If you flew with a baby?

I have flown with my now 3 year old many times, and it can be challenging, but it also might go smoother than you think. :-)

Yes, books, toys, snacks and drinks are a must! I would suggest getting a few new toys if you can because nothing entertains a child more than a toy they have never seen before. (or if you don't want to spend the $$, hide a few favorite toys several days before traveling so they will be 'new' again when you offer them on the plane)

Using link-a-doos or string or something to tie his toys to his car seat or whatnot is a good idea. I also suggest placing some blue painter's tape over the speakers of any loud toys you take, so as not to disturb the other passengers too much. It comes right off and won't harm the toy.

Definitely do get to the airport early to let him crawl around and whatnot before boarding.

Best of luck!

We flew a few times with our 16 month old and we choose a later flight so that by that time our baby will be exhausted from all the walking, looking at strangers and looking at all the planes coming in that she would fall asleep as soon as we board or even before. All the times we flew we were lucky enough that she slept long enough and was well behaved. Our usual flights are only 1 hour and 30 minutes long and I still stress about it because I know if I were to be a passenger I wouldn't want to deal with a cranky loud baby that isn't consolable. You should know best what your son is most entertain too, bring whatever you need to keep him calm, good happy mood. They are at their best behavior when they are happy babies.

Two hours really isn't very long.

Wearing him out is an excellent idea. Also does he have a favourite food which is very slow to eat? At about that age my daughter once spent the best part of two hours chomping through a bread roll in the back of a car on a long journey (plus eating will help if he has difficulties with the pressure changes in his ears).

And a couple of new toys if you can manage it (don't even show them to him beforehand). Not so easy with a kid that young, because the best ones for that are the ones with lots of small pieces - they take longer to get bored with. We had a soft alphabet with a shape for each letter to go in its own pocket which all zipped up in a carry case - we kept it just for long car journeys, and it lasted as a great distraction until my youngest was about 5.

oh man good luck with that. I don't even like being on an airplane for 2 hours. So really all you can do is bring every toy you can fit in a carry on. Also maybe you can get him to take a nap on the plane, but mostly all kids cry on planes. It just isn't fun.

My son was 23 months when i flew with him and it was horrible. he screamed the whole way, he wasn't interested in the couple of toys i brought him. he thought you could just walk off the plane whenver you wanted. he finally fell asleep for the last little bit. it was bad because we were sitting next to people and he screamed in their ear for over an hour. Some lady came up to me and asked me where his mother was, that made me mad. next time i'll be sure to bring more snacks and a portable DVD player

particular I flew with my 11 month previous and the 22month previous. We took the redeye flight from San Francisco to Atlanta, GA and that i watched the 1st mild. I felt it exchange into the terrific time because of the fact the babies the two slept the completed way. the only time they have been slightly out of kinds is whilst we had an prolonged than deliberate stay on the airport terminal. plane exchange into not on time in long island yet we've been given to the place we ought to bypass.

I have a 2 1/2 year old and we live in germany we just went back to the states before her 2 b-day. I made sure I had her fave snacks and fave cup, stuff toy and I bought her a travel size aquadoodle it was great b.c she could color on everything and the color would only show on the aqua pad b.c the pen was filled with water. other then that get a window seat and you can try a teaspoon of benadryl. good luck I have been flying with my daughter place since she was 6months old

Books, toys and drinks helped. My son cried the whole flight from Florida to Ohio and back . It was horrible. But there is noting you can do about it . Unfortunitly the flight hosteses were horrible about him crying , passengers usually are more sympathic

i first flew with my son when he was 10 months old. i had a couple of snacks for my son like rice cakes and brought some bags of fruit once through security. also the person that sits next to you unless its assigned seating probably wont mind children or they wouldn't sit there. i had a lady sit next to me that loved talking to my son and because she was a new person he was entranced by watching her lol.

i also made sure i sat in a seat that had a child in front or behind me so when the seat belt sign went off he could stand on my lap chatting in his way to the other children

My son usually falls asleep. I try to book the early early morning flights. But then if we have layovers and stuff I have to entertain him. I usually let him play with the magazines thats on the seat in front of me LOL It works. Then I point outside the window and let him look at stuff.

It's hard.

Esp. when they want to keep touching the person sitting next to you!