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Hello, thank you for sharing those good tips and y...

2010-01-26T15:39:28.709-09:00

Hello,
thank you for sharing those good tips and your personal experience. At Fox Rent A Car Blog we want to help families in their travel experience, by sharing diverse travel tips from attractions in different cities to helpful tips about how to keep kids entertain during long trips. We try to help make trips easier and well planned.
Thanks again for your post.

@Jen: Don't worry, while kids are only a few m...

2009-12-19T04:38:16.714-09:00

@Jen: Don't worry, while kids are only a few months old, flights are the most easy.

A year ago when our daughter was only 6 months old, we took a 14h flight from Germany to spend christmas in Peru. Everything went great: half of the time, she slept in the baby basket provided by the airline and the other half she kept the cabin crew (which was nothing short of adorable) entertained. Only the return flight was a bit exhausting because we didn't get the baby basket we had booked. All in all a much smoother ride than we expected.

So have fun and merry christmas!

Jochen

Thanks for all the tips! We are flying across the...

2009-12-16T16:37:06.245-09:00

Thanks for all the tips! We are flying across the country next week with our 5 month old, and I am so nervous. I've been researching what to bring and what to do. I've flown plenty of times, but never with a baby. If all goes smoothly, it'll be 10 hours from the time we take off, until we arrive at our destination! Merry Christmas!

When my kids were younger I brought all you said a...

2009-12-16T14:59:35.039-09:00

When my kids were younger I brought all you said along. I also like to ly with a company that has TV's and or radio which keeps kids of all ages occupied. No I dont agree with rotting out babies brains with TV but a couple of hours on the flight wont hurt them. If they dont have that we also have a travel DVD player. This year my daughter is getting an IPod from santa so she will have that for traveling from now on.

My travel secret is blue painters tape...you can u...

2009-12-16T09:29:08.524-09:00

My travel secret is blue painters tape...you can use it for anything -- to craft little stick figure people or if you have paper puppet-like things, to use as impromptu stickers, to hang up a blanket for a little extra privacy when kiddo sleeps...I even made a spoon out of it once when I forgot one for the applesauce. Also worst comes to worst, it takes a long time for a small person to undo a whole roll!

This is actually the first year we are not traveli...

2009-12-16T08:11:17.096-09:00

This is actually the first year we are not traveling with my son. He is now at a age where i want to stay in our own home and have grandparents travel to us.
When he was younger though my lifesaver was the boppy pillow, he did not want to be in his car seat, he would end up on my lap. There he would play or fall asleep and my arms wouldnt start hurting cause i had the boppy with me! The other thing i would bring was his teether picture album with new pictures in it, he loved looking at the new pics of the people we were going to visit, our pets, and of course mommy and daddy!

Oh and once your child starts walking one of those...

2009-12-16T06:45:28.830-09:00

Oh and once your child starts walking one of those animal backpacks with a 'tail' to hold onto is so helpful! Especially when you're trying to get your stuff together after going through security and they just want to touch everything!

Oh the joys of traveling with children! On our las...

2009-12-16T06:43:48.561-09:00

Oh the joys of traveling with children! On our last trip overseas our youngest had a poop blow out before we even made it to our first gate!

Here are some of the tips I've posted previously... http://fromonemommatoanother.blogspot.com/2009/11/8-tips-for-traveling-with-children.html

I mention travel insurance in that post- since you're going to be flying over Canada I'd get it for the days your travelling. You never know when a plane may have to stop due to weather or something.

I would add to that to try and find a play area as soon as you get off the pane when you have a lay over. Yes, it will be covered in germs but it help get your child's energy out.

We took our first plane ride in Sept. and it went ...

2009-12-16T03:32:15.393-09:00

We took our first plane ride in Sept. and it went better than I'd expected. I didn't like the idea of a dvd player, but it worked wonders for our 16 mo old!! Plus books and dipes and snacks and yes, a change of clothes!

I think you're right that the best thing is a great attitude. It's FUN to have a 7 hour layover :) It's FUN to get all germy in the airport! It's FUN to have a screamy baby! As long as you think of it as an adventure and something that will make memories, it really can be good.