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Babies on planes (a question, not a rant!)
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My kittens boths started flying TransAtlantic from 6 months onwards.
From our experiences,
a) stump up the money for their own seat
b) have them travelling in their usual car seat, in the plane
c) enrol them into the frequest flyer club of the airline that you're going with.
d) enjoy your trip. Hopefully it will be your first of many as a family.0 -
Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »My kittens boths started flying TransAtlantic from 6 months onwards.
From our experiences,
a) stump up the money for their own seat
b) have them travelling in their usual car seat, in the plane
c) enrol them into the frequest flyer club of the airline that you're going with.
d) enjoy your trip. Hopefully it will be your first of many as a family.
Kittens on a long haul flight - now that I'd like. Just the young goats I object to.0 -
Kittens on a long haul flight - now that I'd like. Just the young goats I object to.
You'd not notice my two on a flight - they just take long haul travel in their stride.
Murphy The (bigger) Kitten seems to get as much pleasure out of creating itineraries (& more importantly in his eyes, checking planes for IFE) as I do.
If I could set out my stall for a trip to NZ, we'd be off tomorrow.
p.s. Murphy the (smaller) Kitten spends longer than 11 hours on train trips with me
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We took our son on a flight from UK to Sardinia when he was 9 months old. He'd recently started (assisted) walking and all he wanted to do was walk up and down the aisle. It wasn't my favourite flight of all time!0
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We have two kids, and both of them went long haul at that age. I would say traveling with a 9 months old is much easier then it will be with an 18 month old. At 9 months they will probably sleep a good bit of the flight, and can be reasonably easily entertained when awake.
At 15 or 18 months they will be much more mobile, and it will be more difficult to get them to not wreck the plane.
In the end it all comes down to preparation. For your and the other passengers sake you need to be prepared. Food, Nappies, Drinks, Surprises, Treats (even if in normal circumstances you might not bribe them that way), a loaded Tablet with some of their favorite cartoons/songs. The kids that you see run Riot are usually the ones where the parents are unprepared.0 -
Kittens on a long haul flight - now that I'd like. Just the young goats I object to.
As an aside, when we flew from San Diego to JFK a couple of years ago, I kept hearing a noise that sounded like a cat miaowing. I assumed it was a child but as we got off the plane, we met a couple with 2 cats who were travelling to the Baltic region with them. They were planning to walk them, on leads, once they got to their next gate!
To the OP, a baby who isn't mobile is going to be much easier than a toddler on a plane. However, you should be able to take your kids on a flight whatever age they are! Make sure you have plenty of activities and a change of clothes (for all of you) and enjoy."Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it. Don't wait for it. Just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot black coffee."0 -
Might be a good start for a tour of the great lakes region?Detroit for one?
Ghost towns, near "London Bridge", not too far from the Grand Canyon....Phoenix maybe?
There's things to see practically anywhere. Not to mention people visiting relatives/friends, which counts as "leisure".0 -
We took our son on a flight from UK to Sardinia when he was 9 months old. He'd recently started (assisted) walking and all he wanted to do was walk up and down the aisle. It wasn't my favourite flight of all time!
Reminds me of the time that we travelled back from Tokyo to London with DD and DGS (then aged 22 months). We swore that he walked all the way from Tokyo!
That was a lovely flight (16 years or so ago) - hardly anyone else on the plane - and one of the flight attendants really took a shine to our little lad - and kept on whisking him off!0 -
Do it do it do it.
The thought of it is worse than the reality in our experience.
We flew to NZ with our 15 month old. I was dreading it, it was so much better than I thought it would be. Yes he cried at times, yes changing his nappy in the small loo was hard, but the staff are very used to travelling with minors and do everything to help where they can.
The first time is the scariest, but go for it. Don't let being a parent get in the way of living life, instead let the children enjoy living the journey with you. Our kids have been all over the world with us and they've loved the travel since day one.Who made hogs and dogs and frogs?
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