The Crumb Family: Brody's First Road Trip

Brody and I had our first road trip this weekend. Well...it wasn't exactly a road trip, but we were in the car longer than 30 minutes at a time. We went to see Tab for the day and it is about an hour and a half up to her house. On the way up there, he did pretty well. He fussed only a little bit on and off on the way up, but not too bad and he normally calmed right down. The way back was another story!! He was pretty sleepy when we left Tab's and I figured he would sleep most of the way home. We were off to a good start because he did fall asleep as soon as the car started going.

Well...about 45 minutes into the trip, he started fussing on an off and nothing would calm him down. Then, with about 20 minutes to go until home, he started wailing and would not stop.. Once I got him home, I took him out of the car seat and he was soaking wet......he was so hot! (We had the air in the car, of course, by it was 100 degrees out yesterday and he was crying so that made him hotter). I went to put him in the bath, which normally calms him down and that didn't work he either. He was calmer but still cried during the bath. When I finally fed him around 8:30, he went right down at 9:00 pm and slept until 5:30 this morning.

Whew...what a night! I told Tab that I feel for those parents that have colicky babies....I couldn't imagine having a fussy baby like that! Last night was definitely not like him so I guess he really didn't like the ride! He normally likes riding in the car, but I guess he likes shorter trips better. He will have to get used to the trip to Tab's because we will do that often!

He also had another first yesterday....sitting in a bumbo chair. For those that don't know, it is a little chair to assist babies in sitting upright. It is for babies 3-14 months that have some neck and head control. He has that so I thought we would try it out. He did so good and looks so cute in it. He tends to lean to the left a little bit, so I put the cloth on that side to see if it would help...it did a little bit. He did so good and was really holding his head up. Here are a few pictures.....I had to post the first pic because that was the first time he was in it and wasn't sure what to think. His facial expression is priceless!