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  • Flying with an infant

    Posted by s_mohler on June 18, 2025 at 6:58 am

    Hi, I was wondering if you guys had any recommendations for flying with an infant? He is 6 months old and they just want to make sure he is comfortable throughout the 5 hour flight. Asking for a friend.

    Thank you for your help!

    s_mohler replied 2 weeks, 1 day ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Bernadette_Abraham

    Administrator
    June 18, 2025 at 12:29 pm

    Hi @s_mohler – I’m assuming you’re asking about tips from a health perspective right?

    The main issue with infants during travel is the air pressure bothering their ears during take-off and landing. To remedy that, I used to breastfeed my baby to help relieve the pressure on take-off and landing. Bottle feeding works too – any sucking motion will help equalize ear pressure and reduce pain. Even if they weren’t actually drinking milk, I would allow them to keep suckling until the pressure in the plane stabilized again.

    Breastfeeding also helps support immunity during travel. We have a helpful guide that includes the medicine cabinet must-haves for newborns & infants. They can consider bringing along some of those remedies to help with immunity or colic & gas if their baby is prone to digestive issues.

    Hope that helps. Let me know if you meant something else.

  • s_mohler

    Member
    June 18, 2025 at 9:51 pm

    Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for!

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