When to start travelling with baby
How to Travel with a Baby – Newborn Flight Guide and Tips
so whether it's for the holidays or
summer vacation or what have you
traveling with a baby can be pretty
stressful but you got this you can do it
it's all in here
we're gonna talk about how you can do it
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today we're going to be discussing the
whole experience of traveling with a
baby and bringing some tips down into
five different stages the first stage is
gonna be booking and then checking in
getting through security the actual
flight itself and then arrival so let's
get into booking right the first thing
you want identify is when is your baby's
witching hour that's that hour where
they're gonna be the most fussy the most
tire they're gonna be whining a lot and
you want to not book a flight in the
witching hour because that's that's not
going to be very easy for you personally
for me I like choosing a flight it's
really early in the morning or super
late at night kind of those bookends
nothing really in the middle and red
eyes are really good too because that is
a great opportunity for the baby to
sleep and even for you to just kind of
sleep throughout the entire flight upon
buying the ticket you're gonna want to
determine how you want the travel so
that's gonna be do you want to be
holding or wearing the baby throughout
the entire flight or do you want to buy
a separate ticket so that you can put
the car seat and the baby in that
separate seat it's gonna require a
little bit more money but regardless
that's that's a something that you're
gonna want to determine and after you
buy the seat go ahead and call the
airline and make sure that the baby is
on your reservation especially if you
didn't buy a separate seat
make sure the baby is on the reservation
so they know that you are flying with
the baby the baby will need some sort of
identification and if you're flying
internationally yes the baby does need
to Passport so you got to get all the
identification documents in place
beforehand so when you're checking in to
the airport you want to try to make
everything as minimal as possible I try
to check as much as I can in all baby
things like strollers and car seats they
do travel free so you don't have to pay
any sort of bag fee for that which is
great if you are checking in a stroller
you don't want anything too big or bulky
so you might want to rethink your your
travel system what you're using in my
opinion the the Kiko light way and the
pocket stroller are probably the best
options for travel they're super light
way they fold down to a good size we use
the UPPAbaby Vista and Mesa so that's
kind of our travel system which is a
little bit heavier a little bit bigger
but we did buy the the travel bags and
that has helped us we like it works for
us
but think about what strollers you are
going to be
after I'm done with the check-in process
the way I like to do is as I wear the
baby I think it's an absolute must
wearing the baby is a huge thing so get
a BabyBjorn ring sling whatever you need
I have the baby in the front a backpack
in the back and if I'm traveling with a
car seat I'll hold that it's kind of
like a third option that's how you can
do a solo if you have a partner it's
gonna be a lot easier for you so after
you check-in you're gonna have to make
your way over to the security line the
TSA security checkpoint it's arguably
the most stressful part for me I hate it
but I will say that the biggest piece of
advice that I can give you for that is
where your baby I said it before but
it's so important that you wear your
baby as opposed to carrying all this
stuff wearing your baby just gonna make
it a lot easier now when you're going
through security thinking about also
what you're gonna wear you don't want to
be wearing all the bangles and all this
stuff around you just wear it like
sweats it's just so much easier
especially on the flight you want to be
comfortable man I will say TSA PreCheck
is a very helpful thing especially if
you are traveling with the baby you
don't have to worry about taking your
shoes off or moving a laptop or anything
like that you can just walk right
through it's like $85 and your TSA
approved for five years so I would
encourage you to go ahead and do that
all right so you checked in you got
through security you're at your gate now
you're probably getting some shade
thrown at you because they're like oh
man almost next to that baby but the
flight itself is entirely a mental game
now if you have a partner it's gonna be
a little bit easier for you but the
baby's gonna do what the baby's gonna do
if he or she cries they cry if he or she
is chill then they're gonna be chill but
it's all about how you perceive things
and how you react to things and how you
keep mentally sound that's that's what's
gonna get you through the flight so you
board your flight you're walking down
the aisle you might get some compliments
very cute baby or you might get some
stairs like a man just shut that thing
up make sure they don't cry during the
flight regardless just we're gonna luck
it out of your mind go and find your
seat if you have a car seat install the
car seat and also I do want to know
you're gonna make sure that your car
seat is TSA compliance and that it is
suited to be strapped into an airplane
seat not all car seats are able to do
that so I forgot something tonight keep
that in mind so your biggest fear is
that the baby's gonna freak out I get it
that's why you're watching this video so
just some general tips on takeoff and
descent suck suck suck right you want
the baby drinking give them a bottle
give them the breasts do what you got to
do and make sure the baby sucking to
help relieve the pressure because you
can't just tell a baby to chew gum and
go like this I ought to like regulate
the pressure in their head so sucking on
milk is probably going to be their best
bet now I will say that not all babies
are affected
by that and if they're sleeping just let
him sleep especially if the plane is in
descent don't wake them up and say okay
you got a suck now so you can drink just
let them sleep through it if they're
sleeping through it just fine then just
leave them alone so picking your seat is
really important for your flight
strategy we tend to like the aisles that
way one of us can just pick up Henry go
up and down the aisles go hang out in
the back galley area it's just better
for the baby to keep him entertained
give him something new to look at cuz
sitting can be pretty draining there is
a blogger that we know named Amber fill
her up and she gave a really good piece
of advice where she says she actually
likes the window that way if the baby
does start crying she can just kind of
turn her body toward the baby and the
window and almost have like kind of like
a private little area so that she can
console' the baby again we like the
aisle so that we'd have to get up if
we're sitting in the window so you try
to trouble people to get past them you
choose your strategy but those are kind
of you know the options that you have
flying is a scary thing and
unfortunately as a parent your options
are limited the best you can do is just
try to entertain the baby feed the baby
or walk around with him or her but again
it's a mental game and depending on how
you react to the baby it's gonna be fine
and don't worry there are a lot more
people on that flight than you then you
realize that are much more empathetic to
your situation so just take that into
consideration so you land you got
through the flight and that's awesome
but sometimes taxiing and deplaning can
take a long time so you might want to
consider a flight that's a little bit
more toward the middle or front as
opposed to the back because there have
been times we're sitting at the gate and
it's just taking forever for people to
get off of this plane and the baby
starts getting antsy they're awake the
lights are on people are chattering and
the babies kind of like okay what do we
do now and the longer that takes the
more stressed you get so you know back
of the plane is a little bit more
stressful so just keep that in mind the
last thing I do want to touch on is
something that I'm not as well-versed in
and that's jet lag the most that we've
flown when it comes to time differences
for Henry is about two hours but for
people who are traveling long distances
they're like 6 7 8 9 10 11 hours jet lag
is something that you're gonna want to
factor in because that's gonna throw off
the sleep patterns like not just for you
but your baby like even more so it's
gonna be intense so I'm gonna put a link
down below on how to deal with jet lag
and something that you might want to
consider if you are doing a long big
international flight or something like
that so again links down below on jet
lag TSA compliant car seats and all that
kind of stuff that you might find
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