Whats it going to be like travelling on a two hour flight with my 4 month old son for the first time?

take a binkey in cae his ears hurt from the preasure change. The planes are preasurized, but sometimes babies still feel it. Otherwise 2 hours should be pretty easy. Don’t forget your car seat. You can check it at the gate.

We traveled six hours in a plane with two infants and it all went ok. Just bring along plenty of patience.

If the little one starts to cry, ignore all the jerks who turn around and get perturbed. I remember flying with little ones alright =).

I only had one problem, one time – and that was when my daughter got older. As a little one, before 1 year old, she flew several times with zero problems.

My doctor suggested trying (if possible) to schedule a flight around bottle time, if a short flight, for pressure relief on take off and to try to use a pacifier during landing – or another small bottle. Since my flights were pretty short, like your flight is, I had no problems.

I always had a seat for her, and put her in the car seat, that way it almost felt normal to her, for traveling purposes. Don’t over/under dress him. And if you are stressed, he’ll be stressed. Hopefully, you flight is not during the morning push or evening push – not during the high travel times. That makes a big difference on the flight!

Face it, you will probably get some looks. Don’t pay attention to those looks. Just do what you need to do. They were small once, too!

A great asset, the Flight Attendants! If it starts going bad, they might have some good ideas, remember, they do this all the time, they’ve seen it all.

thanks guys, he’s breast fed and doesnt do pacifier so guess it will be bring out the boobs time during take off and landing :)

ive always loved flying enough to do my own license so im hoping he takes to it like a duck to water or like a.. forget it :)

Hopefully he’ll be asleep most of the time. If not, the air pressure could make him cry. Took my daughter on a trip when she was a few days old, she slept like an angel the whole time. A few days later her mum brought her back and she cried so much people started jumping off the plane in mid-flight. The pilot had to hit her on the head with a hammer to shut up.
The following year (she was a bit over a year old) we took her on the same trip together, and she was fine on the way there (though bored and restless) and a little tired on the way back (but we were sitting next to a wonderful girl with a laptop who played her a dvd and kept her happy for most of the journey).

Make sure you have something for him to chew on (whether it’s a dummy or a toy or milk), it helps with the ears. They’ll probably tell you you’re not allowed to take liquids on board, but tell them to stuff it and have your sterilised bottles and water anyway. You’re legally entitled to have these things when you’re carrying a small child. Even in America.

@Jack79 maybe your daughter just wanted to stay there? that’s why she was crying? no? :)

We flew my then one-year-old daughter 21 hours from Beijing to Hong Kong to San Francisco to Boston.

Two words: Child Benedril

Two hours should be ok. Did you purchase a seat for the baby?

@cprevite erm no.. living in Berlin and home being in the north of england the only direct flight doesnt allow babies to have their own seats so he’ll be on our knees the whole time, and even though he is 4 months he weighs nigh on 10kilos but it will be ok sharing it between us. my auntie did it wither her twins three times last year and it was fine..

Be sure to bring a favorite blanket or something soft and cuddley.

Let him cry. That’s how babies release the pressure in their ears. It may be a bit annoying to other passengers, but babies can get ear infections easily from the intense pressure on planes if they sleep through the altitude changes.

@juniper well there’s something i didnt know thanks!

At four months old you shouldn’t have too much problem with your son, especially if you can follow Judy, cak, Jack, and juniper’s advice. NaturalMineralWater’s advice will be a bit harder because pressurized cabins seem to magnify assholes, but you can do it.

Now if you said your son was 2 years old my answer would have been very short and simple: Your trip would be

Pure Hell

I have had any experience, but I just wanted to say good luck!

@dragonflyfaith thanks hopefully it will help!

If all else fails, at least it’s only 2 hours. We’ve made an eight hour car trip three times now, the first time he was a month old. That was not fun.

I was going to say what @Darwin said, but since she already said it, all I can say is that truer words ain’t never been spoke!

It seemed the vibration knocked my daughter right out. The waiting to go on the flight was harder because of the noise and activity. When she was an infant I had a couple of calming techniques. The best one was to gently run my finger from the middle of her forehead down to the tip of her nose. After a couple of strokes her eyelids would start to close and she would drift off.

@galileogirl: That is a great technique. If the gently trace small circles on my daughter’s forehead, she falls asleep.

Works on my wife also.

@cprevite youve just helped me on my other quest about watching football at home :) circles on the head you say, this should put an end to the teletubbie dance :)

Fonz I know exactly what it was, but it is not relevant to the question. Some people should simply not be parents.

@Jack79 ??????????????????/

My ex wife is simply not that good with babies.

@TheFonz_is Haha somehow I think you might end up with an imprint of one of the teletubbies on your forehead. :-D

Well, @Judi, GET A FREAKIN BINKIE!
I hate the babies who cry the whole time! I have been on many plain rides, and cannot stand it! Other than that, I think that it will be fine.

Hu?

Plain rides? As opposed to fancy rides?

Not nearly as bad as know it all teenagers who whine all the time.

well.. the trip was good, on the way there he was fine, he enjoyed it and looked out the window most of the way. However in the 4 days away he seemed to develop his volume levels, so by the time we had to fly back rather than just grumbling like he normally does, he just cries as loud as possible for 5 minutes then starts laughing.. it seems he’s developing his expressive side, so the flight back was a little bit loud :0

hes also started trying to talk, not a couple of goos and gaas, more like a full sentence of noises repeated over and over again for about 30 minutes :) just like his mum :)

This where things start getting fun! I love watching their developing personalities. I’m glad the trip went well.

@dragonflyfaith thanks! just planning the next one.. my next question will be whats it like taking an 8 year old to a sunny country in july :)