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s/o #2 - traveling with a 2 month old
Tried to do a poll, but the nest hates me..
SIL is getting married in October in FLORIDA. I am in the wedding. We will have a 2 month old baby at the time. Unless I have major complications due to delivery, not going is unfortunately not an option for me.
Would you:
a) leave the baby at home in PA with the grandparents
b) drive the 13 hours with the baby, not fly
c) fly with the baby
As for the actual wedding - DH is not in it, so he can hold the baby during the ceremony. There is also a chance that friends of ours may come and make a weekend beach vacation out of it, and that way they can watch the baby in the hotel during the reception.
Re: s/o #2 - traveling with a 2 month old
I'd take him/her with you...we took DS to England when he was about 13 weeks old and it was really easy. We went to a wedding, too. I was so nervous for it, but in the end, it was easy (relatively speaking, compared to traveling now...haha).
Try to get bulkhead seats, if you can.
You could always book your tickets, and then add the baby on later once you decide what to do.
That was my other question - how do you book a ticket for an unborn baby? "Future Baby X" ? I am thinking if we fly, I'll do SW since they have flexible change policies.
Was the baby fussy/in pain with the pressure of take off/landing? I also worry about all of the germs on a plane, but babies have been immunized by 8 weeks right?
What you do is buy your tickets now. Once it gets closer to your flight date, call the airline and add them as a lap baby to your ticket. It's no big deal. Really. You don't have to purchase a ticket for them but you may have to pay taxes for them being on your lap.
Are you planning on nursing? If so you nurse during take off and landing and that helps with the pressure. You can also put a little milk at the base of the nostrils and that helps with immunities. Also wearing him/her helps keep other's hands off of the wee one and gives you two hands free. Then bring sanitizing gel and use it while on the plane before you touch the babe.
I do intend to breastfeed, yes.
Thanks for the tips - I am bookmarking this post now, but reserve the right to claim pregnancy brain and re-ask these same questions in October
Good good. I assumed airlines made everything complicated, and that somehow a baby would be too. Glad to know it's not.
Yep it's super easy so you can cross that off your list of things to worry about. You actually can't add the baby until you purchased your tickets already because they need your confirmation number. Good luck!