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Flying with Food Allergy Toddler

jillms413jillms413 member
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I posted this on 12-24 months too.  I am flying for the first time with my 18 month old this weekend.  She has food allergies (soy, dairy and egg) so I need to bring all of her food for the 6-7 hour trip.  Did anyone have any problems carrying food in?  I am planning to bring tons of dry snacks, some fruit (banana, peach) and baby oatmeal cereal (dry mix), formula powder. 
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Re: Flying with Food Allergy Toddler

  • magdusiamagdusia member

    Last time i flew with DS i sent a box of food before leaving (i was scared my luggage would get lost).. so i sent oatmeal, cereal, milk, pastas..)

    I also carried on some food (extra milk, almond butter, and some food).. I had my allergist give me a letter just in case they gave me a hard time. I  called the airport and the airline and told them and they said no problem, just bring the letter.  They told me the food has to go under the plane and just one day worth of food/milk can be taken on board.

    No one ever checked the letter but it was nice to have.  (the letter said that my son has food allergies and has to have special food with him).  

    I ended up separating the milk into different carry-on luggages and they told me never to do that b/c now they have to go through all the luggage.  Just put everyone in one place so only one carry-on gets checked. 

     

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  • LSU628LSU628 member
    Honestly, it kinds of depends on the airport and the TSA agent. when I fly out of New Orleans, I just tell the TSA agent that I have milk in the cooler for the baby, and they don't even blink an eye. I had 32 oz of almond milk and a diaper bag jammed full of snacks. When I flew with DD as an infant, I also had a bag full of baby food, once again no one even so much as looked through the bag in New Orleans or Orlando. However, I flew back through Boston this time. They made me take the milk, ice pack and Plum pouches out of the cooler. They used the strip to test the milk. Not a big deal, but the people behind us in line were giving me the side eye. Oh well!
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  • penguinempenguinem member

    We just did this. Check out the TSA website... there is some helpful info about traveling with kids. ( I don't know how to link, but here it is https://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/children/index.shtm)You are allowed to bring food and milk/ drinks for any child. We only had a two hour flight and I brought one cup of soy milk. The agent was very nice but when he tested the milk with a strip (it is in the air, they don't put it in the milk), he accidentally spilled it!! He recommended that we bring two on the way back, LOL, and we did.It did not have to be under a certain amount of oz.s, just a "reasonable amount for a child".

    They just asked that we took all of the liquids out as you would your clear baggie so that they don't have to find them in the bag.

    It's a lot less stressful than it used to be, all around! I saw on the TSA website that you can even bring a pie, just not a large jar of gravy... HA!! (this was addressing traveling with food over the holidays. 

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