Re: Road trip with infant/s
^ totally! he's 3.5 months old and he would fall asleep in his car seat all the time. he didn't get restless and want out like a toddler would. entertaining him meant his favourite toy in the car seat with him. feeding was a breeze- we had a thermos of very hot water that we'd replenish at restaurants and hotels and a bottle of cold water and we'd mix them up for his feeds. we'd just stop at the closest exit or service center and we'd change him after feeding. if there was no change table in the bathroom of where we were, we'd recline his stroller seat so it would lay flat and change him on that.
having the travel system was a breeze too because on the days when we'd do short trips and he was asleep, we were able to click the car seat on to the stroller frame without waking him up and away we'd go. for longer trips out, we'd move him on to the stroller seat.
edited to add: plus i had stroller hooks on the handles so the stroller also carried my big purse with our camera in it and any shopping bags we acquired along the way. a good, lightweight, solid stroller with a great basket is invaluable! i can't praise my stroller enough after our vacation where we really put it through its paces.
hotels were great too and very accommodating with letting us check out half an hour later than the regular time because early checkouts were impossible with the kid getting up to eat every 3/3.5 hours at night.
his diaper bag was a workhorse and something we couldn't have done without. we'd stuff it to the brim with diapers, bottles, formula containers, changes of clothes, bibs, changing pad, cotton balls, paper towels, wipes, hats for cooler weather, paci's, gripe water, saline drops, the thermos of hot water and a cold water bottle, and a blankie. basically everything we'd need for a day out.
we weren't able to grab the microwave sterilizer bags but we took along a bottle of Dawn and his bottle brush and we'd wash his bottles when we'd get back to our hotel and dry them on a clean towel by the sink. 5 bottles was the magic number for us- we never ran out of a clean bottle ever thankfully!
the big thing i'd personally recommend is either rent or have an SUV. the larger trunk space would make life SO much easier! we have a sedan and it was full to the brim with his gear and our luggage and packing/unpacking it every time we moved hotels was a giant pain.