DS was 3 when we travelled last year. 2 planes. A short 30-40 minute flight on a tiny plane, then a 4-5 hour flight on the bigger plane.

The first was easy. DS & my first time on a plane & the excitement of it all kept him happy enough. The bigger plain had free tv/movies & DS mostly watched that. I also had 2 back packs. One with a change of clothes each, nappies, wipes, panadol & wallet/phone etc (rather than hand bag). The second had a portable DVD player, books, pencils, toys & ipod.

The trip back was harder. It was the longer flight straight up & after getting on at 5am & them both deciding it was time to get up for the day, there was no settling them. I tried my best, but they did spend an hour or so wandering around the plain, chasing each other Thats was probably a better sound than DD's tantrums coz she didn't want to sit still. The shorter flight, they both slept