Getting a 5 month old through jetlag

[Kirstenjulia29]

In November I had DS.. He was a very unexpected arrival... 38 weeks and no clue. Needless to say DH and I had planned a trip to Canada. We are now taking DS with us and are desperate for some advice/tips on dealing with a jet lagged 5 month old please!!

when we travelled to NZ with a 11m old and 2.5 year old, we just let them nap and eat when they felt they needed too rather than try and achieve a set pattern. This seemed to work and they coped with the time difference better than we did. Fortunately we had a good friend we were staying with who was able to keep an eye on the kids whilst we caught up on sleep when we arrived.

Thanks... My whole family plus some friends are coming so hopefully I'll be able to do the same!

Flying with a five month old is good! I've done OZ-UK with my toddler and it was much easier all round when they were younger.

Jet lag is a funny one. I read it takes a day per hour of time difference for them to adjust, but in my experience one way was fine and the other was harder.

Just let them sleep, eat etc at leisure on the flight to get through, then try and get back into a routinue when you land.

You might have a few restless nights but might be lucky!

Oh, and take several changes of clothes for you both as carry on. Sure as damn, just as the seat belt sign goes on for landing your baby will choose to vomit or something!!

We took dd to Cuba when she was 3 months and travelling around South America when she was 11 months. Travelling with babies is a doddle. They eat when they're hungry, sleep when they're tired and as long as they're with familiar adults they don't really care where they are. I don't really remember any jet lag problems at that age.