Adjusting between on and off road

I recently heard a man on the radio say that it can take anywhere from 3 days up until 2 years to adjust to a new environment. Of course the wide range in this time period is due to a number of different factors. The type of environment (a new country and culture - 2 years or more, a new house - 3 days), whether there is a language barrier or a cultural barrier and of course the person or the people involved. It will typically take more people (families) longer to adjust because the time period takes as long as the slowest person in the group to adjust and then the group has to redefine the group roles and how each member functions in the new environment.
For my family each time we switch from on the road to off the road there is typically a three day period in which it takes us to adjust from situation to another. However, every time we switch we take into account the fact that during the time period in either situation the baby will change in some small way that will make the re-adjustment to the initial environment more interesting. For example, while I spent two weeks with my mother the baby started to become more alert and play with toys, so in coming back on the truck he prefers to sit up front where all the action is and like to have a toy to play with (usually his blanket for playing peek-a-boo). A couple of weeks after being on the truck we came off road again and he was starting to want to sit up in his horseshoe period, as a result I have had to figure out how he can do that one the truck. There are a couple of points you will need to make note of when considering these adjustments you will make at least 1-2 months:

Sleeping
I have not had an issue with this personally, however I have spoken recently with a number of ladies who have. Their babies and young children got very used to the movements and noises of the truck, and so when adjusting to an off the road situation many of them for at least a little had issues with sleeping. All I can recommend is that you try and keep a consistent schedule for the baby between both environments so that the baby is going to sleep about the same time each day. I have had some issues with getting him to sleep during the day on the truck, but i always have the fall back time period in the evening that i have mostly kept consistent. Originally it was 9pm, but recently I have brought it back to 7pm, because long term that is when I would like him to go to sleep.
I also make sure that whenever we are off the road that he sleeps in his crib as much as possible so that he understands the importance of have his own bed.

Burping
Babies for whatever reason need less burping while on the truck, I guess it must be the vibrations. Remember though if your switching to an off road environment to start burping your little one again, otherwise they will start spitting up and what-not.

Activities
Keep an eye on the babies development within each environment. If he starts doing something in environment make sure that he can do it within the other. As I mentioned before, the last time I was off the road he started enjoying sitting up in his shoe pillow and watching tv. So this time on the truck I have done just that and once whenever he seems like he might enjoy it I prop him up in front of the laptop so he can watch some cartoons. Whenever we have been at a terminal or truckstop for a couple of hours (and are not sleeping) I take him inside and prop him up on his horseshoe pillow in front of tv also.

Remember be kind to yourself
Some of the transitions will be very hard on you. I have found that reminding myself that the baby will adjust again in a couple of days - maybe a week, has been very helpful. If you can start with a solo run or one that will give you a bit of leeway for the adjustment period. Don't be stupid like us, one time we came back on the road into a full team shift. By the end of it the three of us were overly fatigued and slept for almost 24 hours straight.