Traveling with a 2 year old girl.?

Benadryl makes them sleepy. Thats a horrendous flight. I just made one similar with a 3 year old. Honolulu to Florida. I'm guessing you will change planes twice. If so, thats gonna help a lot. It breaks things up for them. First order of business, make her comfortable. Take off the shoes and socks. Dress her in layers so you can strip her down and dress her up when needed. No belts or tight fitting clothing. She can look cute later. This is war.

You can keep the sound on the DVD player low, she wont put up with earphones anyway. Chances are you wont get her to sit through a movie though either.

Here are a few things I came up with. Get some junk from the dollar store...cheap stuff. Kids love that crap. Wrap each item in paper like a gift. Brown paper sacks work well, they don't tear easily. The idea here is 1) its a reward for not making you crazy and 2) she is gonna take a few minutes opening it. (every second spent busy counts) just give her one at a time when you see she is getting restless. Buy things she loves but is not normally allowed to have at home. Markers, tape, deck of cards, (not for you, for her...for tearing up and dropping) stickers...things like that. If she writes her name on the seat, they got people to clean that up. It's included in her ticket price. If she looses the stuff, who cares right?

Lots of snacks. In little bagggies. Give her the whole bag. So what it she spills it on the floor? A sippy cup. Collect all the air sick bags from the three of you to dump the unfinished liquids in and if you don't use them take 'em for the next flight. (They never come around and collect the trash enough.) You can only take limited liquids onboard so her drinks are gonna have to come from the stewardess and they only have those stupid plastic cups.

Books...she might let you read one or two. Again, new ones from the dollar store. Not the old stuff she's already seen. Look for ones with "things" like magnets, pieces that go somewhere, stuff like that.

Its best to let her know right away that she has to stay in her seat. If you let her up once she will never stay down. If you are potty training, forget it. The bathroom is scary enough for adults.

Pack a couple of changes of clothes, wipies and her supplies and snacks in a separate bag. Store it under the seat, not above. You are gonna need it too much to jump and down every 5 minutes.

She will sleep some. Don't wake her for any reason. Try to sleep when she does.

Most important, don't worry about the other passengers. You will never ever see any of them again. Oh and relax. Its gonna be an adventure. :-)

Well I'm glad you're the one that suggested drugging your daughter. I know it can sound awful, but you know your daughter best and if you do it properly, it'll be fine. I strongly recommend talking to your pediatrician though. Don't just give her over the counter drugs.

As far as the sound on your computer, does you daughter mind headphones? The sound would definitely bother those around you. If you want to watch with your daughter, they sell adapters so that you can plug two sets of earplugs in (I got them at Walmart).

Other tips:

-make sure you're well rested! If you don't get sleep the night before the flight, you will probably have very little patience to deal with your daughter and that could turn out to be a bad situation

-bring crayons and a coloring book if she's into that (that should help distract her at least for a little while)

-bring her favorite stuffed animal (if it's small) on the flight with you

Good luck!

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Not sure about Dramamine but you can read the label or ask your doctor

Nothing wrong with a little CHILDRENS TYLENOL on the plane for sure The other passengers will appreciate it

Dramamine works good. I would bring head phones for DVD's, music, and computer. Bring coloring books, music, wordsearches, dolls, and toys for her to play with. you also have to know how to decipline your child so he/she won't even think about acting up.