Going to the Carribean with little one!!

We go away in a couple of weeks and everyone is saying I’m mad taking a 20 month old! So now I’m actually dreading it. Has anyone else braved a long haul holiday and any advice tips please ? We are taking mother in law too and I have an a older son and he’s 14. So only one little one but still so worried!!

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Take your own carseat! If you have transport over there xxx

Otherwise have the best time ever!

I would say it depends on your baby, i did 3hrs with 20mth old and i.was ready to get him off the plane!! Its a small space and he had to nap on me, plus he's extremely active.
Whereas my friends 20mth old is so chilled and happy to sit with a film or book etc so was no problem.
You'll have a great time, snacks, ipad with his fav programne, toys, books etc this is how we got through

Hi, we just took out 20month 2 India.. Once we got through security we let him walk around to tire him out and it did, he slept the first 2 hours of the flight.. I would suggest downloading a few song shows on your phone/tablet.. Take small toys, my son love fidget things and that keeps him busy abit.. also have little walks up n down the plane. But have fun! It's a new experience for them and they'll want 2 explore x

When it's boarding time, make the other adults go on the plane with all your carry-on first. Stay behind with only your little one and nothing else, and let your little one run around at the gate until the last call. You don’t want to sit in the plane any longer than you have to. Hopefully your LO will get tired and sleep for a few hours on the plane. Good luck and have the best time!

We went to Maldives(11h flight in total) in April so LG was 14mo I was the same really worried how she was gonna be but she was amazing. What I would recommend is their own seat. It was the best thing we had done!! Little one would have be on ur lap for take off and landing but it's gonna make things 1000% easier. Also just take lots of snacks more than u think u'd need lol

I took my 18m old on a road trip camping in France she had the best time ever.

I would say he’s not really a just sit there child 😩 although we cruise there and only fly back so just the one flight to get through!! Thanks for the confidence I feel so much better reading all these comments xx

yes good idea I’ll let him run around right until we board!! I’ll try the have fun part too 😂😂

thank you!! And this is such a good idea I’m going to do this make sure I’m the last one on!!

this makes me feel so much better!! I have booked his own seat thankfully. And snacks I will make sure I have loads

thanks for this! I’ll make sure stick to routine 🤞 well as much as we can x

Or let the routine go out the window and enjoy your holiday 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think we’ll probably just go with the flow but I am thinking of keeping nap time the same we’ll try to 😂

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