Road Trip!!!!

The last month or so has been full of road trips for the Speizers. In mid-November, we drove to New York City, where Kate had a training for work. It was a great opportunity for us to get out of Ithaca, and a really good time to begin learning about how to take a baby on a trip.

Like one thing we learned about was the baby list. We now have a running list of things we need to bring on a trip for Yoni in order for the trip to go smoothly. The list isn't set in stone, but it gives us a good idea of what we need so that we don't end up saying something like, "Shit! I forgot the diapers!"

The current incarnation of our list looks like this:

Food

Bottle stuff

Disposable Bibs

Spoons

Baby Food

Cereal

Vitamins

Washcloths

Bath

Body Wash

Shampoo

Scrubbie

Towels

Washcloths

Clothes

Sleepers

Pants

Onesies

Socks

Boots

Sweater

Hats

Snowsuit/Jacket

Other Stuff

Burb Rags

Bibs

Lovey

Blankets

Sheet

Books

Toys

Stroller

Ergo

PacknPlay

Diaper Bag

High Chair

Diapers

Wipes

Plastic baggies

Now you might be thinking, "Holy crap! Where do they fit it all?!" But a whole lot of it is standard stuff we carry around. Okay, maybe not the high chair, but a lot of stuff fits in a diaper bag, and you have a small bag for food. Plus, Yoni's clothes are very small.

Oh, wait. Those clothes fit a paper doll of Michael Jackson... Okay, so his stuff takes up a little bit of space. In fact, we're getting a rental car for our next trip, and we are praying they don't give us some little hatchback, because we need to give someone else a ride, and we'd like to think that we can fit everyone in the car with all our stuff. God, if only all the things babies needed were electronic! Then they could be multi-functional and they wouldn't take up so much space.

Anyway, we've learned a couple of other things about road trips, like the mathematical equation for how long it takes to get anywhere:
For every 2 hours it would normally take you to get anywhere, add at least 1/2 an hour to that. That kid's gotta eat, and you are not going to be very successful feeding him without stopping somewhere.
And if you think, "Oh, we're almost there. The baby can eat when we get there." WRONG!!!!! That's when traffic gets heavy and you are going 2 miles per hour and you have 9 miles to your destination and ascreaming baby in the back seat. If you see a rest stop and think, "Hmmmm that's probably the last one for a while," STOP THE CAR!!!!!