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I flew round-trip to London (from the east coast) solo with my 2.5 and 5.5 year old this year and honestly, the 5.5 year old was easy. I don't think there's any need for a layover, especially if you don't want one. I brought a ton of books and games and art stuff but he was totally entertained by the in-flight entertainment and snacks. I'm actually not sure we spoke more than 10 words to each other the whole way home The 2.5 year old was another story...

Direct. I’ve taken my boys on two 5.5 hour flights, at 3/10mo and 4/22mo, and they both were pretty easy as long as I had lots of stuff to do, shows on the iPad, and snacks. I think it’s better to just get it over with rather than extend it and have to get all the stuff off and then back on the plane.

I loathe myself for it, but when we fly, my son gets access to his ipad for almost the entire flight. I just don't know any other way that gives me a little relief and doesn't require packing a ton of items to do with him.

I would do a direct flight always, unless there is simply no other way.

Definitely fly direct! At this stage, I don’t worry about my LOs and air travel anymore. For long flights, they get in flight entertainment and for shorter ones, the iPad or books/coloring books/activity books. I only bring like one snack though because if we are flying more than 3 hours there’s a meal, and no one ever really wants the snacks anyways. If I remember, I’ll bring a single serve pack of gummy candy for each of them to eat during the descent, especially since my son sometimes has ear problems on the descent and he doesn’t like gum.

Definitely a direct! Just get it over with! And at that age it should be pretty easy with a tablet/games/shows, and maybe an activity book and snacks.