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Totally depends. My parents flew with my when I was like 6 weeks old across the country. Apparently I projectile vomited into my mother’s HAIR halfway through the flight. They waited a bit before flying again...that being said, we traveled a ton throughout my childhood. I’ve had a frequent flier card since I was two lol
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After a cancellation/rebook debacle, my daughter had an explosive diarrhea blowout all over my husband on a flight once, during the descent. Couldn’t even get up to attend to the mess.
Then landed and realized the rebook sent him to IAH instead of Hobby, where his car was parked and the carseat was. Poor guy. It was a nightmare. And why I do the traveling in this family 😂
We were a little more cautious then most. Just avoiding germs and hassles - and this was pre-covid. Plenty of time after 1 year old. Plus flying is hard, their ears don’t pop as well as ours so they need to be sucking on a bottle or such so they pop. Timing is tough if they aren’t hungry at landing. Then the screaming. Car road trips can be easier if they don’t mind being locked in car seat.
Depends on so many things... your willingness/stress level, babies willingness/stress level, places you want to go, etc.
We flew 14 round trips (all domestic) with our daughter between 6 weeks and 2 years - split between seeing family and following my wife to conferences to turn them into mini-vacations. Then 2-3 trips since she needed her own seat. She was fantastic (most of the time). Just have plenty of food, things to keep them occupied, and plenty of patience.
Some tips:
1) I would suggest doing a short flight somewhere as a test drive for a long weekend and gauge how they do, then build on that.
2) nonstop flights whenever possible
3) when they hit around 6 months, buy the baby jogger city tour stroller, folds up and counts as a carry on so you don’t need to gate check it.
“if it ever happens” 🤣
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Sort of depends. I traveled a ton with my kids when they were babies; it was somewhat out of necessity. Mostly to visit family and such.
Traveling with baby is a real pain in the butt— so much to pack and prepare for. Once had a layover that got delayed 4 hours after boarding. We all deplaned but the airline wouldn’t give me my gate checked stroller so I had to carry my 4 mo old the entire delay. And I didn’t have enough formula with me and airports don’t sell it. Such a debacle.
Our first trip with 2.5 month old baby was a 2 hour flight to Disney. By then he had his shots. Babies are actually pretty easy travelers. He slept the whole flight. I’d recommend having diapers shipped ahead to your hotel if you’re planning to fly to your destination.