I have found that starting very early in the day helps. We have done a fair few 4 hour trips and the ones with a 6am start are much better. I would just wake bubs with a nappy change, then she would have a good feed and would go down for 3+ hours. Later starts we would have a cranky bubs. Not sure if that helps or not, but atleast with an early start you should hopefully be not so rushed.
I haven' done a 10hr trip but have travelled to Adelaide from home at least 4 times. It can take anywhere from 6 hours to 7.5 to travel 550km.
My tips -
* mirrors are good if they are rearward facing, either the small rectangle one or the butterfuly adore-a-view is cute.
*I have a lamaze puppy attached by a linkadoo chain to the strap, easy to retrieve and restrained somewhat in the event of an accident.
*if you use a dummy put it on a chain
*A back of seat car organiser is a good idea. you can put everything there easy to find, much much easier than digging through a nappy bag. Haggus and Stookles an online store have some.
*A padded change mat is a good idea as then you can change on a picnic table, boot of the car or anywhere flat. Changing in the car is hard.
*PAck panadol, bonjela, change of clothes or two and everything you normally would.
*EBM is handy. Have you tried the tommee tippee closer to nature bottles ?
* Make sure she is dressed comfortably, our carseat, SNS Meridian, always makes DS sweaty and hot.
*Make sure the car seat straps are not cutting in and are comfortable.
*Most importantly go with the flow. Soemtimes they just own't stop crying no matter what you do or how often you stop. Jsut turn the music up and get there as fast as possible. With someone comforting her of course.
My DS has good trips and bad, he will sometimes sleep but not often but will often look out the window or at the mirror.
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