Would you take a baby and toddler on almost 6 hour flight??

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My partner and i are planning on eloping at bali. I would love nothing more for my babies to be there while we get married but i’m worried about the plane trip. We will have our MIL and FIL with us to help look after them but is it a dumb idea? is it too big of a flight for them?? ugh so many bloody worries. I’m worried i may upset the passengers if my babies get upset. 
Any advice or tips or just your honesty if you think it’s a dumb idea

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That’s not that long of a flight. Other passengers might feel inconvenienced but that’s just a part of flying. Flight attendants have always been really helpful when I fly with my daughter (I have always done it solo). Her first flight was at 3 months old and totaled over 20 hours (14 hour flight, layover, 4 hour flight). She’s 13 months now and will be going on a 7 hour flight soon. 
Bring sticker books, coloring books, new toys, and a tablet as a last resort.

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I just took my 8 month old on 20+ hour trip. Two 8 hour flights.

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Just get them their own seat because you, your stuff, and the kids won’t fit comfortably. 
Also, if you’ve got a toddler, put a backpack leash on them. As a nanny when I would travel, I can’t tell you how many times I stopped a sprinting toddler in an airport and the parents were freakin clueless. That was more annoying than them fussing from the altitude changes. Hearing “where’s Johnny?!” And seeing them run around trying to find them. Just use the backpack leash to save the hassle.

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I took my 6 month old all the way to Italy from Texas and back to visit my husbands family (they live in Italy). I made sure to go to the pediatrician first to make sure she had all the necessary vaccines in order to make traveling out of the country safer. I was SO nervous for the flight and time change... but it really wasn’t as bad as I thought. There were some rough moments, but she slept most of the time. We made sure to have puffs, toys, and animated movies available.  This was a 15.5 hour flight there (with a 2 hour connection) and a 15 hour flight home (with a 2.5 hour connection). I think you will be totally fine with a 6 hour flight!

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My son was 5 months old when he first flew 7.5 hours we lived abroad and took him home for his first Christmas he has now done this flight several times. I can it was much easier when he was a baby 🙈 now he’s 2 and gets his own seat it’s a lot harder to keep him still and he doesn’t understand when the seat belt light is on we can’t get up and walk around.

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I’ve flown with my first since she was 3 months..., she flies 4-6 times a year minimum. It’s totally doable and it’s actually really easy with her. 
I always pack her a special flight bag with lots of snacks, new little toys, coloring stuff, iPad, and silly putty now that she’s 3. 
We try hard to take the earliest flight possible. She’ll either be excited and in a great mood for a short flight or will fall back asleep for a few hours on a longer one. If that’s not possible, I try and schedule around nap time. 
We give our 3 year old a take off lollipop and when she was a baby, I would nurse her during take off. She’s never had an ear pain issue or cried during a flight.

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I took one year old twins and a three old on a four hour ride with just my mom. It wasn't terrible.

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Don’t worry about the passengers. Babies get upset sometimes you just have to get through the fussy parts and there’s nothing you can do. And as you said you’ll have help so should definitely take the ty two kids with you. It’ll be fine. You never know they might be asleep for most of the flight.

Would you take a baby and toddler on almost 6 hour flight??

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