Long haul flight with 9 month old....any tips!?

[didispunk]

Didi! Haven't seen you in ages!

You are travelling wonder-woman. Just a couple questions:

- I thought the bassinets were only up to like 8kg or similar- I thought Peter (10kg) couldn't go in them? YOU CAN PUT A BABY OR TODDLER IN THESE UNTIL THEY ARE GOING TO JUMP OUT OF THEM. MY COUSIN IS THE DESIGNER FOR THE SEATS AND BASSINETTS ON QANTAS THEY CAN HOLD UP TO 22KG... BUT IT DOES SAY ON THEM 22LBS... ITS SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO SLEEP.. AND HE IS NOT OVER 1 SO YOU ARE TOTALLY FINE.

- I'm debating whether to take just a small umbrella stroller, or my proper stroller and checking it. I fly Qantas to LA and then Northwest to WI. So you are saying if you check your stroller, Qantas will provide a courtesy one for you to wheel around the airport, right? Have you had any experience with Northwest? The only reason I am thinking about taking my bigger stroller is that Peter can sleep in it, but he won't sleep in an umbrella stroller and we will be out and about quite a bit o/s. IF PETER WILL SLEEP IN HIS THEN TAKE HIS WITH YOU. ITS JUST GONG THROUGH SECURITY IT HAS TO FIT THROUGH THE SCANNER.. QANTAS WILL GIVE YOU ONE TO BORROW BUT I WOULD USE A BACKPACK OR BABY BJORN OR SOEMTHIGN AFTER YOU HAVE CHECKED IN YOUR STROLLER. PRAMS ARE VERY VERY VERY VERY CHEAP IN THE USA YOU CAN PICK ONE UP AT WALLMART FOR 20$ CHEAP.. SO MAYEB SEE IF YOUR FRIENDS/FAMILY CAN GET YOU ONE TO USE WHILE THERE..

- Where do you get Phenergen? I thought you couldn't get it anymore. YOU CAN GET THIS OVER THE COUTER AT A CHEMIST.. DO TRY IT BEFROE YOU GO AS SOME KIDS CAN HAVE TEH OPPOSITE EFFECT.. I FOUND SOME OTHER GREAT MED IN CANADA SO MY KIDS IF NEEDED GET GRAVOL... JUST A TRAVEL CALM.. BRILLIANT!!!

Thanks hun!

[didispunk]

Time Change.. nothing you can do here.. but since you leave in the evening your bubba should think its night time and sleep then as they normally would and then when you get there in the morning they think its morning.. So that should be every very easy.. unlike flights that leave at 10am and fly into the night... that is a pain..

[kiwigirl]

Thanks for all the tips in here! DS will be 10 months when we are doing a 9 hour flight. So true about them loving the headphones, we went to Aussie last week and he loved them.