6.5 hour car ride with 6.5 month old...

we are driving to visit family next month...its a 6.5 hour drive and dd will be 6.5 months old. she is very good in the car (but we have never done more than a 2 hour drive with her). Of course we would make a stop or two to feed her (and for us to eat & stretch our legs). do you think its do-able to have her in the car that long or should we stop somewhere half way into our trip and spend the night and continue the next day?

Re: 6.5 hour car ride with 6.5 month old...

We just did a 5 hour trip for the 4th of July DS was almost 5 months. We didn't stop he pretty much slept he whole time. If he started to fuss I climbed in the back with him and played with him a little.
I don't think it's a big deal to drive straight through but if it makes you feel better to stop go for it

Re: 6.5 hour car ride with 6.5 month old...

We've been doing 8 hr car rides like every other month since DD was 2 months old. Up until she was about 9 months old, she would sleep most of the way so it was a breeze. It's getting a little tougher now that she is over a year now and doesn't want to sleep the entire way. I think you should be fine, try to plan around nap schedules if at all possible.

Re: 6.5 hour car ride with 6.5 month old...

I think you can do it in a day at that age. Everyone will be a bit tired and cranky by the end but it won't be too bad and it won't drag on for two days.

Re: 6.5 hour car ride with 6.5 month old...

My parents live 6-7 hrs away depending on traffic. Both my boys have been doing the drive since 3 months. When they were infants, we left at night around bedtime, so the stops we made did not require us to them out.

I just did the drive yesterday with my 3&4 yr old & we stopped for 35 minutes for lunch. Boys didn't complain.

Re: 6.5 hour car ride with 6.5 month old...

We drove to Florida when my DD was 6 months old, and she did fine in the car. She slept most of the time, and we stopped a few times to get out, stretch our legs, let her out of the car seat, etc.