Long haul flying tips with a one year old anyone?

[lucyannejames]

Hello lovely people of the forum

So in the morning we will head off to fly 12.5 hours economy armed with our good isn sense of humour, lack of sleep and wonderful little boy of 13 months old.

I wondered if there were any top tips you might have. We are taking buggy and a pognae.

We are going to South East Asia a mixture of city and beach

Any tips appreciated

X

[womanofdulwich]

calpol???

[Syppox2000]

We just did flights to Australia with our 8 month old. We bought a couple of new toys to keep him

Entertained. The fabric books are great. We picked up milk, calpol, teething crystals food etc the other side after ordering online fromBoots. Although just realised you're off Tomo ! We also made a kind of tent thing over the bassinet using a newspaper and muslin as otherwise the lights were quite bright at times. It wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be ! Our son was better with jet lag than we were. Have a fun trip !

[goreystory]

hi there!

pretty basic stuff, but my major tip for long trips like this is to bring lots and lots of plastic bags. like 10.

in case of accidents or spills / keeping things accounted for and ordered / storing half-eaten snacks for later / on and on, all many of things, it's just great to be able to keep stuff distinct from other stuff.

and ... erm, television. it's on planes that my son learned to love it.

good LUCK

yours!

e

[Convex]

Yep, interesting snacks, lots of nappies, and the sling is key.

Be super polite and co-operative to the airline staff, they can make a big difference to your flight.

A straw type sippy cup or anything which encourages them to suck (for ears)

iPad / phone with videos, photos. At that age ours liked photos and videos of himself and other babies.

And just do your best. We have done lots of long haul and luck plays a big part.

Have fun!

[lucyannejames]

Thanks very much, sterling advice and tips really appreciated!

X

[Terresa]

Just make sure you have enough of everything, like nappies, wipes (especially important), food. New toys, something to chew on while take off and landing. Also enough changes of clothes also very important. And yes plastic bags are usefull as someone menitoned above ;-)

[fizzmoll]

My tip: If you have an iPad or other tablet, bring it and download a bunch of ceebeebies shows in the iPlayer app for offline viewing!