Dachlo I flew to LA with my DD when she was 8 mths old, coming home at 9 mths, so she was slightly younger than Yasin. I'm not sure if the bassinet will still fit him. They're designed for up to 12 mths, but that's a general rule I think.

Try to get a night time flight if you can. It still helps. Even if he's only asleep for half the flight it will help.

I took a lot of toys that she hadn't seen before (small ones) and brought them out one by one. She was really into books, so I got quite a few of those. I also took a lot of little finger food type snacks for her (they do have Heinz baby food on the planes still, I think).

So I think she slept and ate more on those two flights than she normally did 8-[

The best thing to do is to divide Yasin's awake time into one hour blocks in your mind, and tick them off as you go (you're more likely to go mental than he is, as you'll be worried about keeping him occupied as well as dealing with the flight yourself).

I'm not into medicating my kids if I can help it,,,, but a friend of mine gave her one year old phenergen (sp?) to make him drowsy. I didn't feel comfortable doing that.

The other thing is that most of the long haul carriers have pages dedicated to travelling with kids on their websites.

Hope that helps