Hellobee Boards Topic: 14 hour flight with 10 month old

Hellobee Boards Topic: 14 hour flight with 10 month old https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:05:50 +0000 snowjewelz on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2099264 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:47:00 +0000 snowjewelz 2099264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Jass: I guess you can't blame them for jet lagging that bad.. Since adults get it too! :silly: Jass on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2099080 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 14:51:22 +0000 Jass 2099080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @misolee: thanks Jass on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2099077 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 14:50:31 +0000 Jass 2099077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @snowjewelz: thanks...yeah I am really more concerned about her sleep after coming back...because I will have family there. misolee on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2098985 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:08:21 +0000 misolee 2098985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Jass It went okay. We didn't force her normal schedule. When we landed, it was almost 6pm so by the time we met family, had dinner, it was time to sleep and she fell right asleep. The next day, we let her dictate her schedule. If she was tired, she would take naps, etc. By our 3rd day there, she got it down pretty well. Us, on the other hand took longer ;) It was a little harder when we got home but we did same thing. We didn't force naps and she would sleep when she got tired. At night, she would lay in her crib and play a little bit but eventually fell asleep bc it was dark. It turned out okay. snowjewelz on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2098929 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:24:13 +0000 snowjewelz 2098929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Jass: we will be going to Hong Kong to visit great grandma and most of my parent families are still there! My friend just did this with her 7 mo old and she did great with the car seat and pacifier. She did say jet lag really sucked! Jass on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2098917 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:09:00 +0000 Jass 2098917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @snowjewelz: thanks...we are traveling to india..where are you from... hopefully I will be able to share some tips with you. snowjewelz on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2098846 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 08:00:12 +0000 snowjewelz 2098846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm def saving this.. DD is 3 mos we plan on flying back go Asia from the east coast around 10-12 months! Good luck! lamariniere on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2098821 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 07:26:32 +0000 lamariniere 2098821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Jass: for jetlag I've found that the rule "one day for every time zone crossed" to be pretty true for my LOs. Jass on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2098819 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 07:22:20 +0000 Jass 2098819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @misolee: thanks...n how was the jet lag...how many days it took your lo to overcome that? misolee on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2098813 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 07:14:36 +0000 misolee 2098813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Took a 14 hour flight at 10 months. And then one back home. Was really nervous but it went okay. Tips: 1)sling carrier is your friend. My hubby or I will put LO in our ergo and just walked Her up and down the aisle to get her to sleep. Bc they dimmed the lights, she went down easy. 2)pacifier also helps. True story. LO was EBF and hated the bottle and pacifiers when she was younger. About a month before our trip, she found one and stuck it in her mouth. It helped her soothe on the plane. She spat it out one day after we got home and didn't ask for it again. 3)bc she wasn't mobile yet, we put a blanket on the floor, by our legs and she just played there. Sanity saving bc she could "roam" shellio on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2075944 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 22:50:59 +0000 shellio 2075944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Jass: Good luck. Our longest flight thus far has been 6.5 hours. I would say for a 10 month old, don't worry too much about new toys. Like PPs, my kids played more with the cups, seat inserts, magazines, etc at that age. I totally agree that if at all feasible you should buy a seat and put her in her carseat, even if you don't buy a seat you can bring the carseat with you to the gate and they will prioritize you if they have an empty seat. My kids were like yours and absolutely did not sleep anywhere except their own beds in the dark. One of them will reliably fall asleep when up a few hours past his bedtime, one will not - he was up for 18 hours straight at 13 mos old during our last trip. I was tearing my hair out. The thing that kept mine most entertained at that age was just walking around the aisles. ScarletBegonia on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2075904 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:44:57 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2075904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I wish I had advice :( I've taken my son home twice (at 4 months and 9 months) and both times it took about a week to fully recover. My advice for jet lag is: - get her out and about in the day as much as possible, and try to stick to her normal nap schedule as much as you can. Waking her up will be torture - but it will be worth it to keep it consistent. When she wakes in the night keep it dark and quiet, feed her if she seems hungry but don't prolong it. For us, the night wakings got shorter and shorter every night, but it took about 7 nights for them to stop completely. Again, good luck and just remember through it all that it DOES pass! And use as much help as you can from family - take naps and get out in the sun yourself. Rockies11 on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2075859 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:55:05 +0000 Rockies11 2075859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We did 10 hours at 10 months and it went finne. They have the lights off and the white noise from the airplane meant that she slept for some good stretches. She was really into all the stuff in the seat pockets, plus cups and cutlery and airplane food, etc. when she was awake. It required a lot of concentration from me, but she was pretty happy throughout! Jass on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2075852 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:47:46 +0000 Jass 2075852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @ScarletBegonia: thanks I know it's actually going to suck..there is going to be 10 hour jet lag..we are visiting our family after 3 years and she will be meeting our family for first time. I guess I will be needing your advice on how to overcome jet lag and re sleep training. Jass on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2075850 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:43:56 +0000 Jass 2075850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @littlejoy: thanks. ..actually it's more than 14 ...we have 2 hour layover and another 3 hour flight. .so its almost 18 hour. ScarletBegonia on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2075848 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:42:16 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2075848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We went from Australia to Canada and back again at 9.5 months and 10.5 months. A 10 hour flight, and overnight layover, and then a 13 hour flight (and the reverse on the way back). Not going to lie - it sucks. The longest stretch he slept on either flight was about 5 hours. We used every trick in the book to keep him entertained, but for the last 2 hrs or so of all 4 flights he was pretty miserable and we ended up walking him up and down the aisles to keep him occupied. But, looking back, I think it could have been a lot worse. For sleep, our only option was for him to sleep on us so we usually waited until he was really tired, then I BF him or gave him a bottle and he'd fall asleep eating. Then I would sit as still as possible! But I could still watch movies which was nice. For entertainment, we packed a bag of new toys (small, colourful ones that don't make noise - for the other passengers!), and rolled out a new toy about every 1-2 hrs. He actually was a lot more interested in the stuff on the plane - cups, cutlery, blankets, remote controls, the flight attendants - than he was in our toys! He is not into iPads or cartoons so we couldn't use that. We survived! Will there be a big time change? Jet lag was SO MUCH WORSE than the flight. At least with the flight, you have an end point - jet lag seemed to go on.....and on..............and on...............................not to scare you, but I really wish someone had warned me. Hopefully your baby won't be affected as much as mine was. All I can say is thank got for grandparents cause we got no sleep at night for almost 5 nights. Good luck!! littlejoy on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2075841 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:38:15 +0000 littlejoy 2075841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 14 hours?! Go mama! First tip would be to buy her a seat and bring your car seat on the plane. Having her own space (and your own space) will be really nice, plus, the car seat is (probably) familiar? I'd bring more food than you think you'll need. Get a few new toys. I'd bring a pacifier and bottles for ear pressure. We were really nervous about our first flight. It was only a few hours, but it went way better than we imagined. Our last flight was at 10 months, and she was totally content to just sit in her car seat. We got her out for changes, and to interact a bit, and she was happy. Maybe someone who's had a harder experience could help give some perspective too. Best wishes to you!! Jass on "14 hour flight with 10 month old" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-hour-flight-with-10-month-old#post-2075836 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:33:39 +0000 Jass 2075836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We will be taking 14 hour flight with our baby girl who will be 10 months at that time. This will be her first flight. She is a baby who doesn't sleep outside and needs dark room to sleep.Flight will be 2hr past her bedtime.Any tips and suggestions for surviving such a long flight.