Posted by
Chrispy06
19 yrs ago
Hi Moms and Dads,
I've been reading some of the travel related threads in here and got some good tips, but I still have a few questions here hoping someone may shed some lights on:
Some background info:
Baby is 15 weeks old and we have the following travel plans:
Manila (when baby is 4 months old)
Thailand possibly Chiang Mai (when baby is 6 months old)
Tokyo (when baby is 8 months old)
Toronto (when baby is 9 months old)
London (when baby is 10 months old)
(1) Should we check in the pram and just keep the Baby Bjorn with us?
(2) Will a 9-10 months old baby able to fit in the airline bassinet? We plan to travel on business class so we wont be able to use the "seat-blocking" approach.
(3) Any essential questions to ask the hotel apart from reserving a cot?
(4) What is the best way to steralize bottles on the plane and in hotels? (Currently am still breastfeeding but plan to stop at 6 months)
(5) How to keep a 9-10 months entertained on a long haul flight?
(6) Baby is on Gina Ford rountine - how to help baby to cope with the time difference - esp. in Toronto it's practically the other way around (12-13hrs)? We plan to stay in Toronto for 1 month and 2 weeks in London. How do you help your baby to go back to the regular routine when you get home?
(7) Any MUST-HAVE for short/long haul flights?
Sorry for all the questions but I am a little anxious as I have never travelled with a baby before.....
Many thanks!!
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my suggestions for some of your questions 9as don't have answers to all) are:
1) Yes - I didn't check in pram and found it a pain...but provided baby sleeps well in baby bjorn while waiting to board plane.
2) ?
3) I say buy your own travel cot. Phil & Ted. Very lightweight and portable!
4) Try Lindam sterilising bags but you'll need a microwave (ask hotel) for that. Or else sterilising tablets. For flight, just have enough bottles filled with some water that you can just add powder and warm water (to top up, bring a hot flask) to the bottle.
5) Long haul flights - you just do anything to keep baby calm and settled, you'll not the only one on board! but at the same time, ignore dirty looks given by other passengers.
7) Don't leave fav blankie or sleeping bag behind!
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red82
19 yrs ago
1. If they allow you to check-in pram, do it. There travel prams available like samsonite.
2.Airline (CX-Economy) bassinet is very small. I travelled with 3mos. old baby to France this January. We did not use the bulkhead (table) as it was very inconvenient for us to go out nor to up t.v. so we put the airline bassinet on the floor infront us.
3. request pot/thermos is always full during housekeeping and bottled water
4. FOr the plane, I had enough (6 bots) with me. Hotel - sterilising bags available in Bumps to Babes
5. no experience
6. Im a Gina Ford follower too. My baby cried the whole day when we got to France then she was ok then when we arrived back in HK, she wakes up at 3 am but only for 3 days and she got back to normal. I guess baby's adjust like adults voluntarily.
7. Must-haves in flights is your baby's must-haves when you go out of your home for shopping or whatever.
Good luck!
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Hi chrispy,
We are also travelling to Manila at 4+ months, that would be around CNY. It's our first travel too so i'm planning to bring the whole house ;-)
Sorry can't help you with any of your questions, i'm also at a lost what to do.
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Hi Wheelymate - will I be able to find the Phil & Ted travel cot at Bumps To Babes? Thanks.
I have called the hotel in Manila and they cannot provide a microwave in our suite, but they said housekeeping can take our bottles to sterilize (not sure if I want to do that as I don't know HOW they sterilize the bottles). I've got the Milton sterilizing tablets but seems like I need to have the Milton sterilizing kit??
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Kwis
19 yrs ago
Answers to some of your questions --
(2) It depends on how big and heavy your baby is. Our son could hardly fit into the bassinet when he was 6 months on our flight to Toronto. We were on biz class, but I gotta say that overall traveling economy and getting the extra seat/s was relatively more comfortable for us, esp. once baby could not fit into the bassinet. I say relatively more comfortable, only because of the extra space for baby to sleep in and we don't have to carry him the whole time (which we would have had to do on biz class) --especially on long-haul flights.
(6) Wish I could be of more help here, but when we went to Toronto, that coincided with him teething and with the time difference, it was not an easy stay (we were there for about 2 weeks). Coming back, it took him about 5-7 days to get back into his routine. Subsequent trips were much easier when he only had jetlag to contend with. About a week or two before our trip, we'd start to gradually adjust his sleep schedule closer to Toronto time (thers's just so much you could do with a 12-hr time difference, though) and would immediately try to follow TO time once we're on the plane. Kept him up as much as possible during day time and making sure he didn't oversleep during naps. Made sure that room was dark during bedtime at night, even though it could still be quite bright outside (during summer months).
