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Taking your baby on an aeroplane

Despite this beautiful sunny summer over here you might have already planned your holiday abroad to get 100% guaranteed sun. But for that, you need to take the plane. The time where you could travel the world with regular sized luggage and your handbag is long gone. Now you have a baby. We know what it means and we know that no matter how well you have prepared this, it is not going to go all as expected. Children are indeed highly unpredictable.

But do not worry anymore, for having travelled more than 10 times with our under 2s (touch wood it went very well so far) there are few tips we can share:

Choose the right time for your flight
If you are planning for a long flight the best time to travel will probably be night time. There is no rule but there are definitely more chance your baby will sleep on the plane if you are flying during the night.
For the short trips we’ve tend to travel around nap time. Again you will appreciate your baby to sleep for an hour (and he/she will too) on a two hours or three hours flight.

Make sure you have everything accessible from your seat
-Toys because you might need to distract them for hours and hours… think about your neighbours, avoid bringing noisy toys
-Food because as small as they can be, we all know that a hungry baby can really make his/her voice heard.
-books: another item perfect to distract them in a quiet way.
-and all the basics: nappies, changing clothes … because we know IT will happen

Do not hesitate to give your baby a bottle or the dummy if she/he has one while taking-off and landing to avoid the sensation of blocked ears.


Forget some of your principles
Principles are great but quiet moments while traveling are even better. Be flexible and forget about some of your principles. If you don’t want your baby to snack but a crisis is starting because he/she is hungry while on the plane you might want to revise your principle. Again care about the others if it’s not a big issue for your baby.

And the more you will forget about your principles the more you will be willing to travel because you would have appreciated the quiet aeroplane trips.

Finally be relaxed yourselves. Some passengers are worried but some others are actually very comprehensive. The more relaxed you are the more relaxed your baby will be.

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