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We’ve traveled with our son a few times. Once to Mexico at 9 months, twice to Florida at ages 1 year and 2 year. Bring a bag of random things to entertain him. We went to the dollar store and just got a bunch of random stuff. We also packed a lot of snacks, his paci and blankie, books, iPad. Then be prepared to entertain him the whole flight haha We have worked ourselves up for each flight, but they’ve always been fine. We are taking the ultimate test and flying to Iceland with him this summer. His longest flight at 6 hours!! 😳😳😳 Good luck and have a fun trip!!
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That actually sounds like a great idea and a money saver. She’s not a bad baby to travel with but if she feels no movement while in her car seat, that’s when she gets fussy. I just hope the WiFi is good enough to stream videos. Last time we traveled was by train from NYC to Washington DC, and our next trip is to Texas with a connecting flight. Is it true anyone with a baby get to board first?
Prepare for the worst but know that it will be fine. My daughter who was 6 month and we went from Florida to California was fussy but did fine. Made sure I had a bottle during change in pressure of take off and landing. I also had a tablet! I hate screen time with kids but it can be a life saver in these situations. Even a video on your phone might help. Amazon sells tablets cheap and you don’t need internet if you download the movie. I was lucky that my daughter got a lot of attention and people were kind and understanding.
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I love that feature on Netflix to download movies because when you are in a dead zone you don’t need internet to watch what you downloaded
I just read about giving a bottle during those times, that was one of worries that she may not like the pressure change. We’ve always traveled by car and just recently took a train from nyc to Washington DC (3 1/2 hour trip) and she was a bit fussy for the first two hours but thank god for WiFi I put on colors and letters on my iPad and she was okay.
I’ll never forget our first time Flying. My son had an explosive poop as we boarded the plane 😩😩😩. Other than that KY went great. Along with snack and toys he really enjoyed the play dough... kids can play quietly with that for hours. Good Luck !!!! I’m sure It’ll all be fine
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Lol any time we travel she HAS to poop. And luckily I bought an extra large changing pad because some places don’t have changing tables 🤦🏻♀️
The Lucie’s List website has an ebook with tons of practical details about how to fly with a baby, I found it super helpful!
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I will definitely look up that site ☺️ I used to never stress over traveling but since the baby, I worry about a million things lol
We did cross country OH to CA with layover in CO when my daughter was 10mos. I nursed her during take off/tough down and she didn’t seem to mind. We also did lots of snacks and tablet (downloaded Netflix movies). We did her (and again when we travelled when she was 18mos and 7 mos sister) as lap infants and checked out car seats with bags. Then gate checked stroller to help corral the girls and bags (all free by the way!!!) a carrier is also a life saver to keep them compact and you hands free to navigate. Stroller and carrier were life savers during the connector to quickly move around.
I travel with my 2 months old 🤩
Our kids have traveled since they were 1yo and all I have to say is prepare for the worse!! As much as we would have loved to save money not buying a seat for them (at 1yo) we opted to buy them a seat and it actually worked out because we could lay them down or place their car seat in so they could sleep. Bring lots of snacks and something for them to do.
I’ve travelled with my son since he was super young. Bring everything. The one time you decide to shortchange on diapers for room for something else is when your flight is delayed! Also, I don’t remember if you can bring bottles of water thru TSA in a diaper bag, but if not, buy a bottle from the gift shop. It will help with potential accidents, mixing the formulas.
Lots of airports have a lactation room. Some of them have a changing table, rocking chair or other things like that. Traveling with my son at 2 months it was nice just to have a quiet place to relax between flights or before getting the checked bags.
To start off I flew to Honduras with my 1 year old, and to be fair she is a SUPER easy traveler. I just always had a little baggy of snacks or some of those squeeze applesauce packs and a book or a stuffed animal. She slept most of the time because we usually travelled at night. Remember the majority of people are very understanding of people that have Littles. Any time she did really good on a flight they would say “wow she’s a really good traveler”. At any moment she was getting squirmy or loud they would (most of them) say “no worries” or “ oh she’s totally fine”. With the people who are total grumps about it just apologize and move on, no need to feel bad about yourself because it happens! And you’re trying your best!
I'm visiting my husband overseas with my 15 month old in June. It's been forever since I flew with a little one. Definitely lots of snacks and entertainment. Just got her passport in today. Getting excited. Have a great trip and tell us how it went when you get back
I took my 8 month old and 3 yr old. I nursed my 8 month old during takeoff so her ears wouldn’t pop. And I gave my 3 yr old headphones and my phone with a movie so it wouldn’t hurt his ears. They were good the whole way. And it was a 4+ hr flight.
Bring another adult. 😂😂. Don’t be afraid to ask flight attendants for help. Good luck!
Traveled with our first born internationally since she was three months. Got harder as she got older. When she just turned two, on the flight from LA to Sydney, she kept trying to run past that curtain that separates the compartments, thinking that was the way off the plane. About to fly Atlanta to Sydney with both kids, oldest will be three and youngest will be six months. Think it'll be OK, except I'm flying back solo (husband needs to come back early), so it'll be me with two kids, Perth to Sydney to Dallas to Atlanta.
Just do it! It’ll work out one way or another. We just moved interstate and hubby drove down while I flew with our 20 month old and 3.5 year old while 35 weeks pregnant. Wouldn’t do it for fun but if you have to you just do it 👍🏼
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We’re traveling next week, it’s my daughter 3rd flight in the 5 months. Make sure to bring snacks and things to keep your little one entertained. And I’ve found that if you book travel during nap or sleeping times it’s great. On our first flight across the country she did great, coming back.... weelll we both cried. She had a meltdown and I couldn’t get her to stop. Now I just make sure to keep her entertained or do red eye flights. Our trip to Jamaica was sooooo long, but she slept every time so that was great. Good luck!! Also check Pinterest for ideas. That’s what I do.
Yes families with small children get to board first. I’d recommend on parent board and load the luggage and get situated, then one parent bring the baby on right before take off.