 Poster: A snowHead
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Have my first flight with 7 month old tomorrow.  Relatively short to Munich so 2 hours. Am travelling on own with him. Never flown with him before. Will have bottle, dummies, toys and some food.
Any tips and advice please from seasoned flyers with babies very welcome.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mouth, We have experienced no problems in the past. Hope the little fella has fun 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Mouth,
Has the Beer festival started already? 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Michelle, It is BA and think they do?
boredsurfin, NO but we will be practising for........
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Mouth, really don't know, sorry  you could try phoning the help desk - but also the agents in Munich may differ from their own ground staff in Gatwick / Heathrow. Maybe be prepared for the worst??
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I read this as 'Frying with baby'
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Ray Zorro,
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one of boredsurfin's dughters as a nanny
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Don't tempt either of them, please! 
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Seen too many lone parents attempt to make the journey with too many bags
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I fondly remember a stopover in Addis Ababa, been 10 hours on the ground, after a flight from London, and both boys (aged 2 and 4) had finally fallen asleep, minutes before we had to board the plane, a long walk across the tarmac, to Nairobi. We were going for a year and had a LOT of hand baggage. Seemed likely to be difficult. We started the walk, with a sleeping boy each, plus bags, only to have the kids gently lifted out of our arms and carried right up to our seats by two charming (and exceptionally good looking) men with lots of gold braid, who turned out to be the pilot and co-pilot of the Ethiopian Airways 747 we were flying in. Can't imagine that happening in many other places, or with many other airlines! they didn't seem to mind that the kids, by this time, were sweaty and sticky. It's nice to be somewhere where people actually like children. It was a hyper cheap flight, too (that's why we were on Ethiopian in the first place). My husband often helps people with pushchairs and kids and things on and off planes, and around railway stations; but mostly people don't seem to bother, it seems. My niece made a difficult train journey with hefty two year old, all the stuff for a weekend, including a pushchair, and got SFA help across the south of England. Hope it goes OK, Mouth. Advice about keeping hand bags to a minimum is good, given that the BA pilot is unlikely to help you carry your stuff!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Mouth, K said she's not busy this weekend and will quite happily come to Munich with you.
(For a fee no doubt!)
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We started the walk, with a sleeping boy each, plus bags, only to have the kids gently lifted out of our arms and carried right up to our seats by two charming (and exceptionally good looking) men with lots of gold braid, who turned out to be the pilot and co-pilot of the Ethiopian Airways 747 we were flying in. Can't imagine that happening in many other places, or with many other airlines!
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Now that's service! I think you're right about people in the South East. I have a friend who used to fly Ryan Air to France to visit her family. When her son was small she'd have him in the buggy which she could wheel up to the plane. Once at the plane steps though no-one ever helped her fold up the buggy whilst she was still having to keep hold of her little boy. When he was 2 he was quite ready to run off! It was free seating and all the other passengers would just pile past her and onto the plane. I've avoided flying no frills airlines with my daughter so far!
Mouth, how did you get on? Hope you're having/had a good weekend.
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FAQ
) but it's the only way he can equalise his ears... short of feeding him. (We can swallow, pinch nose & blow, move jaw etc) So try to leave feeding, if at all possible, to top of descent - much calmer for both you and him. Most airlines will warm the bottle up for you too - just ask.
