flying with a 9 month old...

i'm planning to go to the east coast when my son is 9 months old. i'm nervous about him getting the extreme ear pain like i do. i have to use special ear plugs and even they dont always wor and i'm crunched up in a ball crying hyterically. how can i care for him if its happening to him also? i will be alone with him.
i'm plaiining to go for about 2 weeks if not less. what should i bring? how do i keep him sitting for 5-6 hours?
i cant bring all his toys and thing on a plane for the actual visit, any suggestions as to must haves?

I was flying with a 5 month old for 15 hours.
I just packed everything..lol...well I would pack some stuff like a book , fav. teddy, snacks..stuff that would keep him entertain for a while.
don't know about the ear pain...i dont have that and neither does my daughter. She was fine the whole ride.

ohh I wanna know too... I am taking my 9 month old to Florida with me in like a week!

Quoting Kasia [CLD]:“ I was flying with a 5 month old for 15 hours. I just packed everything..lol...well I would pack some ... [snip!] ... for a while. don't know about the ear pain...i dont have that and neither does my daughter. She was fine the whole ride.”

wheer did you go?
I am flying in a week to Argentina, about 16 hours..
Did you get her own seat?

make sure he is sucking ont he way up and down, so his ears dont pop

and dont take things like nappies food formula wipes since youc an buy them there, just make sure you ahev enough to last untill you get to the shops, alos lets you pack mroe in the bag....some on flight enteraintment for him....when i flew with my son he was good he slept most of the way so yeah i was lucky lol

Quoting |||||||||||||||||||||||||:“ wheer did you go? I am flying in a week to Argentina, about 16 hours.. Did you get her own seat?”

I went to Las Vegas. She was sitting on my lap the whole time but she is a weird baby like that..she never crys..lol..my hubby never heard her cry before (expect for birth) She was just sitting there playing with my hand or with her binkie.

Quoting |||||||||||||||||||||||||:“ wheer did you go? I am flying in a week to Argentina, about 16 hours.. Did you get her own seat?”

by the way..i did have my carseat with me just in case there was a seat available but I forgot the base so make sure when you get a seat for your baby to take the base!

Quoting Kasia [CLD]:“ by the way..i did have my carseat with me just in case there was a seat available but I forgot the base so make sure when you get a seat for your baby to take the base!”

where do you put the carseat? over head? i have an evenflo one where i dont have to have the base.

Quoting cole's mama christina(HBC:“ where do you put the carseat? over head? i have an evenflo one where i dont have to have the base.”

no you leave it before you go on the plane and they take it and store it..you get it back when you land.
I have an evenflo too and in the car I also don't need the base but I did need it in the plane..They wouldnt let me put her just in there without it..cause its diff. then in the car/

I flew with Gio at 3 months (only 3 hours) and we will fly 10 hours to the US in June.  

The sucking on the way up and down that someone already mentioned is true!!  It really wasn't that bad.  No one expects babies to be silent the whole flight so a couple of cries every once in a while is tolerable for others lol.

We brought the laptop to watch a cartoon too.  Def dress him warm cause planes are always COLD and bring a blanket.  As far as changing goes WOW that was a challenge.  The bathrooms have NO place for that as you know, the seat next to us was empty so i changed him in the seat!

He'll be ok mama~ good luck!

ps we didn't use a car seat either, Gio sat in my lap!

Quoting Kasia [CLD]:“ by the way..i did have my carseat with me just in case there was a seat available but I forgot the base so make sure when you get a seat for your baby to take the base!”

I'm taking her carseat , thanks for the remind lol.
and also I'm taking her stroller ...I think i will get her seat because that way we get to carry 2 laugages each!

Thankssssss

I flew when emma was 9 months, They didnt charge me for her carseat and stroller, you just leave it right outside the plane, and its there when you get off-well the stroller atleast.
I gave emma a tiny bit of benadril(sp?)-my doc said it was ok, and that made her sleep the entire flight

Quoting Mrs. Thompson:“ I flew when emma was 9 months, They didnt charge me for her carseat and stroller, you just leave it right ... [snip!] ... stroller atleast. I gave emma a tiny bit of benadril(sp?)-my doc said it was ok, and that made her sleep the entire flight”

what do you mean right outside the plane? , hey didn't charge you for the stroller? , did she get to have her 2 laugages???

Quoting |||||||||||||||||||||||||:“ what do you mean right outside the plane? , hey didn't charge you for the stroller? , did she get to have her 2 laugages???”

I didnt have a seat for my daughterand she was still allowed to have 2 laggages but I think that depends on the airline...just go to the website of the airline it should say it there!
I didnt have to pay for the stroller or carseat either. Before you go on the plane you leave the stroller and carseat infront of the door and they take it and store it in the plane. When you arrive you'll get it back in front of the door.