Flying with an infant-what is too early??

[goofyme]

baby born last week...fall break for kids mid-October...is 2 months too young to be flying? (we would buy a seat for the infant)

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

My sister travelled with her son at 7 weeks. Her husband is a doctor. I would ask my pediatrician.

Lori

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

I took my son on vacation at 4 months and we did fine. I didn't buy a seat for him, but in hindsight wished we had. With turbulence, they really should be restrained in an infant seat as well.

I did ask my pediatrician and he said to go ahead and take my baby. He said and I quote, "It's easier to do it now than 2 years from now!!"

He was right and wrong. Go figure.

 

[akrake]

my daughter was 7 wks when we brought her last year....she fell asleep during take off & slept in the seat until we landed. most airlines have a discount for infant in seat (look on various websites).....you'll need the seat when you get there anyway....we used ours that snapped onto the combo stroller, gate checked the stroller & popped it on when we got to the gate...easy & safe.

amie

 

[prplcrzy]

I thought I read a previous post that said 6 weeks was the earliest, but I'd check with the airline.

We took ds when he was 10 weeks, but I know people have flown with them younger.

Have a great trip and congrats on your new arrival!

Nancy

 

[SouthFLMommy]

All my kids flew at 2 months old. I just told my pediatrician the plans and made sure they were old enough. The baby slept the entire time.

 

[DisneyPete]

My son made it across country and back with no problems at 2 years old. He's been flying and enjoying it ever since.

 

[LisaZoe]

You should speak to your pediatrician, of course, but it's definitely possible to fly with very young infants with no problems.

I adopted my daughter when she was 4 weeks old. After a week in Florida waiting for all the paperwork to go through the proper channels of government, we flew home when she was just 5 weeks old and she did really well. She slept from Miami to Denver, where we had a layover. She woke to eat and get a diaper change at that airport then slept again until we got to our home airport, Portland. We were lucky enough to have some seats available on both of the flights so her carrier seat went into one of those where she stayed for takeoff and landing. If you can afford the extra seat, I would recommend it even on short flights. I just felt she was safer there than in my arms during those parts of the flight.

 

[jerrb]

We flew with DD from Boston to Atlanta when she was 5 weeks old.

She slept most of the flight.

 

[Barbday62]

Just got home this morning and flew with my grandkids ages 5 months and 2 1/2

The best thing to do is have a bottle for when the plan starts to decend. The sucking helped more than the pacifier. Also we held one ear close to our body and rubbed the one outside to help releave pressure. I dont know if that helped but he never cried. He sleped a lot of the flight. For a while I put down the two tables near us and made a bed with blankets for him to lay on. I had a seat and car seat for the 2 year old. She sleptd a lot too. She needed a few small toys for some time passing. Also she can chew gum with out swallowing so we gave her that for the decent.

Both kids did good with take off. Its droppingout of 30,000 feet thats hardest.

 

[justhat]

We flew with my daughter when she was 13 weeks and she was great. Our pediatrician told us it is easier at 3 months than 18 months too. She had her own seat, which she used for takeoff, landing, and turbulent parts of the flighs.

Our friend's baby was due July 5th, they flew to visit family in Utah in early May, stayed till June, went to her old OB out there and found out her water was about to break, had the baby in Utah on June 21 and flew back to DC with him on June 28.

 

[Lollipop Mom]

I flew with my son when he was 5 weeks old. We had his "due date party" on our trip (he was almost 6 weeks premature). I would not normally have flown with a preemie that young but my grandfather was dying and it was only an hour long flight. We got there 9 hours before he died so I did have my chance to say goodbye and introduce him to his first great grandchild.

My son did wonderful on both flights. No crying at all. He actually flew on 10 flights in his first year and then hasn't flown since. Our flight to Orlando in October will be the first he remembers and he is beyond excited about it (4 years old now).