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My first flight with my daughter was when she was about two and a half weeks old. My mother in law flew with us and it helped a lot having an extra set of arms.
Our second flight was back home when she was about a month old, and my husband flew home with us, again making traveling relatively simple. Then a week later my daughter and I flew to New York City for the Blogher conference. That was our first of seven flights alone together after the first two with help.
Aside from tracking your flight (which is a MUST) to make sure you don’t arrive too early,
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1. Pack light. I know this is hard, and pretty impossible with a baby because you need so much. Diapers, blankets, burp cloths, PJs, clothes. But try your best to keep it to a minimum. On one of my trips, to my mom house, we decided to pack a few diapers but buy more there. Along with baby soap, and small sizes of things I could use while I was visiting. If your family is anything like mine,
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3. Wear your baby. This would be ranked number one in my books of things that make traveling with a baby easier. On 9/9 flights with my daughter I wore her in a wrap through the entire boarding process and most of the flight. On our most recent flight we were waiting in the airport for hours,
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Will you need to take them out through security? Yes and no. I only was asked to take her out of my wrap once out of our nine flights, and they made me take my wrap off too, which was super annoying. It was our most recent flight though,
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4. Look for signs that help you. In most of the airports we been to there are separate lines for families through security checkout, so you can bypass the long wait. If you flying with a child under two they not only get to fly for free, but you get to get on the plane first (or right after first class, depending on the carrier).
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So there are seven tips that will hopefully help make a potentially dreaded trip a little less dreadful. Did I leave anything off you’ve discovered?
On the air Jennifer Johnson is a news reporter and anchor in the Lone Star State. In both worlds she’s trying to find out if it possible for me to truly have her cake and eat it too.
My tips are :
if it possible, arrange the flight around baby nap time so he/she will be sleeping during the flight after nursing
check on the toilet for a place to change baby diaper,
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How do you wear your baby while you sitting ? I found it hard and my baby seems uncomfortable with that position.
I always pack the diaper bag w/ the possibility of having to stay overnight somewhere w/out luggage. You never know if there is a mechanical or misconnect. Infant Tylenol, diapers,wipes the works. Always be prepared! You never know if you are going to be stuck at a airport for 6 hours and of course the product you need would be no where to be found. For those who use carseats ( safest way for infant/toddler to fly!) get the stroller for infant carseat(graco has one for snugrides) and go go babyz you strap the convertible seat right to it. Amazing! Also if you gate check remember to take off any removable cup holders,wheels,etc if you for sure want them back!
If you can afford it, buy your baby a seat on the plane and have the LO sit in the car seat. That is the safest way for the baby and the car seat to fly. Should two planes collide while queueing for take off or the pilot abort take off,
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The blog seems a little old in regards to baby carriers through security. Currently, if you don take the baby carrier off to go through security, you will automatically be subjected to a pat down. TSA will not do a full body scan on a baby or young child.
And don forget that BBC has a Traveling with Children board where you can ask questions.
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Just to let everyone know, it not necessary to make a baby suck on take off and landing. This is a common myth. I rarely saw problems with ears when I worked and never did this with my own children and guess what no ear problems whatsoever. If your baby ears are clear and healthy, please let him sleep through take off. Too many babies woken up on take off for this unnecessary
Also, I wish the poster would have talked about car seats. Just like in a car,
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