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Nemophilist said:
Any advise for first time flyer with a 2.5 year old?
It’s only a 2-3 hour flight but haven’t flown with him before for the fear of him absolutely hating it
Right now, try to stop everything going in his mouth!It’s only a 2-3 hour flight but haven’t flown with him before for the fear of him absolutely hating it
Just go with the flow. It’ll either be fine or a miserable 3 hours that feels like 3 months.
BoRED S2upid said:
richatnort said:
Anyone any books, websites or general advice for taking the dummy away. Been great up to 6 months but we feel the waking up 4 times a night to plug the dummy is becoming tedious so we think maybe if we can get her to self sooth herself we might be onto a winner but the last few days we have tried stuff doesn't seem to work and me and the Mrs are at logger threads.
That is a PITA 4 times a night just to put a dummy back in. Try multiple dummies in the bed she will hopefully find one herself and put it back in. As for completely removing it I found with our two they did it themselves our son had one for years only at night but it meant 10 hours of undisturbed sleep so we went with it until he announced they are for babies and that was that.
Little one still has one at 3 for probably 15 minutes to fall asleep no sign of it in the morning.
Blown2CV said:
Nemophilist said:
Any advise for first time flyer with a 2.5 year old?
It’s only a 2-3 hour flight but haven’t flown with him before for the fear of him absolutely hating it
kindle fire tablet! Headphones. Snacks.It’s only a 2-3 hour flight but haven’t flown with him before for the fear of him absolutely hating it
Nemophilist said:
Any advise for first time flyer with a 2.5 year old?
It’s only a 2-3 hour flight but haven’t flown with him before for the fear of him absolutely hating it
Sweets - lots of sweets that make you swallow.It’s only a 2-3 hour flight but haven’t flown with him before for the fear of him absolutely hating it
Flew with a 18 month old, there were 4 takeoffs, the third being a really harsh airpressure change. Really grateful to the parents sitting near us who gave us soft sucky sweets to feed to the little one to even out her ear pressures.
She loved the rest of the flight, sit on daddys lap, play, read favourite books for the millionth time, stare out the window.
Peanut Gallery said:
Nemophilist said:
Any advise for first time flyer with a 2.5 year old?
It’s only a 2-3 hour flight but haven’t flown with him before for the fear of him absolutely hating it
Sweets - lots of sweets that make you swallow.It’s only a 2-3 hour flight but haven’t flown with him before for the fear of him absolutely hating it
Flew with a 18 month old, there were 4 takeoffs, the third being a really harsh airpressure change. Really grateful to the parents sitting near us who gave us soft sucky sweets to feed to the little one to even out her ear pressures.
She loved the rest of the flight, sit on daddys lap, play, read favourite books for the millionth time, stare out the window.
Re: flying, worth checking the terminal with kids facilities. My wife discovered LHR Terminal 3 had a play area (perfect for a 2 year old before a 12 hour flight!)
When we entered, there was 2 couples who was packing up to leave so my girl had the entire place to herself! On the other side of the room (sadly I didn't take any photo) there's a feeding room, changing room, and another sensory play room.
I don't think it is well publicised, but definitely worth a visit if you have a toddler in tow.
chip* said:
Re: flying, worth checking the terminal with kids facilities. My wife discovered LHR Terminal 3 had a play area (perfect for a 2 year old before a 12 hour flight!)
When we entered, there was 2 couples who was packing up to leave so my girl had the entire place to herself! On the other side of the room (sadly I didn't take any photo) there's a feeding room, changing room, and another sensory play room.
I don't think it is well publicised, but definitely worth a visit if you have a toddler in tow.
He would love that! When we entered, there was 2 couples who was packing up to leave so my girl had the entire place to herself! On the other side of the room (sadly I didn't take any photo) there's a feeding room, changing room, and another sensory play room.
I don't think it is well publicised, but definitely worth a visit if you have a toddler in tow.
We are going from stanstead so will try and find out.
Nemophilist said:
chip* said:
Re: flying, worth checking the terminal with kids facilities. My wife discovered LHR Terminal 3 had a play area (perfect for a 2 year old before a 12 hour flight!)
When we entered, there was 2 couples who was packing up to leave so my girl had the entire place to herself! On the other side of the room (sadly I didn't take any photo) there's a feeding room, changing room, and another sensory play room.
I don't think it is well publicised, but definitely worth a visit if you have a toddler in tow.
He would love that! When we entered, there was 2 couples who was packing up to leave so my girl had the entire place to herself! On the other side of the room (sadly I didn't take any photo) there's a feeding room, changing room, and another sensory play room.
I don't think it is well publicised, but definitely worth a visit if you have a toddler in tow.
We are going from stanstead so will try and find out.
I did 11 hours with a 2 year old..
Tablet pre loaded with tv/movies they like, lots of snacks etc.
Oh and a good hint we found was to get a few little presents, all pre-wrapped. Nothing major, just a couple little new toys. Use them as a reward for getting into the seat quietly/staying sat down during take off etc. Mine loved unwrapping things, and now the little plastic Dashie (octonauts) she got has to literally come everywhere with us when travelling since..
Tablet pre loaded with tv/movies they like, lots of snacks etc.