Good luck --but you will survive somehow. :)
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pzam
19 yrs ago
I was referred to this blog when I asked questions about travelling with my daughter when she was 10months old. I hope that it'll be helpful to you.
http://flyingwithchildren.blogspot.com/
It was written by a former flight attendant who had to travel with 3 kids by herself several times on trans-atlantic flights.
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cd
19 yrs ago
To chrispy06,
you don't need the milton steralising set, just the cold water tablets and any container, even the hotels ice bucket!
Instead of buying 2 business class tickets, buy 3 economy ones, then your baby will be guaranteed their own seat.
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I see, sounds like we should travel in economy class then? Just one quick question - does the arm rest in the front row bulkhead seat raise up? If not, then baby cannot sleep across 2 seats?
Hubby has very long legs and cannot survive sitting in tiny seat with no leg room for 18 hours....@_@
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RiceT
19 yrs ago
No, bulkhead arms don't raise up...at least not in most of the planes we've been on. Usually the tray table / tv are stored in there.
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Nula
19 yrs ago
For the first flight check your pram. For the others get a Mclaren Vovo umbrella stroller (or like) as I have always been able to put it in the cupboard in Business class (have to check it in economy at the gate).
Used the sterlising tablets whenever we travelled. Have a small jar of washing up liquid with you (the only time I ever had problems was trying to get washing up liquid in hotels!) to wash the bottles out and then I would use a container or basin with the tablets. Always rinse your milk bottles with cool/cold water first before you wash with hot water.
Take pre-sterilised bottles with water on the flight plus a couple of extra if you are delayed.
By the last two flights you possibly won't be sterlising anyway.
My husband has very long legs as well and struggles in economy. Go business if you can. That way at least one of you is more rested on the other side! I found economy fine when the children were really small (under 5mths)and again when they started walking. The bulkhead seats armrests don't lift up.
I also used to do what Kwis suggested with adjusting times pre flight.
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Nula
19 yrs ago
For the first flight check your pram. For the others get a Mclaren Vovo umbrella stroller (or like) as I have always been able to put it in the cupboard in Business class (have to check it in economy at the gate).
Used the sterlising tablets whenever we travelled. Have a small jar of washing up liquid with you (the only time I ever had problems was trying to get washing up liquid in hotels!) to wash the bottles out and then I would use a container or basin with the tablets. Always rinse your milk bottles with cool/cold water first before you wash with hot water.
Take pre-sterilised bottles with water on the flight plus a couple of extra if you are delayed.
By the last two flights you possibly won't be sterlising anyway.
My husband has very long legs as well and struggles in economy. Go business if you can. That way at least one of you is more rested on the other side! I found economy fine when the children were really small (under 5mths)and again when they started walking. The bulkhead seats armrests don't lift up.
I also used to do what Kwis suggested with adjusting times pre flight.
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kar
19 yrs ago
I would definitely fly Business instead of Economy. We had to fly Economy once long haul and both children were miserable.
I wouldn't use the hotel ice bucket to sterilize in...just recently read something about it being one of the germiest things in a hotel room. Evidently some guests vomit in the bucket, rinse it out, and then put it back. Don't know if that is true, but EWWWW.
As for keeping your child entertained, just bring a lot of different small toys and books. I found that the absolute worst time to fly with ours was when they first became mobile. They wanted to move around EVERYWHERE! Prior to that, no problem. And after that, not bad either.
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I see, so ice bucket is a no-no. Should I use a big ziplog bag and fill it with water instead? Or I should buy a new bucket or something when I get off the plane and use it to steralize?
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dss
19 yrs ago
Carry sufficient bottles filled with water for the whole flight and load into a tupperware which can later double up as a sterilize container.
I dont use the hotel's elec jug as it may not be clean. I have a flask which I get the hotel restaurant to fill up for me.
In Thailand & Manila, make sure that you get a reputable brand of bottled water for the baby (eg. Nestle). A friend of mine shared that she checked in a case of bottled water. That was sometime back, but I think it is still possible to do so.
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Thanks ladies for all the tips!
One quick question - the instruction on the Milton sterilizing tablets says 1 tablet for 5L of water - I have a 4.7L container which I would like to use as the sterilizing container; does it HAVE to be 5L of water or it is ok to be a bit off?
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crj
19 yrs ago
On the Milton Steralising Tablets - that's tht is close enough, I wouldn't worry. We were never very precise.
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Thanks simplythebest, I shall visit Mothercare to check out the disposable sterilizing bags! Great help!
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