All About Travelling Pregnant Or With Kids
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Original Title: how to handle baby on plane?
i am going japan end of this month bringing my 14month old baby. can someone advice what to bring and can she take the pressure on plane? how to make her feel comfortable? -
pacificer if she is still on it as the sucking will help ease the pressure else gummy sweets.
her favourite security blanket or pillow
and a favourite doll -
Bring her favorite toys. If she can color, bring along colored pencils and paper.
Before the trip, tell your baby what is like to be on the plane. Make sure no surprises for her - at lest she is mentally prepared.
Also let the airline know you need extra seat belt for your child.
Having said that, if the trip is optional, I will advise you not to travel as your child is too young to travel long distance.
You will find more long distance traveling tips here: http://www.parentwonder.com/content/view/637/54/ -
Mix some whisky into the milk !
just kidding -
jan17_mummy:
i am going japan end of this month bringing my 14month old baby. can someone advice what to bring and can she take the pressure on plane? how to make her feel comfortable?
Mine travelled to Japan & Korea at 14 & 18months. He didn't seem to have any discomfort from the pressure at takeoff/landing. You can always let the child eat something or suck on sweets, or best - suck on milk bottle/water.
At that age, no extra seat, so he was on my lap the whole time except for one flight where it was very empty.
Interestingly, the flights we took didn't require an additional lap belt for baby on my lap at takeoff/landing. He was too big for the bassinet at his weight/height already, so had to spend the whole time on my lap. That's my main grouse. But other than that, I think he did pretty ok on the flights.
Brought books/toys, that was about it. Don't bring too much. Usually more interested in what they flight attendants hand out to kids and the food from your tray, etc. Oh, and bring some snacks too. And then hope the kiddo sleeps most the time.
With the kid on my lap, I barely made it to the toilet most of the flight. And I couldn't use the headphones bc it tangled with the child, so I just watched silent movies, eg. jap/korean movies with English subtitles. When he was awake, we even watched stuff like funny videos (america's funniest home videos for instance), just to watch the cats/dogs do silly things and laugh at all the videos. Yeah, silent too. The boy also didn't like to wear the headphone. -
jan17_mummy
If your child is the 'tough' type, i.e. not picky in sleeping at specific time/place, you would not foresee much problems bringing him on the trip.
We brought our DS to Japan when he's almost 12 mth, to Perth when he's 16 mth. He survived train trips, self-drive road trips (sleeping at the back of van on some nights) and campervan, all because we trained him to be tough since young.
On plane : Pacifier, milk(BF if possible), sweets during take off/landing to prevent pressure in ear.
At 14mth, your child probably would want to wander about, let him/her be, just follow close. You'll get many smiling faces along the aisle anyway.
My list of things to bring for the trip:
Enough clothes for changing/keep warm, hankies, towels, blanket, small pillow/bolster, wet wipes, small bottle of clothes detergent, baby bath, diapers and milk powder, common medicine for fever/running nose, chest rub, moisturizer, baby sunblock, favourite healthy snacks, not forgetting TOYS....and the stroller/buggy. (We used only harness during the Japan trip as stroller's too heavy to carry around especially in train stations)
(We packed a large backpack with 80% baby's stuff, left with enough room for only 2-3 sets of clothes each for the 14-Day trip - handwashed our laundry along the way)
You're the best person to detect any mood change and discomfort before it happens, attend to his/her needs earlier can bring less stress for you & hubby.
Enjoy the trip, treat your baby as a pet/toy to add juice to the holiday. haha (That's our thinking then, bringing him along to provide entertainment, but not the recent trip to China at 2 year + because most places we went were not easy to walk for adults, left alone a toddler)
~~above based on my personal experience, hope they are helpful~~ -
wah, seems that a lot of you dun have problem bringing toddler on plane. for me, it's horrible. brought DS2 to Tokyo when he turned 21 mth. you see, he is a very very very difficult child. toys, colouring, etc anything only help maybe just 5 mins, after he is done with the toy or whatever, he will just throw it aside, and maybe find other things/people to disturb. he is not afraid of strangers, he can disturb people when he sat beside them. even if I told him not to repeatedly. and boy, I'v to hold him throughout the whole journey (about 8 hours?). either sitting or standing and walking around.
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Make toddler tired, so hopefully he will doze off most of the trip
(this can backfire if you kiddo is hyper )
Pacifier or milk before/takeoff/landing.
If child get eardrum pressure issue upon takeoff, your whole flight is
Other than that, if child choose to misbehave, there is little you can do to coax him/her
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wah, seems that a lot of you dun have problem bringing toddler on plane. for me, it's horrible. brought DS2 to Tokyo when he turned 21 mth. you see, he is a very very very difficult child. toys, colouring, etc anything only help maybe just 5 mins, after he is done with the toy or whatever, he will just throw it aside, and maybe find other things/people to disturb. he is not afraid of strangers, he can disturb people when he sat beside them. even if I told him not to repeatedly. and boy, I'v to hold him throughout the whole journey (about 8 hours?). either sitting or standing and walking around.
Who said it was easy? I had to have him on my lap the whole 8 to 9 hour journey too, plus at the end of the journey, we still took another 2 hour plane flight in japan itself. Cannot go toilet, ok? Got to tahan or listen to baby wailing. Same during the trip while in japan itself. -
not much experience for long trip. Took a 3 hour when DS is about 2 yrs old. A box of coco clunch to occupy him while the plane take off and browsing pix on my phone as well as in flight entertainment and meal help pass the time. It helps that he eats really slowly...
my ds also active type and keep opening the plane's window when it is supposed to be lowered..enen I repeatedly explained to him not too. the flight attendent have to come over quite a number of times. :oops:
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