Have you ever tried breastfeeding on a plane? Let me tell you that honestly...it kind of sucks. I love breastfeeding baby W don't get me wrong! My husbands family lives in Georgia [we are in Florida] and we decided to fly instead of the 10 hour drive. We spoke to baby W's Doctor and asked what we needed to do for baby W on the plane. Her response was feed him when you're going up and feed him when you're going down. For her...no problem. For us- uhhhh you want me to feed him both times? Well we brought milk on the plane but I decided I was going to breast feed him because I was either going to sit in the bathroom on the plane for 30 minutes pumping or I was going to bring my cover and just feed him. Reality set in and I decided to feed him instead. On the way up (into the air) I was able to feed him because we timed it perfectly for when he eats and when he would need to be fed. For example, our flight was at 6:30 and I knew that I was feeding him every 3 hours. So I got home and fed him around 3:30. 3 hours later we are getting ready to fly in the air and I was able to feed him! Yippee!!! It was great timing and couldn't have been better. The way down? That was a different story. Baby W had just finished eating like an hour before so he really didn't want to eat again. (The flight was 1.50 hours) so unfortunately he was a little bit of a booger because mommy was trying to make him eat and frankly he didn't want to. I learned early on though that if you blow in a babies face they [usually] swallow. That allows them to pop their ears! I know - great idea!!! I ended up playing games with him and distracted him long enough before I even cried. He was so good that the ladies behind us said they didn't even know there was a baby in front of them. (Proud mommy moment much?)
Coming back? A little crazier. Baby W pooped himself right before security. Seriously. And he was tired. So we had to get through security AND the train before we could change is diaper. It honestly was a total of 8 minutes but it felt like an hour because of his screaming. Once I changed him and held him he fell right back to sleep. The plane ride home was just like the way up. I fed him at 10 and we took off at one. The 3 hour feeding window worked out great. He fell asleep as soon as he was done nursing.
He slept like this until we almost landed. I didn't end up waking him during the descent because it would just make him way more angry. What did you do to make your plane experience easier for your infant?
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