Help!! Should I go on holiday with a 3 month old baby?

Question

Having a dilemma tonight! My husband has won a competition for 3 nights in Tokyo which includes flights from London (we live in the north of England) and 3 nights in a hotel.

I'm currently pregnant with our first baby who is due at the beginning of December, and the latest we can take the trip is the end of March

We love Tokyo, we went for our honeymoon, but I'm getting so stressed about travelling so far with a little one and I'm planning on exclusively breastfeeding but not sure how that will work out if we go abroad or if I leave the baby with my parents

I have no idea if i will want to leave my baby at all as this isn't something I thought I'd ever have to do.. But I'm wondering whether it's more sensible to either go for a very short trip to Tokyo without our baby girl or to extend it and take her with us.. Money also comes into it as I never budgeted for such an extravagant holiday whilst on Mat leave..

Would love to hear your thoughts on what I should do and what you think is best for feeding etc

The options I can see are
Extend the trip to a week and pay extra to bring the baby
Just go for the 3 nights away (will probably end up being 4-5 days with the time difference) and leave the baby with my parents 
My husband to go with someone else..

Thanks
Dee

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Take your babe with you! ☺️ my best friend is doing a 12 hour drive this week with a not even two month old. You'll be fine :)

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Take the baby with you most little ones do really well on flights

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My FIL who was a pilot for BA for 30+ years says he would NEVER take a newborn baby on a plane. My husband has forbidden us from doing it.

Something about the changing pressure being too much for their developing brains and bodies. They knew several cases where the baby died.

I don't mean to scare you, but you asked and I'm passing on what I have been told!

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I would take the baby with me. And if she screams on the flight due to change in pressure, just give her your boob or a bottle of breast milk to suck on to help her ears pop and relieve the pressure.

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We are traveling overseas to visit family when baby is 3-6 months old.  It will be a 12 hour flight one way. We will stay for at least two weeks (mostly because we are visiting a LOT of family and need time to do so).

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Just take your baby with you! You have time to start budgeting for the trip now, so if you can, start putting some money away for it. You got time darling!

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Just bring the baby! This is the easiest age to travel with. I took my four month baby on a train trip and exclusively breastfed her and it was easy and perfect.

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Definitely take baby with! I took my son on his first plane right at 2 months and by 6months he'd been on about half a dozen plane rides. Now at almost 3, he is a PRO on the plane, SO easy to travel with & he LOVES it! ✈️

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If you are breastfeeding it will make the trip easier than getting formula past customs. 
A friend of mine took her four month old to England and back from New Zealand- she's doing it again in a few months

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I'd take the baby with!!

Help!! Should I go on holiday with a 3 month old baby?

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