Our first weekend get-away on a flight with baby MJ!!

And everything went better than I could have planned. We decided at the last minute that we would take a trip to Miami, Florida and instead of asking my mom to care for our baby we made it a family trip.  Literally my husband called me with the idea, looked up flights and hotels, we flipped a coin. Head or tails? Heads we are going, tails we are staying.

Heads it is!

As a mom I immediately went into thinking about everything I needed to pack  and wanting to have a fun trip but most of all I didn’t want my baby to have a bad flying experience and not having control over that gave me a little anxiety. We had an amazing time and it was the perfect weekend to visit Miami during their Art Deco Festival on Ocean. Talk about food, entertainment, and just good times with the family.

 

After boarding the flight with car seat and stroller in tow our 9 month old was full of smiles. We elected to fly her free so she was a lap passenger and we didn’t purchase a ticket for her.

We made it in one piece and we made it back better than we left.

Most of the must have food was near or on 8th and Ocean. Think Rodeo Houston cook out food. Okay not quite but seriously the grilled food was bomb!

 

The weather was beautiful and warm so we totally went to the beach with the little one.

 

Enjoying the food is an under-statement. We had gelato twice. How can you resist? MJ loved the frozen ice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We watched the sunset on the beach on Sunday and back on our flight Monday. It was truly a relaxed long weekend. What better way to spend the weekend than with your family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tips For Traveling With an Infant

1. Plan to pack the stroller and car seat. Even if you will be baby-wearing, mostly walking to your destination the baby will need to be in a car seat during the taxi drives. Most airlines gate check this for free. Also the stroller is a luxury for you and the baby because you will not want to carry the baby all the time. You can decide if an umbrella stroller (small stroller) is best for you. I didn’t want to  carry a diaper bag/back pack so I placed it under our travel system stroller.
2. During take off and landing  feed your baby. This can be nursing, bottle feeding, or eating some snacks but just like our ears pop so does the baby ears. Eating or sucking will help with that. MJ was not concerned and actually slept when we landed in Miami and up talking when we returned in Houston.
3.  Pack your babies favorite toy, book, or teether to keep him/her occupied and not restless. A two hour flight goes so quickly that we didn’t have to worry about her getting restless.
4. Pack ziplock bags to keep your luggage organized. Small socks can disappear quickly, zip-lock worn clothes, hair bows, just about anything.
5. And lastly don’t be concerned if he/she cries or whines that you are distracting the passengers. Babies will cry at times so don’t stress. We had people snoring on the flight, talking loud, or coughing. I was the least bit concerned if she cried but she didn’t.

Oh yeah and have patience with TSA. They have a job to do and if you are polite then they reciprocate. They will “test” the milk to try to detect drugs I guess. I am assuming some people have smuggled illegal things into the country through a child’s diaper or milk bag…smh. now we all have to be looked at.

Have you traveled with a child? How was your experience?

XOXO-Risa