Long haul flight - help!

Following as I also have a cross-Atlantic flight next month with my 5m old! 😅

Following as I'm travelling with my 4m old next month too!!

A few things I've thought of is, to make the flight easier to take pre made formula as she's FF, I saw a few toys in Asda that stick onto surfaces so will get them. Any other ideas are more than welcome

Also I'm not sure how long your going for but I'm going till December so I'm taking things like teething gel and calpol with me

Book a bassinet seat if possible!

We are just visiting family for a week! Yes bassinet seat booked, we are exclusive pumping so a little different! So I have to factor in cool bags, pumps, breast milk, bottles 😅 lots of spare clothes, calpol sachets, steralising wipes incase dummy’s are dropped! Teething toys. Haven’t thought of anything else yet 😅

I did the cross-Atlantic in June when my LO was 3 weeks and we are doing it again today at 3.5 months! Biggest tips - go hands free in airport by using a sling, take prepared bottles, take a travel white noise machine if your little one like that, stick to routine as much as possible (night flight so am bringing PJs and sleeping bag on board and will change her into them at usual time). I also got some little ear protectors as well as fed on take off and landing which helped her little ears. I was stressed but it was so much easier than I thought it would be!! Feel free to ask any specific questions x

Thanks 💞 I’ve booked a bassinet seat so phewh! I’ll look for those toys too. I didn’t think about sticking to routine, good idea!! Thanks for the great advice, and good to know it went well for you! xx

Also - if you can travel with a bright suitcase or something to mark your suitcase. Nothing worse than having to look at every suitcase as it comes round while also holding a baby 🤪 Have a great trip and reach out any time with questions! X

Don’t stress! I did 24 hours to Australia with a 4 month old. Under 6 months is the BEST travel time.

Book the free sky cot and reserve the bulkhead seats. As long as baby is under 8kg, they will sleep soundly and you’ll get more legroom. The plane is one big white noise machine. Board first, pack as much as you want in hand luggage for baby, zero liquid allowances.

Calpol helps with their ears and general temperament on the plane. BA cabin crew keep some onboard too.

People in airports are very helpful and the cabin crew love babies. Don’t worry about the routine, little ones adapt well and just go with the flow. The worse behaved on planes are the adults xx

Haha true!! My suitcases are all black or dark blue 😂 time for some pink suitcase! xx

24 hours wow!! 🫣 I hope the cabin crew in my flight love babies too. I’m super worried about other passengers being annoyed because if I’m on a bus, I can get off on the next stop. But not with a flight!
Haha true adults are the worst!! Thanks for your advice and for sharing your experience xx

Travel pram eg Yoyo that can go in overhead locker if possible to take all the way to plane. Sling to get on plane. Travel pram will be lifesaver for the transit. Being more nappies and wipes than you think you need. I only bring three bottles on board long haul and don’t worry about sterilising if you need to reuse - just rinse out and reuse.

Most importantly try not to care what other people think of baby is crying. We live between two countries so my 8 month old had taken 40+ flights inc four long haul. We travel 3x a month on a business route where she can sometimes be the only baby and I used to feel so embarrassed/stressed when she cried, but I realised now no matter how you approach it sometimes baby will cry so I have stopped worrying!

Wow you’re amazing!! I’m amazed 💞