childrens' beakers on flights

[lindster]

hi, we are going to on holiday in 3 weeks. Ive read the restrictions on liquids but would i be allowed to take my sons tomee tipee beaker through? Its a lot bigger than 100mls? Also am i ok to take sandwiches, crisps on? Sorry, first time we've traveled with a child. We are flying with first choice from Manchester. Thanks.

DH (well I wasn't going to do it) had to drink some of our DS' juice and milk from his beakers when we flew out of Heathrow last year. They didn't bother us to taste anything on the flight back from Florida though.

What does your ds normally drink? I bring my ds's flip-top cup but don't fill it, then I buy Evian after we've gone through security. Sandwiches and crips should be fine, but depending on where you are going, you may have to leave any food that you haven't eaten on the plane as some countries have restrictions on bringing in dairy/meat products.

You would be able to bring the beaker, but empty. Buy a drink once through and decant into the beaker

I think it will depend on the age of the baby. They might let you take larger amounts of liquid if you taste it but this might be restricted to baby milk.

Advice from Thomsonfly Mar 2007...
"Baby milk, liquid baby food or special dietary requirement food stuff in liquid form and essential for the trip (the contents of each bottle or jar must be tasted by the accompanying passenger) however should NOT be included within the transparent, re-sealable plastic bag.
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We managed to get out of tasting every jar and bottle when we flew as I refused to open them all on the basis that once opened they don't remain 'fresh' IYKWIM and didn't want to give DS a poorly tummy. It was a long flight so we took a few jars and bottles of ready made milk.

We've just done Florida and back, going out of Gatwick. UK security will ask you to taste everything (all 9 bottles in our case, brilliant!) and the person checking our bags at Gatwick admitted that they look at people travelling with babies pretty carefully because you can take as much liquid as you need in baby containers. We weren't allowed to take a thermos of hot water, but we were allowed to decant it into DD's bottles, then taste it. Your Tommee Tippee beaker shouldn't be a problem, even with fluid in it, but take the empty beaker and buy juice/water airside if you want to be sure. Manchester airport's website should be able to tell you what you can and can't buy once you're through security.

You can take food but some countries espec. outside Europe won't let you take it in. US has sniffer dogs for it and will fine you if you have any.

US security couldn't have cared less about liquids when we came back. They didn't check our bags for them, much less ask us to taste anything. Doesn't make sense, really! Have a lovely holiday.