Travelling long haul with a three month old

[blueberrypudding]

I've got a 15 hour flight coming up in a month with my three month old (currently two months) - absolutely dreading it!

It starts in the morning so I'm pretty sure she won't be ready to sleep for most of the flight as I would have hoped. As yet she's still not that interested in toys - not sure if she would be by then. Any tips from seasoned mums as to how to make the journey easier?

We did it with four month old twins. Basically babywearing saved our lives. Babies slept much of it, and if we needed to stand to rock to babies or pace up and down, it was so much easier using songs. Also meant we could go for a wee!

Flight attendants were also very accommodating - make the most of tha because as babies turn into young children, helpfulness wanes! See if you can get a bulkhead seat. We used the cot to hold baby supplies - a few small toys, wipes, juice for us, etc. meant we could reach everything without having to bend down and crush babies!

Using slings, not songs! Though we did use singing as well....but very, very quietly. Ha.

TV is a perfectly acceptable way to entertain a baby for 20 minutes now and again on a long haul flight!

Chatting, singing, a walk up the aisle, one of those black&white/high contrast books, a couple of little toys (rattle, soft toy etc) to look at.

I found that the noise of the engine seemed to send mine to sleep.

We took our dd to nz when she was 11 weeks old. It was actually fine.
I was bf which was convenient but slightly awkward in the narrow seats. If you're bottle feeding try buying milk once you've got past security as it saves having to open it and taste it. I fed the baby at every take off and landing which helped her ears not to go funny.
Also pack loads of clothes! For you and baby! We found that the change in pressure seemed to have exciting effects on dd's bowels and she did truly explosive poos at every take off and landing and once vomited all over dh. He hadn't brought spare trousers. I think we bought some in duty free.
We found time actually passed quicker with a baby as there was always something to do! Everyone was very helpful and we got to go to the front of all queues.
YY to the sling. Saves faffing about folding up a buggy every time you go through security and you also don't have to wait for it at the end of each flight. They can take ages to be returned to you.
Our dd flew on 16 planes by the time she was 13 months and I would say she was happy on all of them and slept well too. The white noise helps a lot!
All the best!