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Latest post on 02 January 2012 - 13:18

...Dubai - UK with a wriggly 10 month old on your lap? With stopover at Amsterdam. Last time we flew DD fitted in the sky cot but now she is too long and heavy. humfing a car seat about is not an option either. also Day flight or night flight? Thanks

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Latest post on 03 January 2012 - 09:05

Also ask for a bulkhead seat as they have more legroom which you can use to put your little one down for a little crawl to stretch the legs or just put a few blocks to play with. Good luck. Just completed a 10hour flight with my two toddlers and took me two days to recover from exhaustion. They were good on the flight but towards the end became cranky. Going to the UK would surely be easy especially at only 10 months. Good luck.

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Latest post on 03 January 2012 - 08:42

To save my eyes from being gauged out ive booked a day flight. DD has her own seat. Kiwispiers, where can i get a cares harness in dubai?? I have a "totseat" that may restrian her to a point (an it would be coming with us anyway as a portable high chair). Thanks for the replies ladies http://www.totseat.com/english/home/

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Latest post on 03 January 2012 - 07:31

Oh I have to put the vote in for a night flight! I have three and have always travelled night wherever possible and believe me we've tried both. I'm always on my own and travel long haul - DXB to Aus type long haul twice a year, If you can book a window seat row with you and DH, generally the staff will try to keep the remaining seat free if it's not heavily loaded. Works much better if your family can "block off" the row. Me too! With one, two or three children I always found the night flights infinitely easier!! I guess it goes to show, that the little people are all unique and you won't know what works for you until you try it. Definitiely book far enough in advance to get the bassinet row. <em>edited by Green-ish on 03/01/2012</em>

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Latest post on 03 January 2012 - 07:19

Oh I have to put the vote in for a night flight! I have three and have always travelled night wherever possible and believe me we've tried both. I'm always on my own and travel long haul - DXB to Aus type long haul twice a year, If you can book a window seat row with you and DH, generally the staff will try to keep the remaining seat free if it's not heavily loaded. Works much better if your family can "block off" the row.

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Latest post on 03 January 2012 - 06:58

I would rather gouge my eyes out than attempt a night flight with small children again. :D I third that! Travelled last Xmas with a 9 month old to australia, going there was any ordinary day as it was a day flight but the return was leaving local time 11pm and it was the flight from h3ll! he didn't fit in the bassinet which only made him even more cranky and when I put him on the floor in desperation I was told to remove him immediately. Many hours of never-ending tears and screams for us and projectile puke bc he was so worked up. If you can avoid it, don't fly at night unless they're brand new babies!!

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Latest post on 03 January 2012 - 00:04

I would rather gouge my eyes out than attempt a night flight with small children again. :D ROTFL! Too true. I think it worked once for me which was brill, but then every other time was nightmare and Pb is right, the glares and evil vibes from those trying to sleep is probably worse on a night flight! ETA come to think of it the time it went well DD was very young, maybe four months. If at all you can stretch the budget to getting your LO a seat I'd highly recommend that its worth it. <em>edited by chance on 03/01/2012</em>

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Latest post on 02 January 2012 - 16:41

I would rather gouge my eyes out than attempt a night flight with small children again. :D

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Latest post on 02 January 2012 - 16:02

I would rather gouge my eyes out than attempt a night flight with small children again. Neither of mine have slept more than 2 hours on the UK-Dubai flight, day or night, so I far prefer to ride the daytime wave and get them in their own beds as soon as possible in the evening, as if nothing had happened. With a 10 month old, I would still book the bassinette, even if bubs is strictly speaking too big - it's a very handy storage item when it comes to meal trays, toys, etc. I started booking my children their own seats from when they were about 15 months onwards and it's money well spent.

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Latest post on 02 January 2012 - 14:36

Younger I'd say nightflight but that age I'd say dayflight because from experience even if they do sleep, [b'>you[/b'> can not sleep with a 10 month old on your lap and at least if its by day you are not awake all night yourself. Plus you have to strap them to you everytime you take off, land or there is turbulance etc which will wake them every time. My guy travels well, in good humour but he does not sleep or even sit still on my lap, the one time he was in a carseat in his own seat he slept pretty much the whole flight and sat quietly watching baby tv for most of the rest of it. If you can afford it, book a seat otherwise [b'>plead[/b'> for them to block one for you at check-in and consider a C.A.R.E.S harness etc.

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Latest post on 02 January 2012 - 13:27

...Dubai - UK with a wriggly 10 month old on your lap? With stopover at Amsterdam. Last time we flew DD fitted in the sky cot but now she is too long and heavy. humfing a car seat about is not an option either. also Day flight or night flight? Thanks It depends on your baby - I always struggled travelling with my son, but jealously noticed other parents with babies sleeping through the entire thing. In our case everyone recommend night flights - so on our first long-haul trip we took off at midnight. The theory was that DS should be very tired, and hence sleep through the whole trip. Absolute opposite. The strange surroundings made him not sleep AT ALL! Not cool, given that a midnight take-off was already a few hours past his usual sleep time. He ended up super cranky the entire time. I've since taken him on day flights - and for us that works better as for him it seems easier to play with/occupy him when awake than to try to make him sleep in a strange place with many people around. And of course - the mean looks you get from other passengers when your child makes a sound are twice as mean when its a night flight and they're trying to sleep! If your baby sleeps easily in public or strange places - you'd probably be fine with a night flight. If your baby is a fussy sleeper, or cries at sleep time - we always coped better with dayflights. edited by punchbiffpow on 02/01/2012 <em>edited by punchbiffpow on 02/01/2012</em>

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