When did you first take them on a plane? Not sure wether to go abroad or not in 08? Shell only be 18 months old by the time we;d be going.

Uncles villa has just been finished in cyprus with annexe and we can go when we want but im unsure of taking Esmay on a flight so young?

 

my bro went to florida in nov and his little girl has just turned 1, so id say its ok!

 

ps she was 1 about 2 weeks ago, so after they got back lol

 

I have a 15mth old and don't think i'd take him on a plane for a while. There's no fookin way he'd stay up in our lap for a 3hr flight!! End up chasing him around the plane. Lots of people do it though. Pints of Calpol i suppose. We went on hols by ferry last year, Went handy enough.

 

9 months we were in the usa when the towers came down scary but we never have had any probs at all, stick them in a car seat and bobs yer best mans brother

 

didnt know ya could do that? Put em in car seat then fasten em onto plane seat?

 

went to cyprus to my wifes folks house in september,daughter was just 1yr and managed fine.
i was a bit iffy whether she would be ok but had no problems.

 

dovboy

 

been there, done that when junior was 7 months old
british airways even gave us a proper seat and a cot for him all straped up and everything along with a baby seat belt to lock into the normal seat belt

he was gfine and it didnt' fae him one bit

 

our car seat says max 2 hours for him to sit in

 

Lee Reynolds

wifes dads place is up in the mountains(lefkara,30mins from larnaka)whare are you going?
he says wrc is back in 09

 

think its near larnarka too not far from sea.....top place from pics.....ive asked him loads where it is, he tells me and i forget every fooking time

 

thse are like proper moses bascket type things they can move about in and play about in and stuff like that
2 seats wide as wll and you get a builkhead seat beacuse there is a panel which folds down and you strap the cot to it once oyu are air borne, during take off you srap the kid to yourself and then strap yourself into the seats as per nomrla

but i won't recommend taking kids up too early

and you've also got to make sure they are sucking on a bottle othewise they play up with the presurisation in their ears during take off and landing

 

we was gonna but decided against it,, not just that but the heat blah blah blah

we never went till elise was old enough to actually enjoy it at the age of just turning 4

with the other presures of children, adding ahoiliday aint as easy to relax with a kid

 

They usually do... sommat to do with curviture of the spine if you leave a young child in it for too long... believe me... its a load of crap. Fair enough... if they are left in there constantly.... but you wouldn't do that anyways.

 

tell me ANY parent that wont follow instructions that say ' dont do this for risk of deforming your child"

christ we was iffy about calpol with out little one

 

G/f's step brother has flown all of his from about 3 months from Europe to Australia. The long flight aside, they can do it. The basinettes are for up to 6 months old that hook onto the bulk heads so that is another indication of age people fly with young ones at.

As long as you and the wife can cope with a kid in the air (screaming especially if their ears don't pop), go for it.

Edit - Just made sense of Dojj's post and some of mine is covered in that.

 

The best parents are the ones that don't read the books and instructions.... books and instructions scare you half to death, the best advice you can get is from your parents/friends who have already had the experience. After all, we are all here .... aren't we????

 

if your young ones have suffered a lot of colds recently, they could suffer from "aeroplane ear"
it does not just occur in children, but adults too.

it is a seriously bad pain and really fucking hurts, ive had it and it was baaad!!!!!

cant imagine what it would feel like for a young child. can only recommend making sure that when the plane is landing, stay awake and make sure the kid/s stay awake too!!!

if you get this pain (feels like a really really bad headache, but worse!) hold your nostrils closed, and act as if you were going to blow your nose (so your nostrils fill with air, and the air is forced towards the ears because the nostrils are blocked) i found this slightly relieved the pain. didnt fix the problem, but made it feel a LOT better

i was told by one of the airline crew (in qatar) that there is a type of ear cleaning you can have done before travelling that can help this a lot. not sure if this can be done in england? (probably can?) never really looked into it or heard of it before? but definitely worth asking a doctor about it??? (or ear specialist if you know of any?)

hope this info is useful to anyone who is flying anytime soon or in the future

 

i noticed lots of little babies on planes when we went away, who were just sat on their parents laps, but tbh like you say, i wouldnt dream of taking Finley on a plane, he sits still for all of 5 minutes

cant you get a night flight so shes asleep?

we gonna go to France next year, via ferry

 

We took our little girl Aimee to Lanzarote this year just before she was 3 years old. she understood bout going on aeroplane and she was fine. I know a few people that have taken there children within months old so really it depends on you & your child. Children adjust to most situations so you wont know till you try it.

