Prama - there are a few good websites with advice for flying with babies; this is one of them; Flying with Baby I was thinking the same; take a dummy just in case. Jasper doesn't have one either. Are you planning on introducing the dummy to Lakshman before the trip, or just see how he goes? I don't really want him to get used to a dummy. I just hope he's not like me; my ears don't adjust until an hour after landing.

Government departments; they are all the same! Hopefully his birth certificate doesn't have any mistakes on it. I think the say passport applications will be processed within 18 days, so that should be a bit quicker. Passports for kids are valid for 5 years. Lucky, I don't think DS would not be too happy to have to travel on a passport that has his baby photo's in it when he is 10 years old!!