10 Baby Travel Tips For Airplane Trips
Baby travel on an airplane can be challenging. Here are our baby travel tips to make baby travel on airplanes a more enjoyable experience for mom, dad and baby.
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4. Prepare for delays. Have extra food, a change of clothes and diapers in your hand luggage.
5. If you have to change planes, ask for a courtesy cart between gates. Conserve your energy as much as possible.
6. To keep baby's takeoffs and landings pain-free feed your baby at take-off and landing for comfort and to equalize the ears. An alternative is to have the baby suck on a bottle or pacifier during takeoff and landing. The action of sucking will help baby clear their ears safely while changing altitude.
7. To keep baby safe and secure during the flight consider using our Heart2Heart Baby carrier (read our Heart2Heart product review). It keeps the baby close and secure to you. It is quite amazing to see other passengers when they see a baby held by their mom or dad--the fear in their faces that there is potential for a crying and screaming baby. On the other hand when passengers see our baby in his Heart2Heart carrier, they smile and remark about how content and happy he is. The Heart2Heart has been a wonderful addition to our baby gear. Our baby is happier, we feel the baby is more secure and other passengers actually are pleased to sit near us on the airplane.
8. During the flight you and baby should drink as much water as possible—air flights are dehydrating—bring extra bottles with water for the baby to suck on during the flight. Take a look at our really unique gr8x diaper bag that comes equipped with a insulated bottle holder to keep baby's bottle cool during the trip.
9. Some airplanes are equipped with baby changing tables but this is not always the case. When we travel with our baby whether on a flight or just a day trip one of the best pieces of gear that we have is the gr8x diaper bag. I could not be without mine. Not only can you pack a lot of baby (and mom) gear into the gr8x diaper bag, but it also comes with a built in change pad. Read our full review on the incredible gr8x diaper bag. Once you see all the ways that this bag will save you energy and make your travel with baby so much easier you'll want one for yourself. Make sure to ask the flight attendant about the safest area to change the baby, and also ask if there is an empty seat that you could do the change on.
10. Pack smart. Bring a plastic bib for your baby. They're invaluable for containing pureed carrot and preventing several changes of clothing a day. Also, bring a baby blanket so baby can have a familiar item to help them nap. Our baby prefers the Swaddling Wrap blankets that we offer to our customers (read our Swaddling Wrap product review). They are soft, cuddly and pack easily in our diaper bag. There are lots of items to pack. Don't forget to prepare individual baby clean-up plastic bags with a face cloth and wipes—so you don’t have to haul your entire hand bag to the washroom. When we go all baby's personal needs are organized in our GR8X diaper bag. I know that I go on and one about the diaper bag--but I just love it!!
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