🧸 With a toddler checklist
- Any length, with a child of one to three
For a road trip with a toddler, keep everything they need within your reach from the front seat: wipes, a spill-proof cup, snacks in small portions, the favourite toy, and a bag of small toys handed back one at a time. Pack a full change of clothes where you can get to it. Plan to stop every hour or two. Tick things here; the ticks stay on this phone.
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What matters on this trip
A toddler can't wait, so the trick is to have everything reachable from the front. A bag on the floor by the passenger seat is worth more than a suitcase of toys in the back.
Wrap a few small toys, or put each in its own bag. Hand back one at a time. Unwrapping is half the fun, and it makes a toy last.
Little ones can play car games too: Animal Sounds, Color Hunt and Count the Cows are made for them. Hold up the phone and let them tap.
The whole list
In reach of the front seat
- Wipes, lots
- A spill-proof cup
- Snacks in small portions
- The favourite toy or blanket
The toy bag
- Five or six small toys, each wrapped or in its own bag
- Two board books
- Stickers (they're easy to peel off windows)
Changes
- Diapers or pull-ups and a changing mat
- A full change of clothes, reachable
- Bags for wet or messy things
In the car
- A phone charger for the car
- A bag for trash
- Wipes and tissues
- The first-aid kit you already keep
- A couple of spare bags, in case someone feels car-sick
Before you go
- Car seat checked and buckled right
- Stops picked for every hour or two
- The drive timed around a nap, if you can
Games for this drive
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