Just a couple of questions:

1. DD will be 14 months and in two weeks we will be flying from Johannesburg to Melbourne - the Jborg/Syd flight is 13 hours then just over one hour to Melbourne - DD is on three bottles of milk a day - what do people do - take a litre of milk on the plane and ask the flight attendant to put it in the fridge or use toddler formula - I know this is probably obvious but my brain is dead at the moment.

2. We will be staying at a top hotel in the city of the night of DH's birthday and I have organised to see the Phantom of the Opera at 2 pm followed by drinks & dinner with friends at a close restaurant - we have no other option but to ask the hotel to organise a babysitter - has anyone ever used a hotel babysitter before.....I will be going back to check on DD every hour or so but.....still a bit nervous - we don't have anyone else to ask to babysit in Melbourne as they will be at the dinner. Am I a bad mum for leaving my baby with a stranger?

Much appreciated.
Laurin