Mysorean » Sriram http://www.mysorean.com Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:31:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Flying with a 4-month old http://www.mysorean.com/2007/08/07/flying-with-a-4-month-old/ http://www.mysorean.com/2007/08/07/flying-with-a-4-month-old/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:56:54 +0000 Mysorean http://www.mysorean.com/2007/08/07/flying-with-a-4-month-old/ We are planning to fly with our 4-month-old son. My wife is pretty nervous about the whole thing. I am not nervous because one: it is not going to be a very long journey, two: he (our son) is a patient kid and three: he has survived a 8 hour drive in a Toyota Qualis on really bad roads and didn’t create much fuss.

I was searching the net for some tips on flying with infants and found this incident that cracked me up totally:

Our first trip with baby coinsided with several major diaper blow-outs enroute. Pack at least one change of clothes for baby and an extra t-shirt for one of the adults, just in case. We had such a bad blow-out on one trip that I had to strip the baby and bathe him in a bathroom sink during a layover. He hated it and screamed bloody murder and there was poop everywhere – sink, his clothing, his shoes, his hair, etc. If it was a hurricane it would have been a category 5, if you know what I mean. Since there was no “family restroom” my husband could only stand outside the ladies room listening to the screams as I mopped up. So, bring the extra diapers and don’t count on the airline to pack diapers or kid’s meals (we’ve never received the kids’ meals on any of the flights we took and my son made silver elite this year…..)

Overall the tips, for those who might need them, are:

Tip #1 relax, travel is supposed to be fun!

2. buy a seat for the baby to guarantee that you can use your infant safety seat on the plane – securing the child in one will make the trip easier for you and safer the your baby

3. have a bottle available for take-off/landing to keep the baby swallowing – helps lessen pressure in the ears

4. pack at least 50% more diapers than you think you’ll need, and extra wipes – air travel has a way of clearing out little guts

5. get to the airport early – allow at least an extra 45 to 60 minutes for last minutes feeds and diaper changes pre-boarding, and getting through security is a time-consuming nuisance, especially with a baby.

6. remember that despite what a few FT members think, infants screaming on planes is neither criminal or fatal. We’d all prefer to minimize it, but sometimes it is just gonna happen. And when it does, probably most parents on the plane are more in sympathy with you than angry (and secretly glad it’s not their baby this time! :D )

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They keep this small round black bottu (dot) on the kid to keep bad vibes away – that is also causing some problems on his skin.  

Suddenly, the whole world seems so unimportant.  

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