Traveling With Baby

[MissMusic]

This is super early and planning ahead, but welcome to my life.

DH's family is planning a big trip to China. They wanted to go in April, but if all goes well I will be...birthing. We told them to go without us, but his dad & mom are from there and want to show us around before they are too old (they're in their 80s now).

The new plan is Sept-Oct 2016.

TLDR: would you take a 5 month old baby on a flight overseas? Would this be a logistical nightmare? What about handling a baby and a 4 yr old in China?

All I have to go in is Lillian screaming on a 2hr Christmas flight at 5 months old, and me being "that mom" that people blog about because she couldn't get her damn kid under control.

[barefoot84]

Aug 14, 2015 12:24:02 GMT -5 MissMusic said:

This is super early and planning ahead, but welcome to my life.

DH's family is planning a big trip to China. They wanted to go in April, biutall goes well I will be...birthing. We told them to go without us, but his dad & mom are from there and want to show us around before they are too old (they're in their 80s now).

The new plan is Sept-Oct 2016.

TLDR: would you take a 5 month old baby on a flight overseas? Would this be a logistical nightmare? What about handling a baby and a 4 yr old in China?

All I have to go in is Lillian screaming on a 2hr Christmas flight at 5 months old, and me being "that mom" that people blog about because she couldn't get her damn kid under control.

Best time to travel with baby, especially if you're breastfeeding. You know your baby enough to know what's normal and what's not, they still nap in the carrier, they're not sufficiently mobile that you have to worry about babyproofing hotel rooms, and you don't need to worry about travel sickness if they'd not drinking the water and eating the food. Go!!

[MissMusic]

Aug 14, 2015 12:32:29 GMT -5 barefoot84 said:

Best time to travel with baby, especially if you're breastfeeding. You know your baby enough to know what's normal and what's not, they still nap in the carrier, they're not sufficiently mobile that you have to worry about babyproofing hotel rooms, and you don't need to worry about travel sickness if they'd not drinking the water and eating the food. Go!!

That is incredibly encouraging!  WOOHOO thank you!

Andplusalso, I don't know how good the roads/trails are in places like The Great Wall for strollers, but at 5m I can totally do a wrap or Ergo-thingy with no problem!

[sarasansh]

Like barefoot said, I'd go! I would be way less concerned about the babe than the 4 year old. My friend's husband is Australian and she did a trip once with her 8 month old, and again with a 2 year old and a 5 month old, and both times she said the baby was easy to manage (especially relative to the 2 year old!)

[babywinks]

We flew with Jack when he was 5 months and he was super easy. It was a shorter flight less that 2.5 hours but he nursed, slept or played quietly. He was much harder when he was about 14 months because he didn't like that I wouldn't let him get down and walk around.

[samelly]

I agree that's a good time to fly with your baby. I flew a lot with DD, both domestic and international. The first time I flew with her she was 3.5 months and she was just over four months on the way back. She nursed and slept on the flights. I even flew by myself with her one way. I flew with her to Chile (this is about a 18-20 hour trip with two flights and a short layover) with she was 7.5 months and it was great. It was a 12 hour red eye and she slept almost the whole time. I watched movies. We were planning another Chile trip around Christmas time but I'm due with baby #2 in late November, so we are thinking of going in March now. I would prefer to go when the baby is between 5-8 months, but it'll be winter time in Chile and I get enough winter living in Canada! When they get more mobile, they are more challenging! So I'm more worried about my daughter who will be 3.5 being difficult on the flight.

[sarahandeddie]

I have no personal experience but my cousin and his wife are in England right now with their 2m old and 3 1/2yr old. Both boys did great on the flight there. I'd say go for it.

[somethingcleverer]

I haven't traveled that far with a baby that young but I think I would do it to go on a once in a lifetime trip with the grandparents. That's an amazing experience and knowing how much they sleep when they are that little I would go.