Infant on an Airplane -- help!
So, my mother has been harassing us to bring the baby for a visit. I'd be happy to go out to CT, which will also let some of the other relatives living in the area meet Kavi. But Kevin can't travel right now, which means if I go, I'll be traveling alone with an almost-three-month-old baby. Eep.
I'm tentatively planning on going for three days, because I'm not sure I can handle her for longer without Kev's help. Not without going nuts, anyway. I have no idea what I need to bring. Help?
Here's what I've come up with so far, for three days:
- three receiving blankets
- three burp cloths
- ten outfits (she goes through three a day, with all the spitting up, but onesies don't take up much space)
- pump and bottles (the breastfeeding is still only sort of working)
- diapers (do I need to pack a lot of these, or just a few for the airplane, and figure on buying more when I get there?)
- wipes
- diaper bag
- moby sling
- infant seat and stroller
I'm most concerned about the infant seat and stroller. We have a Graco Snug Ride -- it's the kind with a base that stays in the car, and the seat snaps in and out of the base and the stroller. Do I just check all three pieces (or pack the base in my suitcase)? Do I do that at the ticket counter, or at the gate? Is it going to be a big pain getting the base secure in my dad's car when I get there? Is there some other solution that I'm not thinking of?
Is there anything else that I should bring that I'm forgetting? She doesn't really have any toys that she plays with yet...
Can I really do this? :-(
You can read more from Mary Anne in her journal, An Ongoing, Erratic Diary.