| You've all heard of the horror stories of
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| | for small children as it reinforces their
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| family trips. No matter how long you are
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| | learning the alphabet.
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| staying at your chosen destination, when
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| | 3. Keep Things Novel
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| traveling with children the longest part
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| | You might want to buy some new toys or
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| of the trip can be your journey there.
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| | games for your children. A new book,
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| Kids get fidgety, even aggressive during
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| | especially, can last an entire trip if
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| especially long car rides or airplane
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| | your child loves to read. Just be
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| rides. You will need plenty of activities
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| | careful, however, as reading while in a
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| to keep their minds busy.
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| | car can, for some people, make them feel
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| 1. Keep Them Busy
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| | nauseous.
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| Chances are, unless you are going to a
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| | 4. Babies & Flights
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| very kid-centric location, your children
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| | Lot's of parents wonder whether or not
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| will be very bored. Try purchasing travel
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| | they should bring their baby's car seat
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| games such as tiny versions of chess or
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| | with them when they go on a plane. The
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| checkers. There are also plenty of low
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| | question to ask is are you going to be
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| cost games you can play in a car like eye
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| | travelling by car at your destination? If
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| spy or 20 questions. Having a variety of
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| | so they you'll need to bring the car seat
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| games and activities to keep their
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| | anyway. If you are not travelling by car
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| children occupied and keep their minds
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| | and forget or decide not to bring your
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| off of the journey is always a good idea.
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| | car seats, you can sometimes rent them.
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| 2. For Long Car Rides
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| | In general however it's a better idea to
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| Keep in mind when designing an itinerary
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| | take the car seat with you. Another tip
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| of games that children typically get
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| | is to give your baby a bottle while the
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| tired of playing the same game twice. For
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| | plane is taking off to calm them down and
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| your benefit, you can design games that
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| | prevent your baby's ears from popping.
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| take a long time to complete. For
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| | 5. Strollers
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| example, you can play the ABC game. In
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| | Let's face it even tiny babies feel heavy
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| this game, you have to find all the
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| | after a while in your arms, and don't
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| letters of the alphabet from signs,
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| | forget about toddlers who all of the
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| licence plates, etc. Letters can only be
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| | sudden tell you they can't walk any
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| found outside the car and must be
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| | longer (often they tell you this at the
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| verified by others in the car to make
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| | most inconvenient times). A baby stroller
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| sure that they are not just making up
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| | solves these problems. The great thing is
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| signs. As an added challenge and to
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| | that most infant car seats snap onto a
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| prevent cheating, you can remove licence
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| | travel system stroller. This makes it
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| plates from the possible things you can
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| | both simple and easy to take both the
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| get letters from. It can be quite
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| | stroller and the baby seat along on
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| difficult to find the letters Q,U,V,X,Y
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| | trips. The other option is a lightweight
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| and Z. To keep things interesting you can
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| | stroller that has a built in carrying
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| make it a race and whoever finishes the
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| | strap, that's comfortable and easy to
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| alphabet first wins. This is a great game
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| | haul around.
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