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My son and I will be going on a trip in September...without dad!!! This will be our sons first plane trip. When we travel, he will be 2 and a half. One concern I have is that he will hate the plane...mainly the noise. He loves seeing planes in the sky, but I think it will be a different story once we are on there. I have a portable dvd player and will be teaching him to use earphones so hopefully that will help. The battery won't last the flight though so I'm not sure what I'll do if he hates the flight once it runs out!!!
The other concern I have is that I have to get connecting flights and will be changing at Melbourne airport (very busy, plus waiting between flights). I am terrified that I will lose him while checking in etc... I am not a fan of harnesses but would consider some sort of link from his wrist to mine. Where can you buy those types of links? I wouldn't mind getting an id band too... I have never been where I am going so it will all be new to me, which means I need to find where I'm going and make sure I don't lose my boy. I probably wouldn't worry so much if I wasn't going on my own, knew where I was going and if he wasn't at the age he will be. Has anyone else traveled for the first time with a 2 and a half year old, connecting flights etc... Maybe I'm overreacting and everything will be ok, but it doesn't stop me stressing about it now.
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Dear trees8, Hi. Anything that you can do to alleviate your stress will also help your child as they can be uncanny picking up on how Mum feels.
KidsKontact is a great Aussie website that you might be interested in. Has a harness buddy which might be better than a wrist harness amongst other things. Lots of great products. And ear muffs (google EMs for kids) would definitely be the go if you're worried about him swallowing ear plugs.
http://www.kidskontact.com.au/
And as for teaching your child about planes etc. check out Whiz Kid Games
http://www.whizkidgames.com/ please wait for it to load, it is worth it. Then get him to play with your help 'Eric goes to the airport'.
Best wishes.
Queenslander.
DS 9 1/2yrs ASD, II (Movicol)
DS 7yrs HF.ASD, GDD, ADD (off Ritalin).
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I have travelled alot on my own with our 2 kids aged 4 and 2. The last journey was to NZ last year when they were 3.5 and 1.5. What adults tend to forget is that it is an exciting time for the kids, they are seeing stuff they have not seen before and I found my two were so busy looking at things they forgot to be naughty! I have always had a wrist strap in my pocket, ($5 from Kmart) just in case, and they only time I used it was picking up the luggage of the carousel. I have also found in my experience, that airports don't make parents and little kids wait in long lines and more often than not will take you through before those without children. The best advice I can give you is don't struggle alone, ask for help, that is what the plane and airport staff are paid for. Enjoy your trip.
CarolynMum to DS Aspie (5) and DD NT (3)
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| I got a little monkey back pack with a long tail (handle) from target, i hold onto the handle so "he doesnt loose me", he loves it and asks to wear it alot. Take lollies if you can. you might shoot yourself in the foot but its saved me a few times. stories, cars, colouring in.
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OK thanks,
* We'll check out Eric goes to the airport - http://www.whizkidgames.com/
* We'll buy a backpack with handle just in case & anyway it's time he carried some of his own stuff
* We'll have bottle for take off & landing
* We'll even save up some new toys (probably more op shop surprise toys) & a few classic oldies for the trip (all in his new backpack)
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| also stickers are a godsend. take lots of differnt types, plus there's heaps of cool new colour-in type developments in stationary section of big w (invisible ink that magically colours, that colours metallic, and one that you colour black paper but patterns emerge.) the kids love it.
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