One thing I’ve learned from having a baby that just hates being in the car, is that bribery works.  A short car ride can go from being reasonably happy in his car seat, that usually last for less than 5 minutes, to what kind of torture is this.  Because of that I usually go out with a bag of bribes.  What’s in this bag? Toys, food, begging and a whole lot of singing.  When none of that works its time to pull over and let Arren stretch his legs.  On one of those days, Arren lucked out and we stopped at a park and he had his very first swing.

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