parents of special children, but also parents ordinary do not often go somewhere, so I will share my little experience, as I traveled to Gelendzhik by car from Moscow.

The content of the article

• 1 Is it worth traveling with a child
• 2 Tips for traveling with your child
  • 2.1 General nuances
  • 2.2 What to take with you
• 3 Personal experience with a child who sleeps little

Should I travel with a child

First of all, the trip should be worth it. It is better to go somewhere in very interesting or the right place to make it clear why all this what happens and why you spend so much energy and energy on moving. It is clear that children are different, and sometimes their presence in general almost nothing changes in terms of travel. No less clear that parents too differ in moral stamina and attitudes peripetias. So you will have your own personal understanding of whether whether you ride or not, whether you like to ride with a small child or worth the wait.

Despite my experience, I still want to say that for most parents trip with a child by car passes pretty painlessly, there are plenty of examples among my friends. There are some the nuances to which you need to prepare morally and physically to do amendment to the format of travel with children and adjust for it route. In any case, you will surely transport your child to car in the city and now know how he behaves, as well as know its features.

It may well be that people too loving comfort will not very cool to travel with children, since the baby can sleep worse than normal, overexcited, crying and acting up the brain is all around. And maybe even need to be avid. traveler, a little “turned” on trips so as not to pay attention to all these peripetias. But just know most fears are only in the head, and stereotypes have created people who have not gone anywhere. Therefore, you need to check everything on personal experience.

Tips for traveling with your child

General nuances

I will try to describe the general nuances that seem important to me and fit all without exception.

• The easiest way to travel is when the child is still not crawling or when he started walking. In the first case it will be much easier. to be in the same place (in the car seat or in the arms), and also he need large spaces to move, neither in the car nor on stops, no hotel. The second case is more difficult, but the walking child it is much easier to find a place on the road where he can move, rather than creeping. On roadsides and parking lots (in Russia they are terrible) nowhere to crawl, only if somewhere in the grass, but not all children like. So if you have a crawling or walking child, then get ready for multiple stops.
• Even if your child sleeps well in a child seat, still Try not to spend in the car all day or even day. there is the view that the child can sleep, but it does not get enough sleep, that is he seems to be falling asleep against his will, just the nervous system is not maintains and disables the body, although visually it seems that the child just sleeps sweetly, it can all be expressed in moods, petty colds and so on. Therefore, it is better to sleep at night exactly. hotel / apartment / tent, and not go without stopping all day. Think about how your child’s day regimen will work out better.
• Do not chase the maximum number of attractions. and places to travel, as it was before the birth of a child. Children pretty quickly overworked and they need to dose the new impressions, and you yourself will be difficult. What’s the point of traveling turn into a race.
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• You can stay not in hotels, but in apartments through Airbnb. This is especially true for Russia, because a good apartment could be cheaper than a good hotel. And space for a family in apartment is much more, and to cook a child’s food will be very just as there is a kitchen. On the other hand, hotels work around the clock, there is a cafe and in general you can not cook anything. AT Anyway, the choice is yours. If you are not familiar with the service, then be sure to read my detailed review of it, where it is told about what it is, how to sign up, how to get $ 20 bonus, how to book accommodation, etc.
• A very useful thing in a car for the safety of children is locking doors and glasses so that the child does not fall out of the car. Even if he never tried to open the door, then it is only a question of time.
• If there is a lot of doubt in the strengths and strengths of the child, then It makes sense to potestit on a short trip. Most often it is It is difficult for parents to travel with children, not children. Not enough for everyone moral strength to withstand all these difficulties.

What to take with you

About useful things on the road and various accessories makes sense think in advance. For example, I carry with me an inverter for charging in just 220V, a pair of smartphone holders (it is used in as a navigator and WiFi point), soft and safe table for child seat (for example, such), a toilet bag with pockets on seat, foldable bucket and mini spade.

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• I was very much saved in the car toning, but I Unfortunately, I did not guess to hang up the curtains in addition. It is desirable to have both. Because toning makes it easy air conditioner operation (even in modern climate controlled machines without tinting will not be very), and the curtains can significantly dim the lights in the cabin.
• Toys in the car for children is best to take some special: new or favorite. Moreover, you need not all at once show, and in turn, today alone, tomorrow others, and so on. This the moment must be well thought out to distract the child on the road. Not superfluous will be a tablet with pre-installed children applications and cartoons.
• From motion sickness in transport for children and adults, I recommend bracelets on hand. Until the last did not believe, but they really work!
• If the child is selective in food, then it must be taken with by myself. I brewed porridge in a thermocup in the morning, and then it was enough for two doses with fruit / vegetable puree. And they were great bread, as a way to distract the child. I also had gas burner just in case to be able to cook food. There is a cafe on the highway, but, as a rule, there is no assortment in them. child, and dumb in an unfamiliar place such a child to give. By the way, because of the food with a baby (which is still on the chest) the easiest to drive, gave the chest and all.

Table for car seat – a very handy thing

Personal experience with a child who sleeps little

The most important conclusion I made on this trip is that that the pleasure of traveling should be totally more than spent moral and physical effort. That is to go somewhere realistically, as practice has shown, but will you want it To repeat, this is another question, and anyhow where to go is not at all I want to. In my case, anyway I had to take the child to the sea, the fresh air and the sun to recover from severe illness and hospital, and the plane at that time was not to pocket Plus, I also wanted to check the Gelendzhik district for moving there, so to speak, two birds with one stone. I managed somewhere about equal effort and benefit with impressions, so it was totally worth it.

Knowing that Yegor sleeps very badly (this is that he does not sleep in the car seat under any circumstances, as well as he may wake up from the slightest movement or light), I immediately decided go with at least two nights in Voronezh (flat in Voronezh) and near Rostov. 500 km per day is quite a normal distance, which can be overcome with a lot of stops. True because repairs of the M4 highway, sometimes it was necessary to go quite slowly and overcoming these kilometers took a long time.

On the way, I regularly stayed at Egor for 2 nights, He gave me an hour to sleep, and tried to go further. He usually woke up from the first pit, of which on our roads can not be considered. AT Ideally, for such trips, long stops to sleep are needed (until wake up) and a minibus, where there will be much more space in the cabin, and where you can normally lie down on the seat. In the Lancer rear seat for this is not suitable. And more desirable way to type German autobahn with lots of parking for recreation.

The car is small, even the front seat was littered

Blinds in the car in a hurry

Besides the fact that Yegor is not sleeping in a child seat, he is also in it does not want to sit. That’s what toys are needed for all the way. I recommend stocking them in advance. I think it’s still great A tablet with games will do, in the car all means are good. true Egor periodically distracted and playful hands, pulled dad for hair. Maybe the motorhome was easier. Eh, straight dream my.

I want my dad to help drive the car

This is not a runway, this is a pseudo-parking with garbage

P.S. It is important to understand that all children are different, and if someone can travel without stopping for months, it does not mean that your child will approve too. Conversely, if someone is difficult, then not the fact that it will be difficult for you. Everything needs to be approached with head, but most importantly, are not afraid to try something and make their personal conclusions.

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