Reassurance Needed

Hi,

Me and my wee DS are flying to the UK next sunday - alone!!!

Its really the alone part that is bothering me and quite frankly I am starting to freak out.

He is such a routine baby, mind you so are we and I'm worried breaking it like this is going to cause a major melt down. I know he can't cry for 24 hours, but I am just worried.

I think I am more worried as for the first time the other night he got sick and was screaming so hard, that nothing we could do would stop it, I know he was sick and he's not now and has no reason to scream like that again, but its just made me less confident.

I'm not even sure what I am worried about, but its really affecting me and i'd like it to stop.

So I'm just after happy travel stories or methods by which I can stay calm, as I think at the moment, I am more of an issue than he is!!

You should talk to Yvette (twinboys2b) shes just done the same trip with her twin boys who are not much older and from what I heard they slept the whole way! Sounds like it went great for them

Hi FionaO, Last Xmas we flew to Ireland with our then 11month old twins.
The trip wasn't as bad as it could have been. They slept for the night flights, as in asleep before dinner and wake just before breakfast.

Also we found most people LOVE babies and were full of smiles and chat to the girls.
People are very tolerant of babies on flights I think.

Our 2 spent ages playing peekaboo with the kids who were seated behind them.

Also the airline staff were so helpful and clucky

You are the one who knows your son best. I think you may surprise yourself at how well you'll be able to handle any situation that may arise

We had to travel with McKayla when she was 10 months old. First from SA to Singapore. 10 hour trip. Then after 3 days to here.

She slept most of the time. But her day and night literally had to swop. We are either 10 or 11 hours ahead of SA (depending on daylight savings). She was really fine on the flight. I breastfed her with each landing and take off and that helps a lot.

I also had some medication on me if I needed it. She was too light for the stuff they usually use so was given something else. (wont name the name as you wont get it here anyway). Lets just say big mistake. I used it on her before we took off in Singapore and it made her hyper. I thought she might need it as the flight was a lot busier. I didnt have time to test it on her before flying.

Now just before people get judgemental. That is the only time I drugged my child when she wasnt ill or anything like that. Even the Dr's usually tell me that I can use medicine a lot more than what I do. My poor child have to be really ill before I usually resort to certain medications.

What you can try is rescue remedy. Other thing is if your child does start crying dont get too upset or stressed. (yip easier said than done) as it will just make them even more upset.

Tip an pilot gave me was to take a lollipop with. If they dont want to drink or take a dummy give it to them to suck with landing and take off. It is only for a short bit and it really helps with the ears.

And the other thing we did (but we didnt have to use) get a small container full of different toys ect. Let bubs play with that if they do get bored ect. Just something to keep their mind busy.

Hope you have a nice safe trip.

For most of the landings and take offs we just let the girls sip on a sippy/straw cup. We would offer it to them very regularly (or when they grizzled) and this would relieve the pressure. We had dummys as well but they were too interesting in the surroundings to suck on them.