That’s a good idea too. I’m not a big night driver, so I try to avoid driving at night when I can. Plus, I like to see the changing scenery when we go on road trips!

Frequent breaks are good. I like to stop at rest stops where the kids can run around in a grassy area. We like to bring along a football or soccer ball to toss or kick around too. But when you have toddlers you sometimes need to pull out all the stops. Make sure you have snacks, drinks, toys, coloring books and…

Don’t go. I’m just kidding. My kids and I did a 10,000 mile road trip last summer over 7.5 weeks (and my husband was only with us for 2.5 weeks). So there was close quarters and no back-up parent. Yikes. That’s when strategic seating is key in the minivan (know which kids really just can’t sit next to which other kids…

Little ones are easy. They’re so portable. Honestly, when my kids were infants we’d plan for drive time at the same time as naptime. So we’d feed the baby, put him or her into the carseat, then drive away. More often than not, the baby was fast asleep before we’d even left our neighborhood and the motion of the car…

That’s a good idea. We like Sea Bands too. You can buy them at any drugstore. They seemed to work on our cross-country road trip last summer. 7.5 weeks on the road and not one of my kids threw up! :)

I hear you. I have kids who get motion sickness on planes and in cars. Have you tried a potato? I know, that sounds crazy, right? I saw that on the Today Show last year. There’s something about the earthy smell of a potato that’s supposed to put car sickness at bay. I’ve got more nausea remedies here: http://kidventuro…

Hi Andy, thanks for having me. I’m okay with a little screen time, but I try to make a variety of activities available to my kids, especially when we’re on a lengthy road trip. My four kids each have a tablet, but then I also like to engage them with activity books and travel games. I really like 50 Road Trip Games.…