Baby Tip by Babble Soft – Babies (or Snakes) on a Plane!
Jul 30 2007

I was reminded of this tip during my trip to NYC.  I’ve only recently begun traveling more without the kids.  So far my husband and I have always been together when traveling with them making it more manageable.  While on the flight to NYC there was a baby boy who looked anywhere between 14 and 21 months old flying as a lap child.  He was screaming and crying non-stop for the first 30 minutes of the flight resulting in looks of annoyance from nearby passengers.  Those of us who have kids looked on with sympathy. 

 

After a while, I passed up a mostly empty box of white tic tacs which when shaken miraculously calmed him down.  It was the only thing I had in my purse that I knew my kids loved to play with.  My kids are old enough to eat them now, but we often used them as mini-shakers when they were younger to distract them.  His father passed it back after a while when the baby had gone to sleep, but I don’t think he or his wife realized it came from me.  Of course after the baby woke up he started screaming again just before we landed.  I again passed the tic tac box up and again the baby calmed down.  I did not receive the box back and the family I guess decided to take the box with them which I was hoping they would do given it worked for their baby at least two times.

 

 

Other easy things to do or keep handy when traveling with a baby (especially on take off and landing to help them clear their ears):

• breastfeed or bottle feed (my husband helped me breastfeed on a plane by holding up a blanket or re-positioning it if the baby kicked it off, which happened often)

• give her/him a pacifier

• give him/her a small lollipop to suck on (only if they are old enough to eat hard candy!)

Happy flying!

P.S.  In case you are not in the US and didn’t see all the hype about the movie Snakes on a Plane, rest assured I was trying to be funny when I say (or Snakes) in the title. 😀

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