first time abroad with kiddies.....

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yikes... we're only going to sweden .... but it may as well be the other side of the world to me... i am not an adventurous traveller!!!! (as you may have guessed!)...

so am taking dd(6), ds(3), dd2(15 months) and dh (mental age 10!)...

any advice? am taking the stroller and told we can wheel right upto plane... (do you recommend one of those buggy bags! or not to bother! (it's only £15 mothercare type!)

i have medication.... am i allowed to take this onto plane? also have an inhaler? hand luggage okay? (i sound very unhelathy!)

just general advice... oh yes... what's going on with liquids onto plane restrictions... as want to take dd2's bottle of milk on etc...

also... silly question... i know i will be allowed hand luggage... but can i take a rucksack/change bag as well not a huge thing, just big wnough for bottle, change of nappy, ... does this count? or will this count as hand luggage....?

i'm such a novice!!!!!!

What is a buggy bag? Is it a bag your buggy goes in? If it is, we have never used one and buggy been fine.

You can take medication on the plane, and an inhaler and your DDs milk will all be fine. When we flew last we could take any liquid on the plane if it was for kids (cartons of juice etc but not a bottle of water for us).

You will be able to take the change bag as well as your hand luggage, you could take 5 peices of hand luggage as there are 5 travellers.

aha! thank you westcountry lass!... what if the water is for the kiddies?... it sounds ridiculous... but i am getting all nervy about what to take and what not to take...

i should do as dh says and just chill out!

yup... a buggy bag is a bag to pop your buggy into...! i know i know! a bit unecessary!

Have used a buggy bag once on one longhaul trip. So wheeled up to plane, then wanted it for the stopover and again when we arrived at destination. But ... because it was in a bag the ground crew didn't bring it up. So now I just remove anything that may flap around.