<\/p>\nIn about a week, the family Boyd is heading up to “Cedar Campus”:http:\/\/cedarcampus.com\/ for the 2007 InterVarsity “Faculty Conference”:http:\/\/facultyconference.org\/. We can’t wait to explore this beautiful retreat center with Lucy for the first time, except for one thing: we are a little nervous about the eight-hour drive north. <\/p>\n
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p{color:gray}. Photo: Cedar Campus’s “Old Mill Point” site in the morning mist, August 27, 2004.<\/p>\n
Lucy has taken a couple of “road”:\/news\/2006\/have-baby-will-travel\/ “trips”:\/news\/2007\/the-lucy-files-january-12\/ with us before and done quite well. But that was several months ago (before mobility really set in) — and the car trips were only about three hours long.<\/p>\n
If Lucy were three or four years old, I think I’d have a lot more ideas of ways to entertain her: we could listen to books on tape, sing songs, play look-out-the-window games, or make up stories together. But I’m not quite sure how to entertain a pre-verbal toddler strapped into her car seat. Is it possible? Here are some of the specific questions we have:<\/p>\n
* Is it better to plan frequent stops for fun, or should we just try to plow through for as long as possible before taking a break?
\n* Lucy’s pre-walking status makes me wonder where we can stop for a crawl-break. I can try to put my “germophobia”:\/news\/2007\/germophobe\/ aside for a bit, but I really don’t think she should be crawling around on the floor of a Wal-Mart. Any alternate ideas?
\n* Now that Lucy is a forward-facing rider, we lack appropriate car toys — all of the ones we used to have hung on the bar of her infant seat. Any tips?
\n* We are willing to put aside our pride (if not sanity) and listen to some kids music, if necessary. Any specific road-trip music recommendations for a 13-month-old, or will she be just as happy listening to the Grateful Dead?
\n* I’m planning to bring along plenty of “Cheerios”:\/news\/2007\/the-lucy-files-may-25-2007\/. What are some other good (and suitably tidy) car snacks for a seven-toothed baby?
\n* The last time we road-tripped with Lucy, we were “still”:\/news\/2007\/the-marker\/ “swaddling”:\/news\/2006\/baby-houdini\/ “her”:\/news\/2006\/luv-2-b-swaddled\/ for “naps”:\/news\/2006\/happy-napper\/, which made for a good enough “sleep cue,” even when we were in the car. Now that she’s a “free-range hen”:\/news\/2007\/farewell-o-swaddle\/, are there ways that we should help Lucy take her twice-daily snoozes, or should we bail on planning them and just feel thankful if she sleeps spontaneously?<\/p>\n
Those are the first questions I have off the top of my head. Once we get there, I think I’ll feel quite comfortable; we reserved a cabin with two bedrooms (so Lucy can have her own digs), which will make our stay a lot more like home. But if you have tips about the _getting there_ and _settling in_ parts, send them along! We’ll need all the help we can get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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