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​Keep an Emergency Travel Kit in the Car

​We travel by car a lot to school, day care, football, to visit grandparents and cousins and every now and then something goes pear shaped. To help calm upset children (and parents) when things go wrong I keep a small emergency travel kit in the car. It's just a large ziplock bag. In it I have some large freezer bags (they're great for "sick" bags - they can be tied up and disposed of easily), a small packet of wet wipes and a small bottle of antibacterial waterless hand wash for clean-ups, some paper serviettes (to wipe fingers or hold snacks) and a sleeve of paracetamol tablets.  These few items have saved us from disaster so many times I can't imagine not having them in the car. I check the bag before every long trip (for us more than 2 hours in the car with our children) and refill it if necessary.
Contributed by Moira Longford