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I frankly never tried traveling with somebody that young. You can't hold them and they can't entertain themselves.
Our son was 22 months old when we had twin girls. When the girls were a year and a half we drove from Michigan to Florida, stayed a week and drove back. We went to the dollar store and bought a bunch of dollar items that would be safe for children, even things like plastic measuring cups, whatever, just to give them something to play with and rotated them between the three. Plus taking time for a couple of half hour stops for them to get out and run.
Not sure what you would do with somebody two months old though!
Our son was 22 months old when we had twin girls. When the girls were a year and a half we drove from Michigan to Florida, stayed a week and drove back. We went to the dollar store and bought a bunch of dollar items that would be safe for children, even things like plastic measuring cups, whatever, just to give them something to play with and rotated them between the three. Plus taking time for a couple of half hour stops for them to get out and run.
Not sure what you would do with somebody two months old though!
A
You mean besides PRAY? lol
My parents had three kids in 27 months. I am the youngest of those three. BUT, 11 years later, along came my "little brother," (who is now 47 and no longer shorter than I.) Every weekend, growing up, the family took off for one grandparent's house or the other. The short drive was only two hours. The long drive was six. Four months after little brother was born, we went on vacation -- a twelve hour trip in one car.
That's when I got mighty impressed with Mom's packing skills. She never ran out of diapers, never made the car stink with dirty diapers (she used cloth diapers, so that was impressive), always had enough bottles and baby-puke cloths, and always knew which cry that was. (Of course, after four months, we all did too, because that baby wasn't sleeping through the night yet. lol)
She had one thing you don't have though -- the use of quite-a-bit-older siblings to entertain the baby.
But she also told me the secret to how to deal with three babies at once. Here's the advice I remember, but never had to practice:
1. Know which cry it is.
2. Be prepared.
3. Train them to behave way before their memories kick in.
4. Assume the oldest is still going to roll the toilet paper down the steps while you're changing the youngest, and be happy that you managed to do that without the oldest deciding the middle one should roll down the steps too. (Translated into: Kids will be kids, try the best you can to protect them, and know you never can all the time. But, whatever you do, make up your mind early what the priorities are!)
The only other advice is to remember, many a woman has pulled this off before you, so it's doable. Chances are good, it's doable with some funny stories to tell when you're older that won't feel funny when it happens to you. Every woman who has ever had a baby knows the term "a good cry." Feel free to have one on occasion, then get back to work.
My parents had three kids in 27 months. I am the youngest of those three. BUT, 11 years later, along came my "little brother," (who is now 47 and no longer shorter than I.) Every weekend, growing up, the family took off for one grandparent's house or the other. The short drive was only two hours. The long drive was six. Four months after little brother was born, we went on vacation -- a twelve hour trip in one car.
That's when I got mighty impressed with Mom's packing skills. She never ran out of diapers, never made the car stink with dirty diapers (she used cloth diapers, so that was impressive), always had enough bottles and baby-puke cloths, and always knew which cry that was. (Of course, after four months, we all did too, because that baby wasn't sleeping through the night yet. lol)
She had one thing you don't have though -- the use of quite-a-bit-older siblings to entertain the baby.
But she also told me the secret to how to deal with three babies at once. Here's the advice I remember, but never had to practice:
1. Know which cry it is.
2. Be prepared.
3. Train them to behave way before their memories kick in.
4. Assume the oldest is still going to roll the toilet paper down the steps while you're changing the youngest, and be happy that you managed to do that without the oldest deciding the middle one should roll down the steps too. (Translated into: Kids will be kids, try the best you can to protect them, and know you never can all the time. But, whatever you do, make up your mind early what the priorities are!)
The only other advice is to remember, many a woman has pulled this off before you, so it's doable. Chances are good, it's doable with some funny stories to tell when you're older that won't feel funny when it happens to you. Every woman who has ever had a baby knows the term "a good cry." Feel free to have one on occasion, then get back to work.
K
If you travel in the late afternoon and by car it is best because you can always feed them, get their snacks, changed diapers, and hopefully get them to sleep during the drive. Your 3 yr old would do well with a portable dvd player, the twins just need not to be overheated because of the carseat and not too cold. And well just good luck. Lol