5.5 Hour Road Trip

Hello! So, my daughter is 2 weeks old and we are planning to travel on the bank holiday, when she’ll be 4 weeks old.
What sort of time frame will we have to make stops? Every hour? Every 2? As I know that prolonged time in a car seat is not good for babies.
Thanks in advance!

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My midwife said around 45 minutes in the car seat before getting them out for a stretch x

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We did a 5 hour journey when our little girl was 6 weeks, we did a stop every 1-1.5 hours because the stops really increase your travel time with nappy changes, feeds and giving them enough time to stretch! We set off at 5am and arrived at 3pm in the end so plan for it to take all day and just enjoy the coffee stops!

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