I'm in the UK at the moment and DH spoke to the pharmacist before we left because I was travelling alone with DD. He said that although the bottle said not for under 2's he knew plenty of people who'd given it to younger children and to just give a half dose.

I was very very hesitant but did give her a quarter dose at home to see how it went - luckily it made her sleepy not hyper!

On the flight I initially gave DD Brauers but it had no effect. She wasn't crying all the time, but she still wouldn't sleep. 11 hours into the 14 hour flight I caved and gave her a very small dose of phenergen but it didn't actually have effect until the start of the next flight 4 hours later - then she slept the whole flight! I didn't really like giving it to her but it got to the point where she desperately wanted to sleep but couldn't seem to switch off in that environment. I don't feel great about having given it to her but I am glad she was able to get some sleep in the end.

Still not sure what the plan is for the homebound flight yet!

Good luck with it, whatever you decide - I know tonnes of babies who have done really well on flights, just not mine!