The Chirping Moms

Prepared For A Summer On The Go

This summer we are doing a lot of traveling in the car. We started the summer off slow & spent most days relaxing at the pool or in the back yard. Starting next week, we will be traveling the almost the whole month. Some trips are close – just about 40 minutes to Grammy’s house. Some trips, like our road trip to Chicago, we will log over 12 hours in the car. We also head back & forth to the beach a lot. This means a lot of packing & unpacking the car. I’m always worried I will forget something really important. I decided we needed to have some essentials that don’t leave the car: a first aid kit & some “back up” kids items. 

Here is what I came up with:


First Aid Kit

Whether we are traveling to the grocery store or cross country, I believe it’s important to have some first aid supplies on hand in the car. With two kids 3 & under, we end up with lots of cuts & scraps on our summer adventures. These are my favorites:

1. Neosporin  2. Band-Aids  3. Water Block Bandages  4. Benadryl Itch Cooling Gel  5. First Aid Paper Tape  6. Non Stick Pads

I also keep a small first aid kit in my diaper bag at all times. I keep Band-Aids & these two tiny essentials!
This summer, when you are shopping for first aid supplies, you can get a free first aid kit bag, like the one below. Details here. 


Back Up Bin

Wipes, diapers, pull ups, water, snacks, sippy cups, & a change of clothes for both girls. 

I’m sure as the miles add up on the car this summer, i’ll think of more items to add to our travel essentials in the car! Do you have any items to recommend I include? 

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This post was a sponsored post by Johnson & Johnson and  Momtrends. As always, all opinions are my own. 

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  2. I keep quite a large kit in our truck….just in case.
    Listed is just a few of the items that are packed in our tub.
    In case you come upon a serious accident or if family member is seriously injured; Female Napkins / Maxi Pads ? Its to absorb BLOOD. These are individually wrapped and "sanitary". Use the whole thing or use the scissors and cut a piece to size and tape it on down. This is as inexpensive as it gets for making your own bandages and dressings.

    Rubbing alcohol – use to clean up the area AROUND a wound? Take some cotton balls, or pieces of maxi-pad and soak them in alcohol and start to clean up Around the affected area. Get the dirt, the blood, the grime and the germs off the area around the wound. Generally alcohol is not used for cleaning the inside of the wound itself, but for cleaning up everything around it. Don't forget to use this on your hands to clean up your hands before you start helping someone. Wipe your hands with this and then leave it on, wait a good 15 seconds, for it to kill the germs on your hands.

    Hydrogen Peroxide is used on top of wounds itself, its good to get any dirt and debris out of the wound and for it to kill any bacterial that is on the surface. You remember this stuff from being a kid, your mother would pour it on a wound or a scab and it would fizzle up with white foam and bubbles. This is a disinfectant used for the outside of your body.

    Butterfly Closure strips – you need a few stiches, or more, but there is no one available. Stop the bleeding, clean the blood off and use these "Butteryfly Closure Strips" also called by the 3M name brand of "Steri-Strips" to pull the would together and to close it up as good as you can

    Band-aid Brand First Aid Hurt-Free Antiseptic Wash – This is especially good for children, or big babies, the wash does not sting or hurt the wound plus it has a mild pain killer in it to take away the pain of the wound. Works very good for cleaning up scrapes and road rash.

    List is for family of Four

    2 absorbent compress dressings (5 x 9 inches)
    25 adhesive bandages (assorted sizes)
    1 adhesive cloth tape (10 yards x 1 inch)
    5 antibiotic ointment packets (approximately 1 gram)
    5 antiseptic wipe packets
    2 packets of aspirin (81 mg each)
    1 blanket (space blanket)
    1 breathing barrier (with one-way valve)
    1 instant cold compress
    2 pair or box of nonlatex gloves (size: large)
    2 hydrocortisone ointment packets (approximately 1 gram each)
    Scissors
    1 roller bandage (3 inches wide)
    1 roller bandage (4 inches wide)
    5 sterile gauze pads (3 x 3 inches)
    5 sterile gauze pads (4 x 4 inches)
    Oral thermometer (non-mercury/nonglass)
    2 triangular bandages
    Tweezers
    First aid instruction booklet
    Also; don't forget about taking some poison ivy creme

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