Surviving Long Plane Flights with Children
Travel With Your Kids has been helping me psych myself because…
In a few days, I will be traveling to another continent. I am not really looking forward to the 14-hour flight. Especially since I would be traveling sans my husband but with my 3-year old toddler and 2-month old baby in tow.
I can already imagine the looks of horror from some of my fellow travelers as soon as I enter the departure lounge. I can even almost imagine their "I hope they won't be sitting near me" thought bubbles.
At present, I already have everything I need to assist me in making sure that none of my kids would act up while we are on air. The special ready-to-drink infant milk has already been delivered, should my breast milk supply run low during the stressful hours of the flight. New toys and books (in travel-friendly sizes) to keep the toddler entertained have already been set-aside. Diapers, wet tissues and extra clothes for both kids are neatly folded and packed. The airline has already been informed regarding the baby bassinet and the special child and infant meals.
I have been thinking of bring my Sudoku book to keep me company during the long flight but I doubt if I would even have the time to solve one page.
It looks a lot like I am ready to go. I am realistic. So I am not even praying for the kids not to act up. All I want is for them to not have their crying for mommy spells at the same time. If they do it one at a time, I am fine. Wish me luck!
November 4th, 2006 at 4:25 am
naku…good luck! pero, kaya mo yan!
can’t wait to see you and the kids too. 
November 10th, 2006 at 2:58 am
Wish you good luck, Melissa. Being a mother myself, I know how short the attention span of kids are. But you might be surprised. When my kids and I travelled for the first last year without the nanny, they were pretty behaved! Though ours was just an inter-island trip, but we took the plane, the ferry, the boat, and the bus. Guess they were really excited. It was their first to take the boat and ferry, that’s why. LOL. But you’ll do fine.
January 19th, 2007 at 6:59 am
You should also check out http://www.flyingrugrats.com
There is an article about timing long flights so that kids are more likely to sleep: http://www.flyingrugrats.com/trip_planning/tp_topic7.htm
Cheers!
April 25th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Great article! You might find this site pretty interesting also: http://www.longflighttips.com