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Flying with an infant
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: hypernova on May 09, 2011, 06:01:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: Hoopz on May 09, 2011, 02:38:37 pm ---It's really the same as taking her anywhere.
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Not even close...
Children that young have no idea how to relieve the pressure that builds up on plane rides (or even car rides when driving up and down mountains).
Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst. Because you'll have to get through it twice.
So what's the trip? 4 hours is a smidge over east coast to west coast duration, so maybe a little north to south in addition?
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It IS the same for preparation ie taking snacks, formula, diapers etc. You're right, children that young don't understand how to relieve the pressure and you can't tell them what to do either. So I wasn't talking about that. I guess I should have been more clear.
To clarify: I would take twice as much diapers, snacks, formula, wipes, etc as you think you will need. The worst thing that can happen is to be under prepared for a situation like a long layover, delay in reaching a connecting flight, delay in getting off the plane etc.
I was on a 4 hour road trip with one of my daughters who was about 18 months old. We were stuck behind a fatal traffic accident in the middle of winter. We didn't move for about 90 minutes. We had to borrow a bottle of water from a truck driver to make her next bottle. It wouldn't have been the end of the world if we couldn't borrow it but she would have been unhappy and vocal about it. I can't imagine what would happen on a crowded or semi-crowded plane if someone ran out of food, clean diapers etc.
lilshawn:
The fold out tray makes a great makeshift nap surface. We flew to Florida this past December with our youngest being 6 months old.
Bring extra diapers and snacks and be sure to bring a blanket and if you can spare the room, a small pillow for the young one. If you can get them to sleep through the flight, your golden!
lilshawn:
P.S. Get a small fold up stroller and when you get o the check in, get a "gate check" tag on it... Then you can take it right to the door of the plane. Then they toss it in with the baggage once your all on and have it ready for you when you depart the plane.
It was a life saver for us.
Blanka:
Take a car baby seat. Often there are a few unbooked chairs, and then the baby can sit next to you in a baby seat. You don't want her on your lap 4 hours! Our kid slept like a baby the whole flight.
You can also book a chair for her, but often a free ride is possible. And if not, they take the baby seat into the baggage room at the gate.
ChadTower:
Just don't be that ---uvula--- that drugs the kid with benadryl and then wonders why the kid is a screaming mess for the next two days when she doesn't understand the migraine from whatever pressure got in there and was never let out.
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