Overseas Travel - Help

What do I need for the plane Everything that you think you will need for the time you are at the airport, flying, stopovers and till you get to the place you will be going to in the UK. Don't over pack thou as then you will have heaps to take that you won't need, Don't forget toys thou.
Can I take home made food on plane Not actually sure on that one, ring customs they will be able to help with that. I would thing thou that you would need to take brought food that is sealed before the flight
How did you get your baby back into their routine on the other side Not sure sorry, never flown that far. Ann has flown that far when Rhyley was only 4 months old so she may have some ideas for you.

What are a good type of toy to take?

DS won't eat anything from a jar that isn't fruit or custard, which is why i was thinking of taking home made food, but I guess if he lives on custard for 24 hours it won't kill him.

Other thing I am not sure of is how often to feed him on the plane, normally he goes from 6pm until 7.30am without anything but we don't fly until 11pm so its hard to know what to do.

Hey Fiona

We have travelled overseas quite a few times with our babies so have the packing thing down to a tee lol!!!

In your cabin bag you definately want the essentials, wipes, nappies, changes of clothes for bubs, but the airline will probably give you a pack with stuff in it. We got free nappy rash creme, nappies, wipes when we flew AirNZ. I would take whatever baby food you want but just remember the jars will need to be smaller than 100mls per container (for airline security). Anything bigger than that and it will likely be confiscated and they are really big on putting the jars into clear plastic bags. They supply them at the airports but its way easier if you already have them organised. I'd also suggest to take a couple of bananas/raisins (if your boy likes them). But again, the airline will have that type of food on demand, you just need to ask for it. They can also supply hot water for bottles if you are bottlefeeding and sterlise dummies etc. Trust me, airline staff are really happy to help.

Have you booked a ticket with a bassinet?? They are great, plus the seats in front of the bassinets have extra leg room which is soo good.    

Getting your baby into a routine on the otherside can have its moments lol. The UK is 12 hours difference right so that could be tough?? When we came back here (17 hours difference from NZ) we just really tried to stick to our routine but in local time, so when you get there, keep dinner, bath, bed routine at the local time, dont keep thinking about what the time would be in NZ. It may take a couple of days for him to adjust but it will happen.

Good luck and have a great time. Travelling with babies is heaps of fun and not as stressful as you think it will be.

Thanks for all that.

We do have a bassinet booked, and we are travelling with singarpore airlines and I gather they are quite family friendly.

One other question, how do you take formula on board, a friend told me today it needs to be in a sealed pack, but surely I don't carry a whole tin on? Do I just take x amount in a small container?

They let me take water thru in October last year with no concerns. As I say it was in a sealed 1 ltre bottle but iw as also prepared that they may take it off me but was worth a try.

I fully bottle fed so some trips I took sachets and for some I filled my travel dispenser (about $10-12 from a chemist etc). The only problem is that they only take 3 bottles worth of formula so would fill one of those and take a few sachets as well as they actually take up less room.

I just got the sirline staff to fill the bottle with about 30mls hot water and filled up to 200mls with cold water as all the sachets make up to 200mls.

Also peoples opinions vary on this but I found it was easier to board the plane later rather than first on. Purely because my DS wouldn't sit still while everyone else boarded so let him run round until the last minute.

Hmmm I have never seen the formula I used here in sealed packs?

I use plain SMA - do you know if you can get it in sealed packs?