Travel hacks

We are going away for 3 weeks to Canada and looking for any travel hacks or must do / must haves? We are fully formula feeding so will be taking a mix of powder and ready to drink bottles with us. We will rent or buy a travel pram and take baby carrier and car seat with us. Any tips for entertaining baby on 6 hour flight? Any tips for washing or bottles etc on the plane? Thanks in advance!

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Following as I'm travelling to Cyprus soon and its a 5 hour flight

Get the ear plugs for babies
Got ours from Shein
There’re a few travel essentials for babies if you look on Shein

New toys. I just bought a bundle off Vinted. The little chew toy things worked really well for keeping jaw moving on take off and landing.

We had 4 flights. I was over prepared for the worst and actually that first flight were I was trying to time feeds with take off etc was the worst. After that I just did our normal routine and she was more than happy. She slept a bit more than usual. I expect you can ask for a bassinet on a long haul flight? Even if you don’t use it, it’s good to store things in.

A coat or blanket was useful to stuff in the gap by the window so she could lie flat over our knees for naps. You can ask for a pillow too.

I made a flight bag for her of everything we would need so I didn’t need to go rummaging in the overhead for stuff.

Safe journey xx

Really recommend taking a breastfeeding pillow with you on the plane ! It was a godsend for contact napping, recently took our LB on a 4 hour flight and he slept for 3 hours, the pillow really helps keep you comfortable whilst contact napping them, and you can still tie the little seatbelt around them xx

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