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Okay, I've only been on a plane once with LO and she was 6.5 months at the time. It was a 3.5-hour flight and she slept 50% of the time, was happily occupied for 30% of the time, and then fussed/was restless the last 20%.

LO is now 10.5 months old and I'm not sure how she would be on the flight...She doesn't like to be still or held (ie. she likes to crawl around and cruise and play and explore)...Two days of travel is HARDCORE.

I don't know! It would be so exciting, though!

I'm planning a CA trip next month and I'm dreading it.
4-5 hours with a toddler is no joke. She doesn't sit still anymore!!
Okay. I just convinced myself not to go. HA.
It'll just be me and the babe, so yeah. -.- maybe if I wasn't pregnant.. not sure if I can handle the stress!

We lived in Asia when our son was born. We flew back to ny for thanksgiving when he was 3 months. Singapore to Tokyo, Tokyo to ny. It was pretty easy because he just nursed and slept the entire time. We moved back to the states when he was 9 months. That flight from sg to la was not as successful, but we made it! He then went through a period where he was a vey good flyer (between age 1 and 2). After 2, it became super hard but now he's very interested in different modes of transportation, planes, trains, cars, buses, trucks, he did really well on our last flight.
I assume you're stopping in LA to see mrs bee's parents? Otherwise, wouldn't it be a little shorter travel time if you flew directly from NY to somewhere in Asia? Btw, that location looks gorgeous!
My husband might be going to hk for business in September. If so I'm seriously thinking about going as well. Kids will be 1 and 3 years old. I am crazy!

@mrbee: there are direct flights from NY to hong kong and it's a 15ish hour flight if I recall correctly. Or taiwan might even be easier since its closer to the philippines I think.

You're brave! Travel with a toddler is a challenge, they like to move around and honestly, I hate the idea of walking up the aisles the entire flight. I wouldn't do it unless I had seats for both kids, but that's just me...I'd be a nutcase trying to keep a toddler entertained and holding a lap child.

I do think it's important for the kids to see their grandparents, so I'd suck it up and do it for them, YKWIM?

oh I was going to say also, maybe also consider going to the Philippines in the winter, like Dec-Feb. that's when my family, especially my family in NJ, love to go. The climate in the Philippines is milder at that time and they get the best airline rates in Jan and Feb. I hear it's really nice at Christmas too. Your kids would be a bit older then too and it might make a huge difference!

@NYCaliMama: 5 weeks old! That's incredible. Hubs and I want to fly from LA to DC to visit my dad when LO is about 8-10 weeks, and both of my parents are totally against it. I may need to pick your brain to convince them otherwise!

How fun and exciting! Could you break up a layover to possibly give yourself a "break" from traveling for a quick vacay-layover? Not sure if it would be better or worse.

I really don't want to spend the holidays here so I would love to take LO on a trip over Christmas sometime. He will be 3 months old then...not sure if that is too young or not!

0 hours 0 minutes! But probably next year sometime next year, which is scary since we will have a baby & a toddler then! Ah!

16 hours from Seoul to DC!
It wasn't so bad...we brought lots of toys and snacks and the TV on the plane was a treat!
The best thing was that we were able to get bulkhead seating (I think that's what it's called) -- basically the first row of coach behind business class. It gave us extra leg room and we were even able to sit on the floor and play when Lil' CB got a bit squirmy. He was 15 mo. at the time.
One tip that my friend gave me was to have little gifts or treats prepared -- one to open at the top of each hour. We had things like different little snacks, a toy car, a slinky, stickers, etc. We didn't have exactly one for each other, but about 10 or so.