Rest only in our dreams.
To begin with, you can offer the child a game in the "spare pilot", giving him a toy steering wheel. Let the child turn, brake and accelerate with the driver.
If you have to spend a few hours on the road, then do not expect that the child will travel all the trip to one thing, albeit very exciting. You should always have several options. Good help in the long journey of painting supplies. If the child likes to look at the pictures, then you can stock up on magazines with comic books. A new toy unknown in the car, hidden in the car, will help to cope in the most difficult cases: everything new causes great interest.
If you are not behind the wheel, then you can spend an improvised excursion with the child. This will help satisfy the craving for the baby to cognize, and the road will seem much shorter. If you do not begin to tell, then the kid is guaranteed to fill you with an unlimited number of questions "what", "where", "why" and "why." In addition, new impressions will give the child food for thought and he will sit quietly for a while.
Coping with boredom and limited freedom of movement during the journey is helped by joint activities such as chess, checkers or more simple logic games. Parents should always remember that the game is the most simple and fascinating way of knowing the world for a child.
A great inspiration in many children is the reading of poetry. And do not forget to praise him. A cheerful song, sung together with my mother, will quickly raise the mood of the disobedient kid.
We develop on the road.
A long trip provides a good opportunity for training the observation of the baby. Pay attention to its attention to surrounding objects, buildings, animals, etc. Interest in the environment and the ability to draw conclusions will teach the child to navigate in the social environment.
Help the child to show his imagination, teach him to find interesting things that may seem boring at first glance: the child's imagination will easily turn the top shelf in a train into a secret shelter, and train into a spaceship.
Security.
In conclusion, I would like to remind parents that any trip, and especially on a car, poses a serious danger to the life and health of all participants in the trip. That is why it is necessary to teach children to certain rules of behavior in the car. First of all, accustom the child during the movement to be in a special children's chair. If he is old enough, he should still use special child restraints: a seat cushion and a seat belt adapter. Explain to the child that his life and health depend on this, that nobody is insured against various accidents on the road. But to reduce their consequences to a minimum in our strengths.
Be sure to make stops for rest. The child is heavily constantly in one place, his irrepressible energy requires withdrawal. It is advisable to schedule your movement schedule so that every 1.5 to 2 hours you and the child have the opportunity to walk, stretch the numbing limbs and back. Be sure to set the rule - all your business is done during a scheduled stop. If you have a map, you can mark with it places of rest. So it will be easier for you to make adjustments to the route.
Taking into account as much as possible nuances, from traveling with a child you will get only pleasure.
Julia Sobolevskaya , specially for the site