Flying with a 1 1/2 year old

This past weekend we took a quick trip to Florida to spend some time with family, my grandmother in particular. This trip was Mr. P's fifth round-trip by plane. By now, we've learned some lessons about air-travel with a 1 1/2 year old kiddo:

1. Always have lots of snacks and juice. A nice variety of snacks is good as well. Bananas seem to work as a simple, healthy snack.

2. Of course, a variety of toys are good too. Not so big that they're bulky, but not so small that they are easily lost either. Books are a fave of ours.

3. Master the diaper change in your lap maneuver. Not all planes have baby changing stations.

4. Be prepared with lots of plastic grocery bags to use as trash bags (ie: banana peels, dirty diapers, etc).

5. Encourage drinking during take off and landing. It helps with the ears.

6. Pack full sippy cups in a zip lock bag. Sometimes they leak and it's a freakin mess.

7. Use night-time diapers for plane rides. Makes diaper changing less frequent.

8. Be sure to pack an extra set of clothes for when the night-time diapers fail you. (Infrequent, but still possible.)

9. You can do your best, but it'll make your life easier if you give up on the germ battle. Just cut your losses and spend the energy somewhere else. (From the mom who now has a child with diarrhea and a fever...)

10. There's no shame in bringing a laptop or mini-dvd player and watching animated movies on the flight. It makes kiddo happy, parents happy, other passengers happy and flight crew happy. What's wrong with that?

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