Thursday, August 4, 2011

Flying with a baby tips?

Either towards the end of the month or beginning of next month, I'll be flying with Alex to my parents house. I'm a little nervous about it though and have a ton of questions, and I was hoping that some of you might have some tips for me.


  1. How old was your baby when you flew with them?

  2. Did you buy them a ticket or just hold them on your lap?

  3. What did you do while traveling through the airport? Carseat? Stroller? Did you plane-side check them?

  4. How did the baby do on the plane? What did you find helped soothe them? Feeding/pacifier, any other recommendations?

  5. Bring anything special on the plane?

  6. Has anyone traveled with their pump?



I think that's all! Sorry for so many questions! If you have any recommendations I'd appreciate it!




2 comments:

  1. I flew for the first time with our son when he was 12 weeks - he mostly slept and I breastfed him when taking off/landing to avoid any ear popping. One of my good friends has traveled with her TWINS multiple times and before we left she gave me this advice...

    http://www.thiscasita.com/2011/03/traveling-con-bebe.html

    I'm headed out in two weeks to fly with our son again - this time he's 7.5 months. I'm more nervous then the last time. I will say this - check the carseat at the ticket counter, take the stroller in and check it when you board.

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  2. That was a great post she linked to- thanks! We leave this week for a 8 hour flight with our 3 month old! I'll let you know if anything jumps out at me. Most interesting advice I have been given is to take a bottle, get it filled with hot water after security, put in a chamomile tea bag, and give it to baby (after cooled) on the plane, to help relax the baby, after a regular feeding that is.

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