Car Rides & Road Trips: Meijer
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Car Sickness
Asked by C.M. from Detroit
on April 1, 2008
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My two year old daughter gets car sick whenever we go out. I have used Dramamine and given it to her an hour before we leave. Also have done frequent stops to try and ...
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- have you tried sea bands? they are little stretchy bracelets with little plastic balls on them. the plastic applies pressure to a pressure point on your wrist that hel...
- Does she have any other health problems? My son used to get car sick alot, anything more than about 15 min. in the car. It seemed to help to keep him cooler in the c...
- I use homeopathy (Cocculine) and it does work very well with my daughter, you have to give one dose 1 hour before the trip and the day before, and one more when you be...
Ideas to Occupy Children While on a Road Trip
Asked by D.V. from Grand Rapids
on July 11, 2008
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Hello to all you wonderful mothers out there! I am in need of some advice. We have a family vacation that is coming up in a few weeks where my husband and I and our tw...
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- We just returned from a 16 hr road trip to Northern MN and back. I have a 4, 2 and 6 month old. We have taken this trip every summer with the kids and things that I ...
- D., Go to the Crayola.com website. They have a product called Color Wonder. Their blurb is "Crayola Color Wonder products offer mess-free coloring fun. That's because...
- Congrats on #3 in the oven. Since hubby doesn't want crayons, etc. (does he know that it won't stay clean forever?!) auqua doodles are great! It still allows them to...
What to Get My 16 Year Old for Her Road Trip
Asked by A.F. from Detroit
on April 16, 2009
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My Daughter is 16 and she is going on a mission trip in june and she is traveling for about 9 hours the first day to get there. She will be traveling with other teens ...
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- Hi A., How about coloring books and crayons? Even this age will enjoy them when they are bored! They can even rip out pages to share. You can also buy packages of col...
- Books that fit her age group, Stormie Omaritian who wrote "Power of a Praying Wife" also has "Power of a Praying Teen" that I purchased for my newphew. Also, magazine...
- we always had a great Battleship game going. You can make them on your own graph paper. it's a great 2 person game. if you want details, email me.
Shopping with Car Seat
Asked by M.C. from Detroit
on July 29, 2008
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I am a new mom who has the Chicco travel system. My question is that when I need to take my son with the car seat on to a shopping cart and into a store, this car seat...
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- I have the same travel system, and it all depends on the cart. Some carts feel secure and some don't. If you read the instructions though it says that you shouldn't pu...
- I had the same problem and did the same thing you did. I think it's just the way it's designed, unfortunately. I ended up using a baby sling and leaving the car sea...
- I was never comfortable putting the car seat on top of the shopping cart, my baby always went car seat and all into the shopping cart. Plus Chicco car seats were not r...
Britax Car Seat? Car Seat for Air Travel?
Asked by L.B. from Fort Wayne
on September 25, 2008
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Hi ladies, we are in the process of looking for a new car seat for one of our cars. I read a request and lots of responses a couple days ago about reviews of convertib...
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- L., NONE of our carseats ever fit in the airplane seats and just proved to be a HUGE hassle trying to tote around the airport. If you can get a carseat when you ar...
- Can't give you much advice on the car seat, but we flew to FL with our little one at 6 months. We checked the car seat as a piece of luggage and just held her on our l...
- I flew to Oregon with my Britax Marathon. It was big, and we had to put in in facing forward. But well worth the long flight. Did you buy a ticket for the baby? If so,...
Ideas for Western Michigan/Lake Michigan Trip
Asked by K.U. from Detroit
on July 16, 2011
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We are in the metro Detroit area and want to take a 2 to 3 day getaway to the western side of the state on Lake Michigan. We are thinking about spending time at Michi...
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- Go to Shoreline.com and find out about the free musical acts in the various towns. There's free music in Saugatuck on Wednesdays. The bandshell in Montague has great a...
- I have heard great things about mi. Adventures. My son is only 5 and some of his friends have been going for a couple years. There are sand dunes in the area too, whe...
- You could take the car-ferry across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin!!! While in Manitowoc, be sure to eat at Wrap-It-Up (YUM!!).
Ever Pack a Cooler with Dry Ice?
Asked by S.Y. from Chicago
on July 5, 2011
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How did handle the dry ice, pack the cooler and did it keep your stuff frozen...what about ice cream bars will it keep them frozen....how long did it last. Taking a l...
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- I need to pack a cooler in dry ice to transport parts of a wedding cake, since there will not be time to bake and decorate my cake once I arrive at my destination. T...
- We had Frozen meat, but we put 2 bags of dry ice into each cooler and there was still dry ice left when we got back home. 10-11 hour drive, plus we had the meat and d...
- Having worked at Baskin-Robbins back in the day many moons ago, we sold dry ice--though the second one I worked at didn't--so it was kind of hit-or-miss. Some Meijer s...
Another Campling Question
Asked by S.C. from Fort Wayne
on June 13, 2010
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We're going on our first ever camping trip this coming weekend. I know someone on here has already asked this, but I can't seem to find the post. I haven't been campin...
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- S....We keep a "camping list" on our computer. Things to pack and when we feel we need another item we add it to the list. You might want to buy a cookstove of some ...
- our kids are 5, 3 and 1 we have done a lot of camping with them. Here are some other things you might want. grate for cooking over the fire cast iron dutch oven an...
- Be sure to bring paper and a pen to write down everything you forgot or things you might need for next time and then make a check list for next the next trip.
Guilt over Son's Premature Birth
Asked by L.L. from Detroit
on October 22, 2010
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Hi ladies,
I'm new to this site and in need of an honest opinion about my son's birth. My son was born a few months ago and he was born at 31 weeks and I feel like...
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- I think any time anything happens like this, we second guess ourselves. You trusted in the medical professionals, whose job it is to know and test and follow up. Y...
- Honestly, this could be me writing this story! I was "leaking" for a few weeks but remembered my friend telling me that it was normal to lose control of your bladder ...
- You have a healthy baby. You did the best you could with the information you had. There's no use dwelling on the past, only on the future and it sounds like your littl...
First Time Flying with Children
Asked by T.N. from Indianapolis
on May 10, 2008
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Okay...so we are going to Orlando in September. Not really for Disney World, just to hang out as a family. Our children are 3 (4 in December) and 1 1/2. We have nev...
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- Actually, we found that anything in a sippy cup was let pass, bottles are probably the same. They also didn't bother us about things like diaper rash cream. You can ...
- HI T., I would consider buying a seat for yout 1 1/2 year old because of comfort for you and others. I think it will also make it easier this way to keep her bus...
- Do NOT check your car seats! Take them with yoiu on the plane. I know this sounds like a pain, but we recently flew with our 3 children and the airline lost our seat...
