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Packing Checklist For Summer Travel On The Road With Kids (Giveaway, too!)

This post has been sponsored by Pfizer Consumer Healthcare. All thoughts and reviews are my own.

Summer break is here and many of us will be fitting in a few quick family trips before school starts back. Even if we take an overnight trip, we have learned to still pack for emergencies. You never know if something will happen unexpectedly. We have had a few scary moments during travel that really taught us a lesson.

Last year we drove down to Florida to visit relatives overnight. It was the one time I told everyone to pack light. I opted to not bring any medications for our little one and of course, he ended up with a headache and fever out of nowhere. I had to send my husband to the nearest pharmacy to grab a bottle of Children's Advil® Suspension. Thankfully after about an hour, his headache and fever broke. He felt like his normal self the next day. That was definitely one of those Sick just got real.™ moments. It is imperative to be well prepared, even for a simple overnight trip.

If you are hitting the road for summer travel with the kids, be sure not to forget these essentials.
  • Snacks for the car. Go for things like crackers, nuts, fruit, granola bars, sandwiches, and portable yogurt. 
  • Medium-size cooler with ice packs and drinks. The ice packs can double to keep drinks cold and help with cooling your little one down in case of overheating or fever. Don't forget plenty of bottled water!
  • An emergency kit to include adhesive bandages, ointment for scrapes or bug bites, thermometer (in case of fever), pain reliever and cold/cough medication such as Pfizer Pediatric products: Children's Advil®, cold/cough medications Children's Robitussin® Extended-Release 12 Hour Cough Relief, and Children’s Dimetapp® Multi-Symptom Cold Relief Dye-Free. Note: Always keep medications in the original packaging (complete with measuring cup/spoon) for accurate dosing information. 
  • Baby wipes for keeping hands and faces clean
  • Extra underwear and basic outfits packed in individual zipper storage bags
  • Rolls of coins for tolls, snack machines, etc... 
  • Entertainment items like a tablet, books, toys, and portable coloring books with colored pencils

Here's a little information about Pfizer Pediatric products:

When sick gets real, the pediatric brands of Pfizer Consumer Healthcare are there with three solutions – Children’s Advil®, Children’s Robitussin® and Children’s Dimetapp® – to tackle the ickiest of symptoms.

  • Ease those aches and pains, while reducing a child’s fever fast with Children’s Advil®*, a great solution for kids as young as 2 and up to 11. Children’s Advil® comes in several great-tasting flavors, including: Sugar-free Dye-free Berry, Bubble Gum, Grape, Blue Raspberry, Fruit and Dye-Free White Grape flavors. There’s also Infants’ Advil® White Grape, which provides unsurpassed fever relief (among OTC pain relievers) with a syringe for easy dosing for children 6-23 months.
  • For your child’s cough, trust Children's Robitussin® Extended-Release 12 Hour Cough Relief to control and relieve symptoms all-day or all- night. Available in grape or orange flavor, for children ages 4 and up. Please note, certain Children's Robitussin® products are only suitable for children ages 6 and up.
  • Children’s Dimetapp® Multi-Symptom Cold Relief Dye-Free eases your child’s stuffy and runny nose, while quieting a bothersome cough. All in a great-tasting grape flavor that’s dye-free, for children ages 6 and up.
Visit Sick just got real.™ for information to help with selecting the correct medications for your child's symptoms. Also, be sure to follow on Facebook for wellness tips, products updates, and promotions.

To help assist you to get some supplies for those unfortunate moments when sick gets real, one Mom Files reader will win a prize pack including:  a $25 virtual Visa gift card and (1) Children's Advil® Suspension, Grape, (1) Children’s Robitussin ® Extended-Release 12 Hour Cough Relief, and (1) Children’s Dimetapp® Multi-Symptom Cold Relief Dye-Free. Enter below

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52 comments

  1. I must pack antibacterial wipes, water, and snacks.

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  2. I always make sure to have Band-Aids, wipes, aspirin and Pepto-Bismol.

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  3. I always pack antacids and baby wipes

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  4. antibacterial wipes and bandaids

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  5. water, snacks and antibacterial wipes

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  6. antibacterial wipes and snacks

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  7. lots of snacks, water and wipes! Also, mystery toys that can be revealed only at certain milestones during the trip and with good behavior!

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  8. My essentials are wipes, snacks, water and sunscreen.

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  9. I have to pack their meds after that diapers, wipes and blanket!

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  10. I pack snacks, water and a first aid kit.

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  11. The items I would need are water, snacks, wipes, hand sanitizer, and some bandages.

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  12. My essentials for a road trip are snacks and drinks, camera, first aid kit, and activities.

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  13. snacks, games, extra clothing, waters

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  14. Lots of snacks and things for them to do!

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  15. Birdie Skolfield6/16/2017 12:21 PM

    baby wipes and Pepto biz for there fluttery tummies

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  16. Pain reliever, wipes, snacks, and sunblock.

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  17. My top essentials are snacks, drinks, hand sanitizer, sunglasses, and my cell.

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  18. Essentials - wipes, snacks, drinks and good music.

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  19. Always....Vicks and claritin!!

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  20. The top essentials that I pack on a road trip is snacks, water bottles, wipes and books.

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  21. I am a big packer, so I pack 1st aid kit, medicine, snacks, water and juice, dvd player with dvds, books, electronic gadgets and more

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  22. Water bottles, snacks, and bandaids.

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  23. Snacks, games, Kleenex, baby wipes, towel and DVD Player.

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  24. Kleenex, wipes, sunscreen, water, allergy and tummy meds.

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  25. hand wipes, water, juice, snacks.

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  26. Jennifer Wright6/18/2017 3:01 PM

    Snacks, her favorite blanket, teddy bear, books, and a DVD player.

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  27. On a road trip we pack snacks, coloring books, mp3 player, cell phone, sunglasses, water bottle and sunscreen.

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  28. snacks wipes extra clothes movies and movie player music for sure and drinks

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  29. snacks, water, dvds, games, crayons, paper, wet wipes

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  30. My essentials to pack with kids are snacks, juice boxes, and DVDs to play in the portable DVD players on the back of our seats.

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  31. Absolutely will need some snacks and drinks preferably water but they will sometimes ask for milk or juice. Tablets, books, and anything else that will occupy them is great. They love the music.

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  32. Snacks,water and hand sanitizer sre my top three.

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  33. snacks, drinks, and movies!

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  34. To me, a road trip with kids requires paper towels, books, a cooler of drinks, a change of clothes, and a sense of humor.

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  35. My top essentials are snacks, drinks, books and hand wipes.

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  36. snacks, drinks, wipes and change of clothes.

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  37. A few of my essentials include snacks, water, ipads or tablets, word search puzzles and crosswords and headphones! Also, a positive attitude ;) starla.batesATyahoo.com

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  38. Plenty of snacks - I have two hungry kids

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  39. Wipes snacks and games are my top taking on travel must haves

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  40. Plenty of snacks and never forget chargers for the road trip.

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  41. Water and sunscreen and food

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  42. My top essentials to pack for a road trip are entertainment, sun screen, water bottles and iPods/pads, snacks
    twinkle at optonline dot net

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  43. Wipes, bandaids, antibacterial

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  44. Tissues, bandaids, wet ones, snacks, water and sunscreen.

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  45. Snacks, coats, water and first aid kit

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  46. Snacks, water, games, books and wipes.

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  47. Wipes, water, snacks and tablets.

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