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Long flights with a baby? Advice?
My DH has to go to Singapore for a month for work so we decided that DS and I would go with him. My son is 9 months old. I am totally dreading the flight from Denver, CO to Singapore (3 flights, over 23+ hours in the air). Any advice on super long flights? Any way to keep from going insane??? I am already having nightmares about this!
Re: Long flights with a baby? Advice?
Having done halfway around the world by myself with an 11-month old... Get the baby it's own seat. Your sanity is worth every penny.
- Stay hydrated and fed. As the sole provider for the baby you have to stay ok.
- Buzz the flight attendants for what you need. Water for a bottle, extra pack of snack crackers, orange juice for a quick pick me up for you, watch the baby while you go to the bathroom. Be nice and thankful, but call them when you need help.
- Do what you need for you and your baby. Sometimes the baby needs to cry and no amount of cuddling, bottle, or pacifier will help. Sometimes your trying to make the baby quiet make the crying worse! Do what you need and don't worry about what others are thinking. Let them try your job for three minutes.
- Take twice as many diapers and wipes as you normally use.
- Take extra outfits for baby and at least one for you.
- Take plastic bag for oops. Just roll them up.
- Find out if your layovers have lounges. Even if you have to pay. If you have to be there for four hours it would be nice to be in a relaxing area, not so crowded, where the baby can crawl around, and not in the general craziness of the airport.
- Have a plan for you to get rest ASAP when you land. DH takes the baby, hire a nanny for a day, whatever. You'll be exhausted and desperately need rest.
- Have a glass of wine on the flight. Treat yourself to just a bit of relaxation and then get some sleep while the little one falls asleep at what they think is night (when you assume they will sleep the longest).
FayeD got it all covered pretty much. All I can add is to feed the baby at each take off and landing. It helps to prevent their ears from popping.
I think it's the other way around. You feed to help their ears pop and release pressure.
Just a warning, sometimes it doesn't work. If the baby won't take the bottle then they won't take the bottle. We were in that position with BabyD at 20 months not wanting to drink. He knew he was in pain and just cried. Some guy across the aisle actully gave me gum and was flabbergasted that I wasn't going to give it to my one-year old.
a girl from Hawaii, living the expat experience in India.
Well done Faye, I think you covered almost everything!
We flew 9 hours with 10 month old twins just recently - they wouldn't take bottles on the takeoff or landing and were totally fine. One thing that helped us too, was instead of using baby food in jars, we got the squeeze packs. Much easier and less messy!
Chronically hilarious - you'll split your stitches!
I wrote a book! Bucket list CHECK!
http://notesfortheirtherapist.blogspot.co.uk
Mm K. I guess we should all ask you about babies then. You seem to be the authority.
Well, feel free to call your pediatrician and post their response. Doctor told me to feed to get the baby to swallow to help their ears pop to help regulate the pressure. Made sense to me since my ears pop during take off and landing but, unlike a baby, I know how to yawn or stretch my jaw to assist in popping my ears.
Or get over it since my "hey, I think it's the other way" wasn't snarky.
no it wasn't. it was saying you're wrong. Not snarky. It was very straight forward. Your response was straight up bitchy.
OP - in addition to what has already been posted, I like to pack two carry ons, one that has only what I need immediately (diapers, wipes, food, etc) and stick that under the seat. Extra clothes and such go in the other bag above our heads. That way you don't have to spend time trying to find what you need in a bottomless bag!
I also like to pre-pack a bunch of zip lock bags with a diaper and a handful of wipes. That way I can just grab the back and take it to the bathroom for a changing instead of trying to get it all together and then go. They sell like travel packs at babies r us but they are stupid expensive and never seemed to have the size that I needed at the time.
Also, about traveling to Singapore, I would go ahead and throw an extra pack of diapers in my suitcase. Of course they do have diapers in Singapore but I found traveling around, I didn't always find the ones I liked and some of the ones I did found stunk awful!
Thanks for this heads up
I will definitely bring extra diapers!