sj - having flown w poopy 3 times, it gets harder as tehy get older. as you know i last flew w him oct/nov, and it was hard as going up was a day flight and he was so wriggly. the night flights were amazing he just slept thru even after we landed and got thru immigration.

they crew on MH are amazing. they often ask the person next to you to move. i only had one idiot who didnt want to move. other times i had the next 2 seats to myself. when we flew to m'sia in oct, poopy was so so wriggly but for some of the flight, maybe for 10/15 mins i was able to put him in the seat next to me and tie.. i mean put the seatbelt on him for a bit. my arms were so painful then. i also found going to the toilet hard, i took him in with me. it;s hard when it;s so tiny. but the crew can look after mj if you do need to go to the loo.
at thsi age they also serve them kids meals. i have booked a kids meal which is a smaller version of the adult meal for poopy when we go to msia in aug. the other meal they give is nuggets and fries which i dont want him to have. you can ask them if you havent already. im also taking my own meals for him just in case. lots of water too.

i found that flying nov and to brisbane in dec, his ears didnt bother him as much as when we flew in june last yr when was just 4mths. i think their ears get better. i bf-ed in june on take off.
but the last couple of times, he was eitehr already asleep as it was a night flight and it didnt bother him, and when he was awake there was so much going on it didnt seem to bother him either. i still got ready to bf him but he wasnt interested. also had some toys for him to suck on, and his sippy cup but he wasnt interested and the take off/landing didnt bother him.

they do get bored easily and all the toys i took didnt help. what kept him occupied for the longest time was some paper cups from the loo. (i took ones that were futher in the cilinder) he enjoyed playing w those!

yes, he wont sit in the bassinet either, i can only put him there when he's alseep.
i walked w him a bit along the aisle, but in nov he was still crawling.. so he wasnt so mobile and was ok. it will be harder now as both mj and poopy are walking and want to be moving..

i have seen some older kids on the planes, abt 1.5 and 2 yr olds and they all were very well-behaved. the crew come to talk to us and entertain the babies too.

i totally understand how worried you are. i was so worried the first time we flew i didnt sleep for days.

oh are you bringing your own stroller? the airport has a limited amt and its very hard to get one fr them. we pushed our stroller right to the door and they take it away and give it to us when we land.

if mj is awake when you land in msia and she's restless, you can walk with her along the gate, there are lots of shops, and also there's a train inside the building that takes you to the ohter side where immigration is. you could ride in the train, takes 5 minutes, and come back again without having to go thru immigration etc.