Oh and a good hint we found was to get a few little presents, all pre-wrapped. Nothing major, just a couple little new toys. Use them as a reward for getting into the seat quietly/staying sat down during take off etc. Mine loved unwrapping things, and now the little plastic Dashie (octonauts) she got has to literally come everywhere with us when travelling since..
Dyl said:
No_Idea said:
Our 8 month old has just discovered she can scream the highest ear ringing pitch ever 
Our son is near 8 months too and has discovered this noise, so I feel your pain!My 2 year old discovered if she finds that pitch in the bathroom it echos just so.
How the neighbours have not called the cops on us I do not know.
Oh and to add, if you're flying with a 2 year old or a baby too big for the bassinet, you can get proper car seats that are approved for the plane. Seemed to surprise a lot of the cabin crew and check in staff.
We took one with us, strapped her into the plane, then used that in the car on the other side for 3 weeks whilst on holiday, and then strapped into the plane on the way back. Saves renting an unknown condition one from somewhere.
You're also allowed to bring vast quantities of milk through security. Think we had something like 8 bottles all made up, plus lots and lots of snacks.
For flying with little little ones, to be honest, I doubt they'll even notice the change/difference. Try to keep to your routine times, when we first flew we took a night time flight that took off just after bedtime. She thought the plane was loud but as soon as the wife said "It's just like daddy's car, we're going really fast", she went straight to sleep and slept through the landing.
Cabin crew generally adore babies, was basically free child care when we were in the air, they all came and played/had cuddles with her etc in between services.
tl;dr don't sweat flying, babies don't notice your doing anything different. The more you're worried, the more it will rub off on your little one.
We took one with us, strapped her into the plane, then used that in the car on the other side for 3 weeks whilst on holiday, and then strapped into the plane on the way back. Saves renting an unknown condition one from somewhere.
You're also allowed to bring vast quantities of milk through security. Think we had something like 8 bottles all made up, plus lots and lots of snacks.
For flying with little little ones, to be honest, I doubt they'll even notice the change/difference. Try to keep to your routine times, when we first flew we took a night time flight that took off just after bedtime. She thought the plane was loud but as soon as the wife said "It's just like daddy's car, we're going really fast", she went straight to sleep and slept through the landing.
Cabin crew generally adore babies, was basically free child care when we were in the air, they all came and played/had cuddles with her etc in between services.
tl;dr don't sweat flying, babies don't notice your doing anything different. The more you're worried, the more it will rub off on your little one.
Talking of long flights and free childcare - may I give a shoutout to Emirates.
Had an 8 hour flight, flight stewardesses continuously helped one baby that not settled at all for the entire flight, mother was exhausted.
(after a 6 hour waitover in Dubai they got onto the same flight as me for another 7 hour flight.)
Had an 8 hour flight, flight stewardesses continuously helped one baby that not settled at all for the entire flight, mother was exhausted.
(after a 6 hour waitover in Dubai they got onto the same flight as me for another 7 hour flight.)
Anyone been following along with progress in line with the 'Wonder weeks'?
https://www.thewonderweeks.com/the-mental-leaps-an...
I was sceptical at the beginning, but to my surprise, our daughter has been pretty much text book through the leaps from start right up until now, Leap 10 has begun in anger! We're about a week in now.
Wow it has been a tough few days/weekend, the days have been fine, but she has been waking up at 2am and pretty much acting like it's the middle of the day, wanting to 'play' with everything and just generally being a nuisance, shouting the house down, incredibly clingy and only wants mum so I can't ease the burden. Poor Mrs G29 is worn out, been up since 2am this morning and then off to work at 8am.
She's normally good as gold so we can forgive her, but it's tough going the last few days, hoping this leap will be over and done with sooner rather than later.
https://www.thewonderweeks.com/the-mental-leaps-an...
I was sceptical at the beginning, but to my surprise, our daughter has been pretty much text book through the leaps from start right up until now, Leap 10 has begun in anger! We're about a week in now.
Wow it has been a tough few days/weekend, the days have been fine, but she has been waking up at 2am and pretty much acting like it's the middle of the day, wanting to 'play' with everything and just generally being a nuisance, shouting the house down, incredibly clingy and only wants mum so I can't ease the burden. Poor Mrs G29 is worn out, been up since 2am this morning and then off to work at 8am.
She's normally good as gold so we can forgive her, but it's tough going the last few days, hoping this leap will be over and done with sooner rather than later.
Peanut Gallery said:
Talking of long flights and free childcare - may I give a shoutout to Emirates.
Had an 8 hour flight, flight stewardesses continuously helped one baby that not settled at all for the entire flight, mother was exhausted.
(after a 6 hour waitover in Dubai they got onto the same flight as me for another 7 hour flight.)
it's a good point actually. Short haul the cabin staff are run off their feet but long haul they spend a lot more time sitting around only responding to requests so they would be more free to help... even more so if broody as their globe-trotting lifestyle doesn't often support having kids!!Had an 8 hour flight, flight stewardesses continuously helped one baby that not settled at all for the entire flight, mother was exhausted.
(after a 6 hour waitover in Dubai they got onto the same flight as me for another 7 hour flight.)
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