I discovered a $50 secret weapon that tames toddler road rage
by Michelle Stein posted in Parenting
My husband and I are taking our 15-month-old daughter with us on a 4-hour car trip -- and I have no doubts that it'll be a smooth ride. Because we've got a secret weapon for car-hating babies and toddlers, and we're not afraid to use it.
It's a $50 portable DVD player with Peppa Pig playing nonstop. We just strap that sucker to the headrest facing our daughter's car seat, hit "play" and let the magic begin.
The thing is, car trips weren't always this simple. Far from it, actually.
My first and third children are what I lovingly refer to as high-maintenance, or high-needs kids. (Our middle child, in comparison, is laid-back and just kind of floats through life.) As babies, kids one and three both acted like the world was ending if they didn't have constant physical contact with me. And in cars" They screamed the entire time. I could hardly drive anywhere that took longer than 20 minutes because they would either, A) Eventually throw up from crying so much, or B) Cause too much anxiety for me to even consider attempting a longer trip. We tried it all. I sat in the back seat next to my youngest. That ended up backfiring because then she could see me, but I still wasn't holding her. We tried toys/books/milk right before leaving/snacks/music/singing/ignoring. But still, she wailed. And I felt terrible.
Everything changed once we discovered the distracting powers of Peppa Pig on the go. Is it the bright colors, the simple...
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