But thankfully, Isaac has rolled on the road much better than he could have. He's for the most part such an easy-going baby, he just gets frustrated sometimes at his parents carting him all over the map in a car seat.
Gone are the days of Momma holding babe in the front seat of the station wagon. Now we've got the souped up SUV packing an all-out safety seat complete with head protection, five-point harness and a shell practically made of titanium. At least it's heavy enough to be. And with babe not being held, awake times in the car = unhappy times for the most part.
Day one. We had swim lessons in the morning so planned to leave right after. Of course, there's always just 'one more thing' that has to be done before leaving town. Which turned into many more 'one more things'. Which turned into two hours later before we finally hit the road.And by hit the road, I mean drive about 15 minutes out of town only to be stopped by highway construction. We drove 10 km in about 45 minutes. Sigh, not a good start. Luckily Isaac slept for part of that and when he awoke he only cried for a little while before conking out again.
We stopped in Merritt so I could nurse Isaac. We actually had to wake him up to feed him - I was worried he'd gone a long time between meals and would be very hungry and very upset if he woke up on the road. This way, I figured, we'd bypass the empty tummy and keep baby happy.
Merritt nursing stop. Hot weather kept Isaac in just a onesie for the afternoon.
The next stop was in Armstrong. We had one grumpy baby by that time and dinner plans with a new friend we'd never met in person. There were two other babies there born within two weeks of Isaac and, once again, he was behind them developmentally. Boo.
Isaac fussed lots but we made it through dinner. I nursed him in the basement, we enjoyed a bit of dessert then headed off to my uncle's for the night.
Whew. Day one: done.
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