Katie Carpenter Instagram – Traveling w/ a baby ✈️ – we made it! Flying used to be exciting with a hint of stress. Those quantities reversed this time 😅
There were some challenging moments. Wanted to share some tips of how we survived!
✈️ Bring the stroller through the airport. Everyone told me to babywear (we did that too), but the stroller is sooo nice for transporting the car seat and stroller bags. (We got cheap ones on Amazon!) You can also bring extra stuff in the bags. We brought a blanket, diapers, and wipes. Although – not over 4oz cause we got some butt paste confiscated. 🫣
🍼 Let TSA know you have breast milk and if you want it personally inspected vs being x-rayed. I got to watch people uncomfortably walking around with my fluids and asking co-workers what to do with them 🤣 in ATL, they tested it in what I fondly call a ‘bomb detector box’ and in Buffalo, TSA opened it and held a strip over the bottle.
🧸 Bring multiple pacis and toys. At 3.5 months, we brought some teething toys and crinkly books. We also downloaded an episode of Miss Rachel in case we were desperate! It’s nice to bring out more distractions if you need it.
💺 Choose a window seat if you’re BFing for more privacy. Wayyy easier to whip out a boob and also nice for the extra inches of space.
🎒Use a roll up diaper pad for all your diaper changes. Ours has pockets so I tucked in travel wipes, diaper cream, and some chux pads, which are great if you want something disposable to lay down. It’s way easier having it all in one pack than digging through a bag in a tiny bathroom.
🤍 Bring a travel sound machine if your baby is used to white noise. We loooove our Hatch. She was getting fussy on the plane cause she was tired. We cranked the Hatch up and bum-patted like our lives depended on it. The sound machine helped. I managed to hang it on a headphone jack! 🤣
🫶🏻 People are nicer than you think. It’s stressful to have a fussy baby in public, but people were kind to us. Both our seat mates told us before takeoff they loved/had babies of their own and not to worry. 🥹
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