We are travelling interstate in a few weeks. We were planning on leaving early Saturday morning and hoping to arrive late that same night (or stopping overnight if we really had to due to kids discomfort).

UNTIL reading DH's roster and it looks like he will be coming off night shifts. So he works till 6.30am Friday morning and sleeps through the day. So he will be in night mode and very capable of driving through the night. So thinking of heading away Friday night instead. And I sleep well enough as a passenger to be able to take over in the early morning for the final few hours..

So my main question is, if you have done overnight driving, how do kids seem to handle sitting up overnight. Their car seats have a semi recline in them that I often use for long car trips, so the aren't quite as upright as day travel, but not as reclined as rear facing. They have no issues sleeping in the car on long day drives. Kids are 6 & 4 yrs and normally sleep anywhere. I am just wondering about the sitting up.

Can I please ask that this isn't turned into a debate on safety of fatigue and driving. My DH does rotating rosters that involve 3-4 nights at a time and we know his body clock and capabilities around these shifts.