Would you rather drive 12 hours or fly for 4 hours with baby?
We are traveling to see family over the summer. Baby will be 6 months old. Destination is in the same time zone as home!
If we drove, we would drive for ~6 hours each day, with an overnight halfway. We could stop whenever baby needs to. I think the day would end up being about 12 hours, but that’s based on the way she acts now at 3 months old.
If I fly with baby, it would be 2 flights over 4 hours. Flight one is ~1 hour, with a 1 hour layover, and then another 2 hour flight. Airport is about 5 minutes away from family, so that doesn’t add any travel time really.
So, what would you do? My husband is driving regardless due to his work schedule, I was thinking about driving with him and then flying back home with baby so that we could visit for longer. But, would we just be tortured with such a long drive? Or is flying torture because baby could have a meltdown on the flight?
Any advice is helpful!!