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A Helpful Guide to Traveling with Small Children

November 18th, 2009 No comments

Air Travel with small children can turn out to be quite a difficult situation that can cause stress for many parents. In order to help diminish some of the chaos and stress, take some time prior to your trip and plan out as many details as possible. Younger children may have difficulty being confined to their seats on the airplane, bring along crayons and coloring books to help take their minds off of being confined. A change of pressure in the cabin that occurs during takeoff can hurt their ears, bring along gum or hard candy to help with this issue.

There are quite a few factors that you can complete ahead of time to help make sure that your kids are ready for air travel. Probably the most important item on the list is to make sure that your children have had a medical check-up completed by the family doctor or pediatrician. At this time, if they are behind on any vaccinations, you can get those shots caught up. In order for small children to fly the friendly skies, their immunizations must be current.

If you are scheduled for a longer flight, make every effort to reserve an overnight flight that will coincide with your children’s sleeping habits. Even though you are traveling, you want to try and mimic the same routine you have at home as closely as possible with younger children. Many airlines have ‘assistants’ available for parents who are traveling alone with small children. The assistants take care of collecting baggage from the aircraft as well as from the baggage carousels.

As far as your carry-on luggage is concerned, you should make every attempt to only pack items that your kids may need on the flight such as a changing mat, baby wipes, tissues, rash creams, and bottles of milk, favorite snacks, daily medications, spill-proof drinks, games, toys and an extra change of clothing for each child going on the flight. Try to avoid using your carry-on bag for items such as your laptop which will take up a lot of unnecessary room.

I suggest that you dress your children in a few light layers of clothing; this way you can add layers if cold or remove layers as necessary once you are onboard the aircraft. If your child is cold, you can simply ask a flight attendant to bring a blanket. Lastly, if you need help, do not hesitate to ask the flight attendants for help. In other words, don’t try and heat up your baby’s bottle under the hot water in the sink in the plane’s bathroom; ask the flight attendant to properly warm up the liquid in the bottle for your child.

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