Favorite toys for airplane? Need ideas!

henrytviii

So we are flying this weekend.  Trip #7, ugh.  I wish I could just tell people to come to us but we have sick family members including my Dad who can't travel and babies make people happy, at least in my family, so I'll keep flying as much as I can. This is the first trip I am nervous for.  We haven't flown since Christmas which I realized was only a month ago but my son is into very different things.  He doesn't like many toys anymore.  His favorite things are army crawling around the house, trying to pull up on things including us, opening and closing doors, knocking over block towers, harassing the dog, playing with the newspaper, dog's bowl's, essentially anything active and anything he's not supposed to play with.  Books enrage him unless read to him from across the room and acted out like story time at the bookstore and yup I do this daily. He also absolutely cannot be rocked, soothed, walked or nursed to sleep anymore. What I am supposed to do with him sitting in a airplane seat for 3-4 hours? Our only rule is no screen time.

What are your LO's favorite toys? Any suggestions for what to bring?  I am not opposed to buying a little something for him.  Most of his toys are hand downs so we've been good so far about purchases and I can indulge in something small. The only thing I can think of to buy are some finger puppets and maybe a regular puppet.

We'll sing a lot and I found and printed out some new finger rhymes and lap bouncing songs. Any other "activity" ideas?

So far I am planning to bring a new straw sippy cup with water (He used it once and LOVED it so I saved it for this trip), his silicone baby spoon he chews on, a bag with about 10 wooden blocks, some tiny books just in case he lets us read to him, some food he likes (he self-feeds) and then I am going to let him rip up the Sky Mall Magazine!  What else?

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

unaveragejane

DS loves to chew and tear paper, so I will occasionally give him a coffee filter or napkin. He's still fascintated by tags, too. Taggies don't do it for him like a real, stiff, white tag with laundry directions. So strange. Oh, he also likes to suck on wet wash cloths.

SweetHurricane

Both our kids have been addicted to Lamaze toys. Our favorite is Mortimer Moose: https://www.amazon.com/Lamaze-Mortimer-Moose-Along-Colors/dp/B000I2MRLU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359465788&sr=8-1&keywords=mortimer+moose

The winkel is also pretty awesome: https://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Toy-200940-Winkel/dp/B000BNCA4K/ref=pd_sim_ba_9

topaz7777

My DD LOVES her indestructible book.  It feels and crinkles like paper but it's made with some cloth blend similar to the way money is made.  She turns the pages, crinkles them, turns them, and chews on them.  Keeps her still and occupied for quite a while, and it was $5.

https://www.indestructiblesinc.com/

She also loves a teething necklace that I have.  It's made of wooden beads and goes around my neck.  She sits in my lap and plays with it, putting it in her mouth and analyzing how it moves. 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/99094048/natural-wood-teething-necklace-nursing

henrytviii

Thanks I am going to try to find one of those indestructible books, that sounds right up his allley.  We have some chew beads but he's a little too aggressive with them!

dragossoul84

Lamaze Jacques the Peacock seems to be my sons favorite toy right now it has a mirror and different textures and makes the crinkle noise its also not to big and can be clipped to your diaper bag. I'd suggest it to anyone  https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2574127&CAWELAID=107531032&pla=plat&cagpspn=pla

Asquared

painters tape is a fabulous thing to bring for babies/kids- gotta watch them closely, but it fascinates them.