flying to vancouver with 9m old

[gingernutlover]

we are planning to do this in june - is it a really baaad idea?????

Anyone got any tips about the flight and also the time differences and how best to get her used to it quickly? Really don't fancy too many horrible nghts when we are there.

I think there's about 8 hours time difference. I've never taken children to Vancouver but I've done it myself. How long are you going to be over there?

Does she have a good routine I would just let her sleep when she wants to, otherwise you could TRY to do what adults do and "switch" to the correct time straight away. The jet lag is more of a problem coming the other way.

Unless you are BFing, I found that taking already made up milk cartons the best way to go, together with favourite food jars. If you make your own food and not used food jars before then I'd try introducing a few before you go to find favourites. I found Hipp Organic and Organix tasted closest to home produced food

Vancouver is 8 hours behind UK time. It's one of my all time favourite Canadian cities.

Would take full advantage of early boarding and change her nappy before you board the aircraft. The buggy/pushchair can be taken up to the departure gate (tie something brightly coloured around the handle for easier identification).

I take it as read your DD has her own passport.

Have you got a direct flight to Vancouver and who are you flying with?. Think BA's flight there gets there early evening which may help.

As far as I can recall; the arrivals area at Vancouver is all on one level but its a long walk.

I am taking a 10-hour flight with a 7-hour time difference in two weeks with my daughter who by then will be 7 months. I'm hoping we'll just stay in schedule during the flight and I will attempt to put her to bed when it's bed time. Not sure how I'll deal with her at midnight when she thinks it's 7 and time to start the day.

Lots of sunshine and fresh air and I'm just trying to not worry. It will be what it will be...and we'll have my parents/her grandparents around so they are signed up for lots of help!

Good luck. From what I gather, better to do it now for as they get older and more ambulatory, it's harder.

We took DD to eastern USA for a month when she was 9 months old and it took her a week to get used to the time difference. DS was 2.4 and got into it straight away.

The worst thing was it took her 2 or 3 weeks to get back into a night time routine when we got home!

It WAS worth it though. We tried to take things gently and not be too strict about nap times/time differences, etc. She was still breastfed then and not really into food (apart from garlic mushrooms and rice!) so she still had that comfort when she felt tired.

I'd love to go to Vancouver. Have a great time!

thanks for all the tips - we are looking into the costs etc atm just really wondering what t do when we get there it will be nid afternoon local time but late eve UK time, do I just try to keep her up as late as poss or what?