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Lindsey, maybe some Fenegen (sp?) would be good for her then and knock her out a bit?

Ask your doc.

If you are going to give the stuff, make sure that you have a trial run a couple of weeks before. You need to know you can use it if you need to.... Some children go hyper on it, but if it makes her sleepy, go for it.
It's nice to have it in your flight bag and then at least you have a safety net.

[QUOTE=iPom] I've actually bought some but its not suitable for under two's - can cause respiratory depression (asked the paediatrician at work). Might try piriton though - hes had that before!


Lindsey

Why worry about it. You have spent enough time worrying about getting it all organised and getting your passport etc ready.

I flew here in 95 with BA. it was OK. i mostly ate andwatched movies on the big screen

In 98 I did a return flight from here to oz,with a four month old. It was absolutely fine.

In 04 I did a return from here to there with a six year old, it was fine, I ate, I watched movies and played games on the screen on the back of the chair in front ofme. I read a book some of the time.

You will be fine, as long as you stay positive. Don't forget to get up and stand in the middle of the plane. I often went for walks up and down ( to check out the talent) in order stretch my legs. Alot of people end up congregating in the middle of the plane where there are windows.

Don't drink too much otherwise you will get dehydrated. I did drink a lot on the last flight, it made the movies so much funnier....

I was with Singapore Airlines

All the best in your flight.

thanks guys for all the replies.

feeling a lot better, and some really useful tips.

cheers everyone

Tracey xx

Im one of those awful people who fall asleep as soon as my seatbelt is done up... Oliver knows beter than to wake me for the grub, he just says to leave it, takes out the rolls etc for me and eats the rest. When i wake up always have an immediate need for food, have the bread rolls, sweets, go to the loo, sit down and fall asleep again...
People always say how boring it muxt be for oliver but to be honest he enjoys the peace and quiet! Never onceseen the start of an in flight movie!

Lisa.x

we had a fantastic flight even with 2 kids in tow.......theres all the movies and telly to watch, food was fantastic and so was the free booze lol, my advice is to walk around as much as you can...my son used to go for a walk every hour and go and gab to everybody....he wants to go back to the UK so he can fly again

We went to Brisbane via Singapore when our little girl was 2 1/2 and she was absolutely fine. To be honest I was dreading the flight but its really not that bad and goes pretty quickly. The Manchester to Singapore part was the worst (around 14 hours) then a short hop to Brisbane (around 6 hours I think, it my memory serves me correctly). The crew on Singapore Airlines were great with kids and tried to occupy them for the journey, plus you have kids movies and I think it was a built in playstation (but that occupied my husband more than anybody else). The crew encourage you to get up and walk around the plane and they feed you constantly. It was great. No worries about the next journey (hopefully one way to Perth in September).

Hi

We flew to aus when our son was 18months old and before we left i went to the docs and told them that he couldnt travel 3 hours never mind 20+ hours and have a sleep and the doc said he will sleep and gave me some medicine for him and it was great. We gave it to him just before we boarded cause he was getting ratty, by the time the plane was pushed back from the gate he was asleep and slept all the way until about half hour before landing in KL which we thought was great. We had 4 hours there got back on plane he slept almost all way thru to bris, we landed at 7.30 am he was up all day we dosed him again at 6pm and he slept thru to 5.30am. Best stuff we ever had lol.

Tracey

lol, yeah