get aaa they send a patrol car for your wife and baby bring them to the
police station where you can pick them up
Dan

BJ Feddish wrote:

>>>my question is - would you plan on traveling/camping w/ a 4-month old
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>baby?  if so, please explain how you'd do it. <<
>
>This quite often depends on the baby.  I know folks who have taken their
>infant camping since they were very young with no problems. These are people
>that have babies that will sleep anywhere. Our daughter was born 18 months
>ago and beforehand we were still reserving our yearly camping sites with the
>hopes of taking her. It turns out she was (and still is) a very poor
>sleeper. For the first 8 months she slept for about 45 minutes every hour
>and a half. Most of the other 45 minutes was spent crying unless she was
>held, rocked, etc.  Needless to say there was no camping during that period.
>She will still only sleep in her cradle and though she sleeps through the
>night takes little or no nap during the day. Friends and relatives send us
>pictures of themselves at the beach or somewhere and the baby is there
>sleeping on a towel. We find that very humorous. The last thing our daughter
>would do is lie down and fall asleep on a towel. She'll be over 2 next
>summer so we are hoping to finally take her camping this year.
>
>On the other hand I see young parents taking their babies to the Philly Folk
>Fest and I can hear them crying late at night in their campers while their
>parents are out front partying. It's really noisy there and I think if your
>baby is not a good sleeper it is selfish to have them at a place like that.
>
>While we are on this baby topic, I know I don't want to think about it but
>what do the other list members do if they break down far from home? It was
>not a problem the few times I have since my wife and I could jump in the tow
>truck cab but how does that work if there are 3 of you? What did you end up
>doing?  Making a long trip with the baby is going to make me nervous.
>
>Thanks,
>Bryan
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