Hope you all have great time if you chose to go.

 

We took Leah on a plane when she was 5 months! She loved it i think. Was just a short flight to spain. Didnt effect her in any way. Airline's couldnt have helped more. + you get on the plane first. They let you keep your pram/buggy till just before you board. They give you blankets etc etc . Great experience for us as parents and i'm sure it was a great experince for her aswell. just do it.

 

We took Rosie to spain @5mths, america @10mths, and Max just come back from america @9mths, and he went to spain @4mths. one thing, i would get her own seat as a 18mth old on your lap for 4 hours is gonna kill ya!! ( and not to mention you will have room to spread out, and her luggage allowance! we never took any car seats on board! )

HTH's.

 

we took our 3 year old to menorca last year-we chose that destination as it was a short flight.

she was as good as gold and fell asleep on the flight-we were worried she would have one of her tantrums though....but she didnt thank god!

 

The first time we went abroad our son was 2yrs 4mnth but we also went to bendiorm a couple of year back and our daughter was 7 weeks old, the middle one was 15 month old and the oldest was 4 . i thought it would be a complete nightmare but it wasn't, the 2 boys were that engrossed at looking out of the window they didn't really bother messing about. I had the baby strapped to me and John had Kai strapped to him and Bailey had his own seat. Just make sure you give her a lolly to stop her little ears popping and she'll be fine.

Fi

 

Went to mexico in april this year took my little girl who had just turned 1 she was ok for most of flight just when she wanted to get out seat run around when everyone asleep was a pain as she would start screaming was worth it though ...

 

As said above, would highly recommend getting her ears cleaned out before you go, or she will likely scream like fook on take off and landing.

 

thanks for all the advice

Been talking about it and i reckon if possible a night flight would be best and hopefully shed sleep then all way

 

Savannah was 16months old when we took her to portugal. You just have to go prepared with lots of stuff to entertain them. Take some milk or water to drink just as you're taking off to help them equalise their ears.

Savannah was fine upto 10mins before landing coming home when she threw up everywhere but she is a sicky baby

 

Bethany and Josh slept all they way when we went to Spain and they were 3 and 5 at the time, we had to carry them onto the plane and back off

 

but if she doesnt everyone else will be trying to sleep ,at least through the day most peaple dont bother as most have had kids or undestand if they get cranky.

 

Trapped in a plane for 7 hours with someone else's kid screaming and puking everywhere. HEAVEN!!

Only joking, we have two (grown up now) and, although they were usually well behaved on planes, they had their moments.

A mate of mine took his kids on a plane travelling business class from Rome and their wee lad threw a major tantrum that lasted for hours. It got so loud and so bad, and lasted for so long that my mate and his wife were ready to throw themselves out the window. Some of their fellow passengers were NOT at all sympathetic - mind you, if I had paid as much for my luxury seat in peaceful surroundings I may well have been the same!

 

just leave the baby at home in a cupboard for a couple of weeks and im sure she will be fine. just make sure you leave a tin opener so she can open the tins of food herself. and some matches so she doesnt get afraid of the dark.

 

is there anything worse than someone elses kid screaming for hours in a confined space?

 

the kid that CONSTANTLY pushes the back of your seat for 3 hours or the woman who who talks too fucking loud with a opinion on nothing or tells the life story of why she chosen her mobile and the holiday bill she got last year

then the fucking pork meal they serve on the flight that stinks racid

 

yip ,doing it at night when you are trying to sleep! atleast through the day you can stick your headphones in and watch a movie in on the ipod or something,thats what i did!