Hi friends,

My wife and I are starting to get stressed regarding an upcoming overseas lond haul trip LAX to Sydney as we have a 14 month old! We are looking for some advice, please!

1. Looking to buy a tablet but I don’t have time as we leave on the 9th so I can't do it on eBay etc. I need a tablet I can easily copy few short movies and rhymes.....how does 7" Samsung sound? Am I able to download material off the internet and transfer it on the tablet OR I have to pay more to get it through google play? Any suggestions? I don’t want to spend a lot on the tablet...it’s really going to be a travel thing
2. Parents out there....anything you recommend we take with us...to entertain our little champ? It’s a 15 hour flight (a redeye so hope he gets some sleep!!)
3. General advice was to take plenty of fluid, bottles, little toys, pacifiers, blanket and also take Benadryl and Panadol
4. Our pediatrician is against trying any meds but our family members tell me ‘Phenergan’ is pretty good. I am really against any meds but if all goes south then I might think. However, in reading some material…….its very 50:50

Any help / suggestions welcome..thanks in advance.

Take a map in case the pilot gets lost.

You're in the Bay Area. Do a google search for recommended tablets. You'll be able to get it from Amazon in time or go to Fry's and pick a tablet up.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2413145,00.asp

Yeah, no doctor will go on record recommending dosing the kid up on Benadryl. Oh the other hand many parents swear by it. Word of warning, some kids react to Benadryl differently and can get hyper so try it out in advance.

Be prepared to take shifts walking up and down the aisle smiling at the other passengers and mouthing "sorry".

Yes plan to do that but I dont have a clue in terms of which one to get which will enable me to download random material on my laptop and then upload it to the tablet.

Example
Is kindle tied to prime
Apple to itunes
Samsung to google play
Nexus to google play

In which case, I might have to pay more to get the content?

That did cross my mind

His PD said the same thing. Any idea on this phenergan?

Personally I wouldn't drug my kid for a plane journey.

Never heard of it.

Yes, which is our thought process..Its a 15 hour flight so thinking of things that can help us.

It is a difficult choice. I've only done relatively short US domestic flight with young sir. One time he had a cold so the meds were to help decongest too. We don't generally drug him up as a matter of course though. Thing is with a 15 hour flight any meds you give at the start will wear off.

Make sure the kid is sucking on something going up and down that helps. Try and stick to your normal routine.

Remember to pack a change of top for yourself as well as for the kid in carry on. I recall our first flight, I ended up with pee all over my top and I was glad to have a fresh one to change into.

What would you do it for?

Oh, I see...There's lots of media I download and watch on my ipad but I use freeware to download from youtube and then convert for watching...

I'll see if I can find a guide..

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388467,00.asp

http://www.amazon.com/forum/tablet?_...x2LD3RYHV8MIEM

http://kidstabletwifi.com/how-to-add...r-kids-tablet/


Basically though you download from whatever tablet service you've bought in to.
Or you convert DVD's you own, of which there are many guides on the web.

I drug myself up on Benadryl to help me drop off for a couple of hours. When the Little Lion was truly little he would sleep like a log on planes - in his own seat so I wasn't disturbing him. If you can avoid naps before setting off that helps. Other than that I think it also depends how sensitive their ears are. You can't make them sleep for 15 hours anyway.

I always make a plane bag. A new bag they have never seen and fill it with new things. A new book, a new toy, colouring in, stickers, snacks they have never had before. A change of top for you as well as a change of clothes for the little one. A sweater for when it's cold. Ask for a family row with a child seat placement if they have. BA gave us a car seat thing that attached to the wall. Never bother with a tablet. Just let them watch the tv. Youngest didn't even have headphones, just liked the moving pictures. I took PJs and her sleeping bag. Then was it was bedtime she got changed into those to make it seem like a normal night.

Honestly it's going to be fine. Planes are noisy, move all the time and have vibrations, perfect conditions for them to fall asleep. Plus the staff make a real fuss of mine and are constantly bringing them stuff.