DS is 2.5 and has flown to NYC (2x), Myrtle Beach, HHI.
I don't think I flew until I was 6! And that was from Korea to the US! 
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Yup. She's 2.5 and I can't even remember how many times she has flown. She and I both had our first flights around 3 months old. When I met my husband in college he had only been on a plane once in his life, which was crazy to me!
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DD is 18 mos and she's flown twice. I didn't fly until I was in 5th grade!
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No, not that much. I've lost count of flights, but it is less than 20 at 4 years of age.
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@looch: it's all a matter of perspective, no?
I know several adults who have never flown. I think my LO has flown a lot at 18 months. She's flown to Colombia twice and one domestic trip. (So 10 flights total)
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Only two trips so far, at 21 months. Will probably take another trip before she turns two.
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DD has flown twice - once to SF (1 hr) when she was 3 months, and another to cancun (9 hrs) at 2.5 yrs.
DS has flown once - once to cancun at 3 months.
But we're going to start traveling more in the coming years! We're going with them to Seattle (2 hrs) and Taiwan (16 hrs) this year, and Hawaii next year (5 hrs). Excited!
I flew a ton as a kid. Before the age of 4 I had an entire passport filled with stamps! My aunts were travel agents so I went with them everywhere - mostly to the Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong areas. Lots of tour groups too (I don't know how they did it with a kid in tow, but I think I just got used to it). I still love to travel and sleep well anywhere - planes, moving vehicles, etc. I can close my eyes and sleep straight through a 16 hr flight (with the exception of waking up for a meal!).
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I think we travel a lot, so DD1 has been on a fair number of flights (10 by her second birthday) and lots of long road trips. DD2 and I are headed to NYC by plane in a week!
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@mrs.shinerbock: Yes, very true! We are on a plane at most twice a year lately.
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DS flew a lot before he was 9 months. Not so much since (He's 22 months), but at least once a year (usually Christmas time).
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Yes, but up until a year ago my in-laws lived in CA, so we flew out a few times a year to see them. We also really love to travel
LO is almost 3 and has taken 10+ trips involving flying (so 20+ travel legs of plane riding).At 2, LO got her passport (pic is hilarious) and already has stamps - I didn't get my passport until high school! Lucky duck!
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He's 26 months and I think he's flown 7 or 8 times. Most are short flights to see grandparents but we've also flown to NY, California and Florida. And we are flying twice this summer. I flew once when I was 5 and then not again until I was 12.
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She'll be flying for the fourth time this week (she's 1.5). I didn't fly until I was in college so compared to where I was at her age she's flown a ton!
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Yes, we started flying with also when she was 7 weeks and by the time she was 16 months she had been on 40 flights!! We live in Texas, near an airport hub and have lots of friends and family that we traveled to see or for occasions on either the West or East Coast!! She has been on anywhere from 2-4 hr flights to 8 hrs to Hawaii!
I'm really glad we traveled that much because she now loves planes and is pretty good flying. It had gotten harder since she had become super mobile and very opinionated! Further, we just stopped breastfeeding 3 weeks ago and haven't done a flight yet without having that as an opinion(it was a huge problem fixer if she got cranky!).
She will be almost 2 when she has her next flight which I think will be her 50th or so, but we've stopped counting recently! She likes some shows that are 10-15 min each but hasn't gotten into full length movies yet, so longer flights we are still entertaining her quite a bit!
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@HTownMom: Holy mackerel! That's like flying every other week! That's a lot of flying!
What a good traveler!
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Yes she is 2.5 and we have taken her on a few trips. She has already been to Canada, Mexico, UK, Japan, Hawaii and SF.
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They've flown a bunch of times. CA (3x) NJ, TX (2x) the Bahamas.
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Never! I'm too scared to bring my son on a plane, because I think he would be loud/fussy they whole time. We have taken long car trips, but at least then I can take breaks and keep him entertained without worrying about him bothering other people.
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No flights so far. Food allergies make it almost impossible to fly with two kids.
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Once at 6 months, before he would remember, but hopefully twice this summer. I can't wait because I'm pretty sure he will love it!
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Yes she has. I have lost count of all the trips within the US but she has been to England several times to see my family.
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@travellingbee: yep at one point we were traveling once every month!! We have definitely slowed down this year!!
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LO1 yes, he has been to 3 continents and lots of US interior flights and flights within Europe. I have lost track of how many flights he has been on. LO2 has only flown on 3 round trips on the same continent. We are going to be flying a lot in a short amount of time this summer.
@yin: is this because of the risk of contamination with airplane food?
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@lamariniere: I would have to pack meals and snacks to get us through the flight. If you account for delays and possibly cancellations, we would be in serious trouble. I am curious if airplane food is a safe option with their allergies. I don't think they would be able to accommodate honestly. The thought of having an allergic reaction on flight is also very scary. Also add in passengers who may carry bags of peanuts to eat on flight, and I'm just a huge mess. Then I have to plan out the logistics of finding a grocery store as soon as we land to plan out their meals for the rest of the trip.
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My daughter has flown 3 times -- once to Hawaii, twice to Orlando. She's 5.
My son has flown twice -- once to Hawaii, once to Orlando. He's 3.5.
This summer, we will be flying to LA!
I actually don't like flying with kids much. So expensive! That's why we have a minivan and I hope for more road trips.
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@Mrs. High Heels: Taiwan! How exciting! What month are you going? We are thinking next summer....but it's going to be so scorching hot...
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@yin: I know what you mean--it's the planning of the food and the packing that is the deterrent. But just in case you didn't know, you can travel with foods/liquids in larger amounts than other people if you have a doctor's note saying it's because of allergies.
We just have to avoid dairy and soy, but it's almost impossible to find LO a meal to eat in an airport, so I just pack her foods in thermos containers and bring them with us.
International flights would definitely be more challenging though!
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@su9su9: October. After typhoon season is over!
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DS has flown a lot - maybe 26 flights in 2.5 years? Thankfully he loves the whole thing - airports, looking at the airplanes, being on the airplane. His longest flight was 11 hours.
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@yin: I know it's not on the same level as allergies, but I have a son with diagnosed oral motor issues and as a result, I have to bring food with us every where we go. No one gives me any trouble on the airlines, but I can see where you're coming from if you have a reaction during flight.
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He will! We plan to travel a lot with him
DH and I both almost never flew when we were younger. Our families did not travel.
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Just two trips—Mexico at 2 months and Philly at 10 months. He is 18 months.
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Yes! We live a 9-hr drive from family so LO's first flight was when he was 3 months old, and he's been on at least 10 roundtrip flights since then (16 months). Most of the time he does pretty well, as long as I'm prepared with lots of snacks and toys. I try to get a new toy or book to introduce when he really gets restless. It also helps to get up out of the seat, go to the bathroom, etc. I won't lie, I paid for TV on our last flight, which held his interest here and there.
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She flew about 6x. She's 28 months.
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Quite a few times. We used to live farther away from family and in my younger daughter's first 6 months of life we flew for 5 trips! It has calmed down a lot since then but we tend to go on 2 trips a year, most of which involve a flight.
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@yin: depending on the airline, there can be really paltry, awful choices or a whole array of choices (kosher, low fat, Hindu, vegetarian, fruit plate, etc.). As for if the food would contain allergens is another story since I know your LOs both have a number of different allergies. The last couple of years I have noticed that a lot of airlines offer pretzels or crackers instead of peanuts, but I guess you can never know what other passengers are bringing onboard. Can your LOs have a reaction just being near certain foods? Or do they have to have contact/ingest them?
I know several adults who have never flown. 
What a good traveler!
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