Hi everyone
Need some holiday travel advice please….
Will be taking my baby on her first holiday in a few wks, she will be 3.5 months when we fly, it’s a 4 ish hour flight.
I am building up a list of necessary items to bring (this list is huge!) but my biggest concern is travel equipment. So we’ve purchased a doona especially for this trip and future travelling. I’d hoped this was all I’d need apart from my sling carrier. We don’t really plan on leaving the hotel so this will be used in the airport and for going from the room to pool to restaurant etc and back. The hotel will provide a cot. So a pram and car seat is sorted but I haven’t brought anything for her to lay flat? The doona doesn’t recline and stays in a ‘car seat’ position. So during the day at the pool etc when she sleeps what do you use? I was going to make her a bed up on the lounger in the shade. Will this suffice? And at night when out at the restaurant I can’t use the doona can I?🤦🏻♀️ Unless I’m taking her in and out for rest time etc which if she is asleep won’t be ideal. I’m not sure how it’s different to when she sometimes sleeps in my arms or nurses for over an hour in that reclined position but am I right in thinking I need something for her to lie flat when out the room? I wonder if I should return the doona and get a travel pushchair? If so can anyone recommend one or give me their thoughts on keeping the doona?
Secondly, I am getting mixed feedback online, can the doona come on the plane with me as carry on? Or do I have to give it up at the door to go into the hold? This is a Uk to Cyprus flight with jet2.
Thirdly, I am combi feeding and the breast feeding isn’t going so well. For making bottles up during the day if I need to, I’ve brought the powder pots, and 2 flasks one for hot water for the hot shot and 1 for cold. Is this correct? Or is there an easier way? And will I need a cooler and ice packs to store any unused bottles etc? Sorry if these questions seem stupid.
And for sterilising in the room can I not just boil the kettle and use hot water?
Ans finally, I thought while babies were this small they had to be parent facing, yet all these travel pushchairs that say from birth are world facing? Is that ok??
Any other holiday tips very welcome please.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Sorry for the long post and various questions.