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Chanie
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 Thu, Apr 02 2009, 2:19 pm
We are braving the drive and actually driving from Montreal to Miami for Pessach... thats a 2 day, all day trip.
I need tips on what to take with us to keep my 3 boys (2,4,6) occupied as long as possible. We have a DVD player in the car, but can they really watch 24 hours of video in 2 days or are they going to go crazy?
What can I take along to keep them entertained?
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Mama Bear
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 2:25 pm
books. car games and toys - search online.
new dvd's.
food and drink.
singing silly songs.
dramamine.
napping.
license plate game.
looking out the window.
a stop in the psych ward for you.
(Dontknow how your even contemplating this. I cant do a 3 hr car trip with my 3 yr old and 8 m.o. w/o losing my mind.)
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Chanie
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 2:37 pm
| Tamiri wrote: | | What about the way back? |
The way back will be cut up... I'm driving a few hours north for a few day vacation with the kids then going to Baltimore for shabbos and only driving the remainder on Sunday so I'm not as worried.
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Sarah S
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 2:43 pm
give them benedryl every 8 hours  . youll have a quite relaxed ride
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Chanie
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 2:43 pm
| Mama Bear wrote: | | new dvd's. | done.. bought 5 new ones plus plan on taking a few family favorites.
of course!
 why not? drug them!
oh boy! I wish!
| Quote: | | license plate game. | maybe my oldest, but cant see the others get involved
| Quote: | | a stop in the psych ward for you. | I'm afraid that might just happen
| Quote: | | (Dontknow how your even contemplating this. I cant do a 3 hr car trip with my 3 yr old and 8 m.o. w/o losing my mind.) | We decided to attempt it this year to save the money so we can take an extra week off for vacation after Pessach.... I hope we made a good decision!
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hila
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 3:34 pm
| Sarah S wrote: | | give them benedryl every 8 hours . youll have a quite relaxed ride |
No - you take the Benedyl, you will sleep through all the noise.
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Younger Me
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 3:36 pm
chanie, it'll be ok! we did it a few times (once I had a 2 year old and a month old baby).
the kids will sleep more than you think, they'll get sleepy.
I do NOT recommend benadryl....one year we took an 8 hour flight before pessach so my dr recomended we give it to my then 18 months old baby....big mistake! he failed to mention that many times, it has the opposite effect - which is what happened, it made my baby really hyper, she only fell asleep as we landed! plus, I don't like drugging my kids (I was young and stupid then, and listened to my dr, I know better now...)
anyways...coloring books, crayons, books....the 2 year old will probably entertain himself just looking out the window, but for us the DVD player was a lifesaver....
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Raisin
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 3:40 pm
books on cd? libraries have them to borrow.
travel games?
coloring stuff. toy cars. little toy animals from the dollar store. maybe a vtech computer game?
have a bag with a bunch of new cheap toys/markers/books you can give them.
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Younger Me
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 3:53 pm
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yeah, I forgot about the leapfrog leap pad, for your oldest....
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cassandra
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 3:55 pm
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Have built in stops every couple of hours so that not only can the kids stretch but they have something to look forward to.
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Chanie
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 4:05 pm
| Killy22 wrote: | | yeah, I forgot about the leapfrog leap pad, for your oldest.... |
hey, thanks-great idea, I didn't think of bring that.
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Chanie
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 4:06 pm
| cassandra wrote: | | Have built in stops every couple of hours so that not only can the kids stretch but they have something to look forward to. |
no way, then it'll end up being a 3 day trip.... I can hardly handle the 2.
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cassandra
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 4:16 pm
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Even if it's just for a few minutes. I think keeping kids that age cooped up and unable to move for hours and hours is abusive.
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Chanie
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 4:34 pm
| cassandra wrote: | | Even if it's just for a few minutes. I think keeping kids that age cooped up and unable to move for hours and hours is abusive. |
well at the end of it they will have hours and hours of unrestraint in the sun... 3 weeks of sun!
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cassandra
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 5:07 pm
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Kids that age can't think that far ahead.
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Raisin
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 5:14 pm
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you have to do toilet stops anyway.
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cassandra
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 5:18 pm
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Yes, I don't mean museums or anything. Or even the world's largest cornstalk. Just time to stretch out, go to the bathroom. I've found on long car trips when my kids started to complain if I could tell them "we're stopping in x place at x time" they did so much better. And my kids are excellent sitters, but they still need it.
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GoodEnough
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Thu, Apr 02 2009, 5:48 pm
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prepare a bag for each child with books, colouring books, games, toys all age approriate for the 4 and 6 yr old perhaps a craft they can work on
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