In preparation for the trip, the young mothers have many questions about what, her child will take a flight on a plane. How is it - a child in an airplane? What it would feel during takeoff and landing? What, if it is sick? What to do with the baby during a long flight? Her anxiety is not unfounded - to fly in an airplane child should be carefully prepared and all think.
How to prepare your child for the flight?
Firstly, take care of the appropriate places in the cabin. buying airplane tickets the Internet is better to choose the first rows, because in front of these seats more space. It is useful to you, when the baby get bored sitting. If you purchase the tickets at the airport, be sure to inform the employee about the cash, that fly with you baby.
If the child is very small, find out, provided on board the issue of the cradle, which, by the way, mounted in the front seats. In favor of the choice of the front seats also said motion sickness factor - because the longer the tail, the more "talking" airplane.
As prevention of motion sickness before take-off or landing invite your child candy or chewing gum. You can also give the child to drink ordinary water or juice through a straw. Since the air in airplanes dehydrated, it is desirable to take the road plenty of fluids. On the case of nausea keep a paper bag.
Will be better, if the child falls asleep on the plane. But if he can not sleep, please have something for him unusual and new - a toy or a book. It would be nice to make a preliminary psychological training with a child - you can tell him about airplanes, show them in the sky, "Fly" with him, rend rookie…
In fact, the child in the plane - it's not scary. After all, you still do not know the reaction of your baby on a flight - perhaps, everything will be perfect. Children in infancy, usually, transfer flight difficulties quite easily and, practically, all the way to sleep. And some kids are older so are fascinated by, they see and feel, you instead of the expected trouble getting pleasure from flight empathy feelings with your child.
Then, when you find yourself on the ground, be sure to secure a positive experience from the trip to the future. Create, eg, homemade book about your journey. This is not just a source of memories – possibly, it is useful to you in preparing for the future joint flights of.
What to take a child on a plane? Games and toys
Selection of toys and games depends on the child's age and preferences. Note also the length and time of flight. Better to fly at night, whereas most of the way both of you will sleep.
Do not forget to take a plane favorite toys of your child. Baby just need your society and clean diapers, rattles. For older children's toys are more diverse. It can be:
- game console or tablet with your favorite fairy tales (Take the headphones and USB cable, in many aircraft can be connected charging);
- set of drawing and colored pencils;
- new toy, which the child has not yet been played (can be purchased directly at the airport)…
Games and Entertainment
Children quickly bored individual toys, and take a lot of them on the plane just will not work, so it is worth to have in stock a few ideas for games, which do not need additional props:
- Search encountered in the clouds animal figures, buildings, monsters, etc.. d.;
- invent a word to the last letter of the previous word or a particular letter, related to any topic and so on. d.;
- a rock, scissors, paper – classic game without end.
