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Posted on: May 29, 2009 by PC Guy No Comments
Single mother with only one wing and 2 / o and 4 m / s on longer trips?
I just wanted to get some tips on flying alone with my two children. My husband just left me and now I have to take the flight from London to Sydney comeback. I flew out at night (if hopefully they sleep) so I have to wait 7 hours in Seoul – so fingers crossed for my 2 y / o can get much repressed energy expended. I'm so scared that my 2 y / o is very active and do not like being stuck in one place for a long period. I'm already exhausted mentally and physically because of the break and I need some kind of advice from anyone who may have flown like. I'm concerned changing, I had a bad experience with hosts of the air, they are normally not very useful and I need someone to watch one or the other children while I go to the toilet.
I'm really sorry to hear of your break. Traveling with children is enough hard, and even less to do under such stressful circumstances. I am a former flight attendant and I had many passengers as family stress, to both with and without children. Try to find a nice Flight Attendant with whom you can confide. It was useful if we knew what was happening and they may give you a break if something goes wrong. Now I fly a lot with my three children very close together and two of mine are also very active. What I found interesting was to have a baby carrier cheap (a comfortable, avoid packaging as before Bjorn) and have the baby safe and happy that I can run after the toddler (s). Once the sign of the belt is off, you can get up and walk with him gone. Then I found a useful carrier. Again, I could not keep the baby and keep a close eye on my old (s). Get new toys and keep them in your bag. They can be used to deflect or bribe if necessary (do not place where he can get to them before you not want). They need not be expensive. Small cars, plastic animals, reel, stickers, etc. Bring things to color for him, books, pencils, etc. clay and pipe cleaners are fun at this age. Four months is actually a good age to travel. They are after step newborns in need and sleep a little better. At the same time, they do not crawl, walk or run yet. You mentioned evolution. A Tip large distant cousin gave me was to learn to change a baby who can not stay in this position. It is easier to keep in place if his feet are planted on the ground. This practice is not to try at home first! Toddlers hate to lie down in strange places and may be a struggle to keep up. Then, when I had a baby, I would wear both (later all three) in disabilities toilets and keep them together. In this way, we had more space. I could change the older child (s) carrying the boy. As a flight attendant, I parent shout to the baby from time to time. If you ask this, try to wait until all cars are out of lanes and no service is going. Just a few additional guidance;-Bring about 1 / 3 more supplies than you'll need, formula, diapers, wipes, etc. Bring extra clothes for you all (at least a T and shorts for you) may be two for each because it is a long-voyage. wrap all bulky, like clothes and extra layers of elastic in plastic bags and use to reduce clutter and save space in your carry-If you formula feed, use the type of bottles with plastic liners. Pre-measure the powder, roll them and put them in a bag with zip closure. Bathrooms aircraft have bad wells for washing traditional bottles. Make sure baby is used for a bottle of room temperature. I warmed a bottle in many of my career, but I have seen first hand what a pain it is. The baby is not healthy advantage to the warmed bottle and no one will do this task while you are in the security or check in online. I Can not find it useful to make the car seat and buy a seat for each family member. If you can not handle this problem, try to reserve the seat bulkhead and whether there is a wall mounted * * Bassinet can be used. This is not as sure of a seat, but handy if you have a baby knees. I also want to mention that I never medicated my children for sleep. I've seen parents do this but there are risks. Do not give anything unless you talk to a doctor and this is something that your child takes before without problems. About 8 years ago I wrote an article about traveling with children for a newsletter expatriates. Over the years many parents come the world have contributed. I later put on a blog so that parents have access to commercial information from someone with practical experience and professional on the web. I go into detail on some of the above topics. Feel free to visit; http://flyingwithchildren.blogspot. My details contact are com at the end. Good luck for the trip and your new life at home Down Under!