Bottles ok plane

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We’re taking out two year old in the plane. She usually cruises around with a zippy cup and uses a normal kids cup when we eat but at night she still gets a bottle occasionally. We’re taking a red eye and curious what the rules are for kids and bottles on planes.

thanks
 
Check the TSA website for the latest information. Not sure if covid has changed anything since haven't flown recently. Prior to covid I know there were limits on the size of liquids in containers you could bring onto the airplane.
 
Bring the bottle empty through security and buy milk from the shop/starbucks after the checkpoint. (Starbucks will have whole milk if that is a necessity.) Most large bottles are 8 oz. We fill empty 20 oz reusable water bottles at the airport and it is not an issue. Not sure if the previous poster was referring to the 3oz limit for your quart size baggie of toiletries for a carry one/personal item.
 
I believe I read on the TSA website bottles for children two and under are permitted I think there is a special exception for them especially in regards to baby formula. If it's just normal cow's milk she drinks I think the suggestion of getting milk from Starbucks is a good idea
 

TSA website has a section specifically about traveling with children. They use the term 'reasonable quantity' which can vary based on each airport's interpretation. At times you will see other threads from travelers on here where something is acceptable at one airport but not another. Buying items AFTER you pass through security can be an alternative.

Traveling with Children | Transportation Security Administration (tsa.gov)
 
When DD was 10 months old we had single serving packets of her formula, which were fantastic for our WDW trip at that time. We took her bottle through security empty, bought a water bottle on the other side, mixed in the formula packet and gave it to her during takeoff. Worked like a charm.
 
When DD was 10 months old we had single serving packets of her formula, which were fantastic for our WDW trip at that time. We took her bottle through security empty, bought a water bottle on the other side, mixed in the formula packet and gave it to her during takeoff. Worked like a charm.

In addition to the packets, I also had a formula container with dividers. Have to pre-scoop each serving but it was cheaper in the long run.
 
I went through TSA with small containers of apple juice. As long as the liquid is in it's original unopen container, it wasn't a problem. They just look at it longer.
 
If you prefill the bottles before getting on the plane be aware that changes in pressure could cause the liquid to squirt out the top of the bottle when opened. It happened to us but thankfully it was just water so not much of an issue.
 
I took a bottle of breastmilk and a sippy cup of water through security in October. They had to test the water but it is allowed for under 2.
 
We brought two full bottles of apple juice (and power aide on way back cause we didn’t have apple juice) through security and we just told them we had them for our daughter who was under 2 and they took the bottles to the side and opened them and tested them and then gave them back to us and we were on our way. It was super easy.
 
Since you are asking, is this the little one's first flight? If so, you may want to think about what happens if she turns out to be prone to airsickness.

My eldest was a milk junkie; to this day (he's grown now) he only drinks milk or water, nothing else. He was also horrendously prone to airsickness when he was little; he had a tendency to be fine until just before landing, and then invariably threw up at a time when the FA's were not allowed to get out of their seats to come help us. (He finally outgrew it at around age 6.) After walking out of planes with ourselves and our carseat smothered in vomit one too many times, we decided not to give him dairy whilst traveling anymore, and it helped immensely.

While dairy does not *cause* airsickness, it does make dealing with it in a confined space exponentially worse, because of the odor and the mess that it makes. (It sticks, and you cannot easily wipe or rinse it off.) If your child has ever shown any signs of motion sickness in the past, it might be better to skip the dairy until you arrive.

(And if it *is* her first flight, be sure to pack a change of clothing for her and yourselves in your carryon, plus some kind of cloth towel you can use to effectively mop up stashed in the diaper bag, just in case. Most little kids cannot hit airsick bags; we used to carry a small sand pail for that purpose, which was better. FAs used to think it was cute that he was carrying his sand bucket onto the plane for vacation ... little did they realize. )
 
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