Comments on: Our First Overnight Trip with Baby, A Tale of Planning Gone Wrong

By: Farrah

Farrah — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:55:28 +0000

Ha! Great pics 🙂 You are a master now of traveling with kids- be proud! That story about Grandpa is fantastic- of all things, Floridian driving in the snow, first grandchild… oy. Poor man. It makes me think about the white knuckle drive we had with B on the way home from the hospital- down the expressway in a deluge of rain. I think Andy drive about 35 mph.

By: Turtle

Turtle — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:01:32 +0000

I guess it’s good I got some of this down on here, so I can remember it? I am so thankful that most of the time bad things seem to get forgotten. One of my favorite quotes has something to travel being glamorous only in retrospect… especially true in family travels!

By: Turtle

Turtle — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:57:51 +0000

I read so often about making sure there’s enough diapers for trips and even though I feel like I bring a TON now, it’s always just enough on road trips. It’s crazy.

Glad you got the upgrade!

By: Lisa Goodmurphy

Lisa Goodmurphy — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:17 +0000

Now that was a rough first trip! I can’t even recall the details of our first overnight trip with my older daughter. I know it was driving to visit both sets of grandparents and a great grandmother for Christmas when she was about 10 weeks old. We had four long car trips over the course of a few days and I’m sure lots went wrong but all bad things seem to get erased from my memory over time! 😉

By: eileen at FamiliesGo!

eileen at FamiliesGo! — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:14 +0000

On our first roadtrip, from NYC to DC, TT got car sick 30 minutes into the drive. Then, despite tossing up all of her breakfast (formula) she still managed to pee so much between a Maryland rest stop and our DC hotel that she overflowed her diaper and was soaking wet when we got out of the car. Luckily the desk clerk took a sympathetic view of our no-doubt bedraggled entrance and gave us a free upgrade to a bigger room, which was very handy. parenting is the art of improvisation.

By: Andrea, Passports And Pushchairs

Andrea, Passports And Pushchairs — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28:29 +0000

Love this story – it is so funny how new, first time parents do things, and how by the time you have a second things are just second nature. But look how cute he is!