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I'm a risk-taker

Msbean22Msbean22 member
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I went ahead and booked our flight to Nova Scotia before I had even applied for Evie's passport. It gave us three weeks exactly for it to get here. And you know what? It sure did! (Don't judge me too hard, I'm out of the house for at least 12 hours a day - I have 0 time for anything.)

So now it's all hitting me that I'm flying alone with a lap child and no idea what to expect on how she's going to behave. Generally, when she's experience new stuff, she's quiet and reserved. I'm scared her ears are going to hurt, I'm scared something ridiculous is going to happen at the gate, I'm scared we're going to be delayed and I'll be stuck on a plane for eight hours.

But MOSTLY I'm excited to have nine whole days with my girlie girl! Oh, and my family. I haven't seen my parents since this time last year, and everyone else I saw in May of last year. 

I'm also a little scared I'm going to completely ruin my diet on donair pizza, poutine, and coffee crisp bars. 
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  • HoneyBunn24HoneyBunn24 member

    mmmm, Donair....love so much!

     

    I've never travelled with DD, but I've heard that if you giver her a sippy or a bottle or something to actively swallow for takeoff and landing her little ears should equalize along with yours.

    Have fun!!


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    Have fun!!!!
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    HoneyBunn24 said:

     

    I've never travelled with DD, but I've heard that if you giver her a sippy or a bottle or something to actively swallow for takeoff and landing her little ears should equalize along with yours.

    Have fun!!

    This. During take off for the first 5/10 minutes and landing. Drink, pacifier, chewy something to help equalize the pressure.
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  • fastcarsandfreedom3319fastcarsandfreedom3319 member
    We are flying pros here.  Just flew with DS right around his birthday about 2 weeks ago, cross-country.  Honestly, I was "that mom" who looked like she had all her sht together.  T slept literally the entire way--from the moment the wheels left the ground until they touched back down.  He was an angel.

    I hope you have a flight like mine!  And if she is awake and needing to keep busy, here are some things that worked for us on the other flights when he was awake:
    • bring a magazine or catalog from home so she can rip up and crinkle the pages without it being the nasty, germy ones in the seat pocket
    • T loves puppets so I bought a new finger puppet book from Barnes and Noble, he adores it. It's "Old MacDonald." It's a nice, quiet thing to play with.
    • I heard some people bring a roll of clear tape--not to tape LO's mouth shut, but to give a small piece to them to play with.  You're right there to watch and make sure they don't put it in their mouths, but they can be entertained for a good while, trying to unstick it from their fingers and mash it into a ball
    • Can she color yet?  Some kids at our kiddos' ages are able to color, you can find at Walmart baby crayons that are like a ball that is easy for them to grip. You could try that too. We tried. It failed for us. Thank goodness crayons are nontoxic.
    • My mom made him a "pipe pipe" game, out of an old spice bottle and colored pipe cleaners.  You just twist the pipe cleaners so that you get rid of the sharp edges, and you stick them in the holes of the spice bottle. T likes to pull them out the most! But it seriously will keep him quiet for a good 10 minutes, even at home.
    • And at least one new toy.  I bought him a crinkle book with a little teether, and he loves it--now it is his favorite carseat toy.
    • obviously snacks like Cheerios and other non-messy, portable foods. We like Eggo waffles a lot in our house.

    And the people around you will be a big help in entertaining her, because seriously, who can look at an adorable A12 kiddo and not want play peek-a-boo?

    I always just wear T but if I were by myself, I would definitely bring the stroller as well, just to help with all the baggage.

    Good luck!  I've been to Nova Scotia on a cruise once, and went to the Titanic museum, which was one of the coolest places I've ever been!

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  • Msbean22Msbean22 member
    Thanks dude, lots of good advice!
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