How to Have a Happy Flight

Our boys are super travelers!! They did so well on the journey home, and we had such a long way to go!! The trick to traveling with a toddler on an airplane is to have 2 bags of Gerber dehydrated bananas and strawberries. Those work like magic! They are little tiny bits of fruit that would take forever to fill you up when eating them, and they are so yummy that your little person will be preoccupied with eating them one at a time in his little plastic bowl. The other very helpful item was a bottle!! Even though our boy had not taken a bottle in over a year, he figured it out on the plane, and believe me......it was helpful!! Having your toddler take a bottle, even when they have been weaned from it, is very helpful for attachment issues. It is good for your toddler to see you as the person providing their needs, and to learn how to trust that their needs will be met. I am guessing it helped with the changes in the altitude pressure on their ears as neither of the boys had the slightest problem with it! For our older boy, we took lots of activity books, mazes, and coloring pages to keep him occupied. He made seven trips to the bathroom on the airplane!! I am sure he did not "have to go" that frequently, but he enjoyed playing with the water, and I am sure he enjoyed the new found freedom of going by himself!! Overall, the boys traveled so well!! I hope you journey home is just as successful!!