Hi we are driving from Derbyshire to Scotland next month to visit the father in law but I am worried my partner has not thought this through properly. Our daughter is 17 months and screams if in the car for more than 10 mins. We have tried giving her toys singing and talking to her we have even resorted to treats but nothing stops her. He plans to leave at 4.30am the plan is to just leave her in her pjs & hope she will sleep for a few hours so we can get a good start then stop for breakfast and get her dressed and washed at a service station then continue making lots of stops so she can get out and play. I have started preparing a bag of toys and bits she can do in the car and downloading shows for her on my ipad but I know how much she hates the car and will not sleep when we set off she will be to interested in what we are doing. To make it worse the mother in law (divorced from father in law I know it's strange but that's a whole other story lol) is also coming with us and she grates on me like finger nails on a chalk board. Everything she says to me or daughter just really really annoys me at the moment. So it's going to be a very long journey. Does anyone have any ideas how I can keep little one happy even just for some of the trip? xx
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23/07/2013 10:32
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