Flying with Toddlers
Licking Lollipops
This week I go back in time to when Ella was just 2.5. We kept her from eating candy at all until she was two. This paid off on flights because I was able to use lollipops to motivate her to get in her seat and buckle up or to turn off electronics when it … Continue reading
How to Get Your Child to Buckle Up
Today’s high wind advisories across half the country have me thinking about turbulence and staying safe by buckling up in flight. Here’s a chart of the projected turbulence for today. Green areas are moderate (AIRMETS), red are severe (SIGMETS). The numbers inside of each area show which altitudes that the advisory is for. For example, … Continue reading
5 Things to Teach Your Kids When Flying
1) NEVER push the Flight Attendant call button. Tell your children it’s for emergencies only. If you want to let them play with the lights you have to be sure they learn the difference between the light and the call button. Since any chime COULD be an emergency, flight attendants snap to attention when … Continue reading
Toddler Tantrums
A huge fear of parents is that their toddler will throw a tantrum in public. On the plane, when there is no place to take the toddler to prevent bothering others, this fear is magnified. Some worry that they will be kicked off the flight if their child throws a tantrum. While this is not … Continue reading
Review of Go-Go Babyz TravelMate Deluxe Cruizer
I will tell you more about the Go-Go Babyz TravelMate Deluxe Cruizer, but all you really need to know is this: You can easily steer it with TWO FINGERS!!! Go-Go Babyz advertises that the Deluxe Cruizer can be steered with just one hand, but they are being modest. Walking to the plane I stopped for a … Continue reading
How to pack for Toddlers on the Plane
Expect to actively entertain your toddler during the flight. Toddlers have short attention spans and need near-constant engagement to stay happy. If you’re lucky your child will sleep for part of the trip. I wasn’t lucky, Ella very rarely slept. (Well, I was lucky because she was always very good. But she refused to sleep.) … Continue reading
Backpack harness–useful or mean?
Before I had experience with toddlers I looked at the use of child backpack harnesses as rude, treating your child like an animal. Then I had a family member who before age 2 became a FAST runner. She loved to dart off and could disappear in a second. Then I understood. The harness/leash is simply … Continue reading
Traveling with toddlers–getting through security
(This post was written by me and first published as a guest blog on The Third Boob. It is included here with permission.) Traveling with toddlers can be a challenge. They want to explore and be independent and they don’t understand all the sights and sounds around them. It might be useful to have some practice … Continue reading
