Driving to my in-laws...12+ hours with a soon to be 5 y/o, a 2 y/o and twin 5 month olds this week
This was at once both a disaster but also *not* terrible (
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On drive up, drove through the night leaving at 4pm - I had been working nights at the hospital so it was easy to make use of the fact that I had my days/nights flipped. Made great time.
Twin B screamed for only 4 hours out of the trip up...and 6+ hours on the way back.
5 y/o - discovered they get motion sickness. Vomit once on way up, twice on way back...also, 5 y/o only slept 30 minutes of the entire trip up. Then couldn't sleep once we got to Grandma's despite it being 4 in the morning. Didn't fall asleep until noon the next day, so just a nice little 28 hours awake. Guess they're ready to start pulling those doctor shifts at the hospital.
2 y/o - also only slept about 2 hours on way up. At least fell asleep quickly at grandma's. On way back, decided available DVD's were insufficient and needed to yell about it for several hours.
Twin A is an angel and my favorite child at the moment.
Best part of the trip...something that 26 year old me would totally cringe at, but our new hardtop rooftop carrier is amazing. Additional 18 cubic feet of space, I can get it installed/taken down in less than 5 minutes by myself without any help. It's pretty awesome.