Overseas Travel - Help
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Topic: Overseas Travel - Help
Posted By: FionaO
Subject: Overseas Travel - Help
Date Posted: 07 June 2009 at 10:44am
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Hi,
In 3 weeks, DS and I are heading home to the UK for a couple of months, DH is following on later. I have so many questions: What do I need for the plane Can I take home made food on plane How did you get your baby back into their routine on the other side Ooops, there are more questions but someone is waking up, if anyone has any tips, I'd be really grateful. ------------- 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 07 June 2009 at 9:01pm
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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. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 08 June 2009 at 11:01am
Am big thing to remember for on the plane is a change of top for you! You always remember a change for the baby but def chuck in one for you otherwise youc an end up smelling of baby puke for 24 hours!
We flew Jet Star to Bali and have done Aussie a couple of times and to be honest I find it heaps easier just to take brought baby food. My DS was always feed homemade stuff but was worried about leaking etc with it and cut out the stress to shove 3 or 4 cans in my bag and be done. -------------  
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Posted By: FionaO
Date Posted: 08 June 2009 at 11:46am
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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. -------------
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Posted By: hannibal
Date Posted: 08 June 2009 at 6:52pm
| Have a look at thesleepstore.co.nz they have some tips for travelling or babycenter.com.au will have tips. Have fun. |
Posted By: Summersmummy
Date Posted: 09 June 2009 at 5:05am
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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. |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 09 June 2009 at 10:01am
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My DS wouldn't eat any jars either except fruit and custard so he had that for 24 hours. Seemed happy and tucked back into his veges quite happily at the other end. I also took lots of pre packaged snacks - not so healthy but knew we wouldn't get into trouble with them - tiny teddy biscuits, raisans, museli bar etc
I was bottling feeding and they allowed me to take on a 1ltre bottle of water (still sealed) as explained it was for the baby. I highly recommend ringing the airline you are flying with as we have never been given anything on our flights for our DS so well worth ringing and seeing what they supply. We only did 18 hours all up (including stop overs etc) so I just fed him whenever he wanted - was easier and kept him happy but he settled back into normal routine fine. Am trying to think what toys we took - his snuggly, a couple of smallish books and a couple of other smallish toys that were favs at the time. To behonest he was fascinated by the people around him and loved good old peek aboo with anyone that would play. I highly recommend a front pack as it was a god send at the airports etc and made getting on and off the plane sligtly easier. -------------
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Posted By: FionaO
Date Posted: 10 June 2009 at 4:14pm
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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? -------------
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Posted By: Summersmummy
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 2:33am
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I havent had to take formula but wouldnt count on getting water through customs, you can try but they can be pretty tough. Can you buy the powder in separte packets, like one time uses?? I would buy bottled water in duty free section and ask airline staff for boiling water to mix it with on board when needed.
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 9:03am
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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. -------------
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Posted By: first
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 2:27pm
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For the formula I would get the little sealed apcks that you can get.
Don't forget to pack extra formula for while you are over there in your main bag as he may not like what is offered over in the UK. Even the same brands may be slightly different. A fussy baby could hav more issue with this. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: FionaO
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 2:40pm
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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? -------------
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