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I flew solo with DS at this age. He did shows for a few minutes no headphones and I don't think he could hear, but he watched. He liked a drawing app and a bubble popping app. We did snacks and I think a binky for takeoff and landing. Mostly he was happy to look around and wave at everyone. He also liked putting things in and out of bags/cups. And finger/sock puppets.

@travellingbee: oh right! I forgot about our books with flaps!

We did a long trip (4 total flights at least 5 hours each) with DD when she was right around 18 months. Color wonder markers were good. And I also filled a tin lunch box with random $1 store items and that occupied so much of her time! She loved finding all the toys in there and none of them cost me much so I didn't worry about leaving any behind if they got lost somewhere under the seat. Oh and snacks of course, kid loves to eat

LO started liking stickers around that age. We have only flown once, a long flight at 22 mos and stickers were a big hit.

The best thing I did when we flew at 15 months was get a seat for lo and bring the car seat. I can't image the trip with him as a lap baby...

We got a lot of time out of special snacks and some finger puppets. Also watching curious George without sound was OK.

My son was totally fine to watch with very low sound - I'm not sure he could hear but ar that age he didn't seem to care. Peekaboo Barn is a big hit as an app. Lots of snacks. Will you be alone? If you can manage it, have one preboard with all the stuff and the other one wait with your daughter until the last minute so she gets as much running around time as possible. Also if she just wants to walk up and down the aisles think of it as a chance to show off how cute she is!

Oh, and his ears weren't a problem. We had a water bottle and let him drink from that but the pressure didn't seem to bother him.

We have flown a lot with DD in her first 2 years and honestly, that age was the worst for us. Mainly because she had just started walking at 14 months and was dropping down to 1 nap, though, so yours may go better!

At that age, a window seat was super helpful. We brought her as a lap child for short flights like that and she loved looking out the window.

I flew with her alone on Southwest at 15 months and the flight attendant brought her a standard plastic cup of water with a LID and a straw and that was fascinating to her for a good 30 min or so (I know Delta doesn't seem to have lids, but maybe others do).

Good luck! We were actually delayed for hours and then stranded overnight at the Detroit airport on Christmas Eve when she was 16 months. DD was sick and two of us were in tears (hubby held us together) but we survived it and the rescheduled flight on Christmas morning was actually fine, despite all of us being exhausted. Kids are resilient!

Our LO's first flight was at 16 months. We planned both flights around her nap time, got her a seat and brought the carseat, and she slept for at least half the trip each way (3 hr flights). The rest of the flight, we kept her occupied with a mixture of snacks (including "new ones" she had never had, we basically raided the toddler food aisle at target), a few books, some videos (she was obsessed with a few short music videos at that age), and a couple very basic apps. Although she was still nursing at that age, I didn't try it on the flight. She was still using a pacifier so we just let her use that on the ascent/descent.