Flying long-haul with baby first time

[FlyingWithBabyLongHaul]

Hello everyone. My husband and I will soon be taking our baby on her first ever flight.

She will be 8 months old. It's a long-haul flight (12 or 13 hours) from Heathrow to East Asia, to visit family.

We are flying in economy and have booked a bulkhead seat and will be using the airline's baby bassinet/seat at bulkhead position.

Do you have any top tips for flying long-haul with a baby please? Any products you recommend for travelling etc? Thank you.

Whether your baby is on the breast or bottle fed schedule their feed for take off time, drinking will help with their ears popping. If take off is going to be around bedtime/naptime change them into pjs as soon as you're onboard to help signal that it's time for sleep. As others have said you can't have too many changes of clothes - and a good idea to have a change for yourself, arriving anywhere with a shirt full of baby vomit/poop is not a great start to your hols.

Just on the off chance some are still notified about this thread. I'll be travelling with a 9 month old, we haven't booked her her own seat, should we?
I have requested the bassinet

I've found this thread extremely helpful

Not sure if it's too late but no I wouldn't say a 9 month old needs their own seat. What airline are you flying? Some airlines only have small bassinets that are intended for 6 months or smaller, so worth checking!

Ok great, good to know you think we don't need her own seat. Virgin atlantic