Mixed in with my excitement is some nervousness. This will be my first time traveling with a baby. Well actually, I've traveled on a plane with my sister when she was 10 months, but that doesn't really count because I wasn't really responsible for her! Anyway, I'm nervous about flying a 16 hour flight with an infant. We didn't qualify for the bassinet anymore since Travis would have exceeded the age limit (on Philippine Airlines it's up to six months), so he's going to be sitting on my lap (well mines and my mom's) the whole time. Looking back, I really wish I would have purchased a seat for Travis.
So I've made a packing list of what to bring for Travis on the plane and to Manila. My mom and I sent a box back in February filled with diapers, baby food, and some formula (just in case I can't express enough milk). I'm bringing more diapers and some more baby food en route there. I think we'll be alright since it's two 50lb luggages for me and one 15lb luggage for him and a stroller.
What I'll be bringing on the plane (Travis):
- Adequate amount of diapers and wipes (I'm thinking about 6 diapers in the diaper bag which will double as my purse, plus 10 more in the hand carry, highly doubt that I'll use all 16 up. I'm also bring two extra travel size wipes in the hand carry).
- Diaper rash cream (The 2 oz size of Boudreaux's All Natural Butt Paste, hahaha I love the term butt paste).
- Travel size baby wash & lotion (not that I'll be giving him a bath or anything, but just to give him a quick wipe down especially if he has a massive #2)
- Baby Tylenol
- Baby hair brush
- Extra outfits (Two jogging pants, two short sleeve body suits, two long sleeve body suits, light sweater, a onesie).
- Outfit for our arrival in Manila (It's summer there right now)
- Socks, a cap, and mittens
- 3 extra bibs
- 3 burp cloths
- 2 wash cloths
- 1 thick blanket
- 1 light blanket
- 2 receiving blankets (I haven't used any since he was a newborn, but I always carry these since they can make excellent burp cloths or be used to lay baby down for diaper changes)
- Diaper changing pad
- 2 Playtex bottles and liners
- 3 bowls with lids and 3 spoons
- 3 Similac ready to feed formula, Similac powder packets, and bottles filled with water (I'm bringing these in case I don't express enough milk for him during our plane ride)
- Saline drops
- Thermometer
- The three Lamaze friends: Jacques the Peacock, Freddie the Firefly, & Captain Calamari (I love how they have hooks attached to them so I can hook them onto the diaper bag handles)
- Books (2-3)
- Rattles (good thing they're small so I can bring quite a few)
- Two new toys (to distract him when he's getting tired of the others)
- Jars of his baby food and oatmeal and rice cereal packets
- Small bags (I get them from the $1 store, it's the one for disposing dirty diapers) along with extra zip lock bags to store dirty clothes)
- Vaccination card and insurance card
- Two extra pacifiers
Now for myself:
- Ameda breast pump (very very very important)
- Lansinoh breast milk storage bags
- Medela pump wipes
- Extra breast pump accessories
- A bag to store cool breast milk such as Munchkin's Cool Wrap Bottle Bag along with the frozen gel packs
- Extra zip lock bags (in case TSA makes me throw away the frozen gel packs - I can get ice from the plane)
- Extra batteries
- Nursing cover
- Blank labels
- Extra shirt
- Light sweater
Do you guys think I forgot anything?
Does anyone know if the flight attendants will let you store expressed breast milk in their refrigerator and will allow me to put the frozen gel packs in their freezer?
Yikes, you look PREPARED! Can't wait to see pics of manila!
ReplyDeleteNot sure about the BM thing, but you could try calling the airlines and posting on some bump boards :)