When traveling by car with a child, you need to prepare well. First of all, decide in which place to install the car seat, so that you and the child was comfortable.
Make also a list of things that should be in the car, so as not to stop every minute and not get them out of the trunk. At hand you should have: bags with toys and small treats, a bottle of drink, a sweater or a blanket, if the baby freezes. All these things put in places where they do not threaten the safety of a small passenger, for example in a closed tank or a passenger seat. Never put them on the shelf at the rear window, because they can fly to your head when braking. Experienced moms know that the best time to travel is when the baby is sleepy or inactive, for example, in the morning (if he likes to sleep) or after noon, when he eagerly listens to fairy tales or picks books. With older children, who do not sleep much during the day, it is worthwhile to leave as soon as possible, best before dawn. While the child "will look through dreams", you will have time to pass a decent piece of the way.
Take time to stop and lightly grab a bite. The least trouble with babies. It is enough to go while he sleeps, and stop when he wakes up for feeding. The main thing to remember is that there is no need to arrange a halt when the baby is tired and just about to take a nap. This knocks him out of balance, and it is known that a tired child can
Choose the right car seat
■ A child weighing up to 9 kg should travel with his back to the driving direction. The car seat for the baby should have a headrest with a protective roller, to which the child leans against the head, and also a tab that reduces the depth of the chair (ensures a safe position).
■ For older children weighing 9-18 kg, the seat must have five-point seat belts. It will serve a child who sleeps much during the trip, so the car seat should be easy (also during the movement) to be rearranged from sitting to lying position.
■ For a child over 30 kg, an armchair is suitable in which only a three-point car seat belt protects it. It should have a headrest that gives support to the head. The seat of the belt buckle is best cleverly disguised, since four-year-olds are already able to unbutton it. Children of preschool or school age during a short stay can run a little or play a ball. Arrange a halt at a safe parking in the forest, away from the road. In order not to worry about crumbs, when a child wants to eat a cookie, place a sheet or an old blanket on the seat. It can be easily shaken out at the nearest stop. If you want to dine at a roadside cafe, choose a large establishment near which many cars are parked. This will minimize the risk of poisoning with stale products. For the child (and not only) order as simple as possible dishes, best of all without meat (and cooked, not fried).
If the journey is delayed. Keep the child in the car seat for a long time - the task is not easy, Baby can get bored after a quarter of an hour. Therefore, you must in advance come up with activities for the child that can take him for a long time. In addition to your favorite soft toy or doll (with clothes and accessories, so that the child can feed, dress, sleep), take a toy, a book or a game that the kid has not seen before. While he will "understand" with the novelty, some time will pass. The less a child misses, the more peaceful the journey will be. If your kid likes to draw, give him a plastic board with an erasable felt-tip pen on a string - instead of pencils and a notepad. For older children, you can take a player with headphones so they can listen to fairy tales, or a portable DVD player so you can watch cartoons. Think of some common games that do not require special equipment, for example puzzles (passengers close their eyes and wonder what they will see, for example, counting to a hundred, a forest, a village, a meadow, etc.), an exercise for observation (who will first notice the horse , truck, sign "stop"). With older children you can play words or cities. A child of preschool age will be easily interested in the route of your journey. In advance, buy him a card (the cheapest one, which will not be a pity to spoil) and mark with a felt-tip pen the road from the house to the final point of your trip. If he already knows the letters, let him emphasize the settlements that you are passing through. If the kid still can not figure out the real map, draw him your route on a piece of whatman. Let him stick colored circles on it and indicate the places of stops, churches or nests of storks, by which you pass.