How crazy are we to truck our 17-month-old out to Colorado in the family wagon? I guess we’re going to find out. We’re breaking up the trip into two days, which I’ve never done before. I think if we can get Ava out of the car relatively frequently to run around a bit, we’ll all be OK.
We have a pediatrician appointment tomorrow that’ll tell us whether Ava weighs enough that we can finally turn her car seat around so she can face forward. The “rules” state that you’re not supposed to turn the seat face-forward until your child weighs 20 lbs. Our little lumpkin is a still a mere 19 pounds, but we’re hoping we’ve fattened her up enough recently so that she can look out the front window on the trip. It may not make all the difference in the world, but we hope it’ll at least be a distracting change of pace.
Wish us luck.