When you choose to live in another country, you accept that a fair amount of travelling will be necessary around the holidays if you're to remain in with a chance for an inheritance. When you choose to marry a foreigner, have children and live in another country you realise that what was once a fairly simple (if tiring) process has at once become a nightmare of paperwork, planning and anxiety.
I have known that we would be flying back to my home country with the boys for Christmas since May but have managed to avoid all thought of the actual flights until now. With the leaving date now a month away however I have to face the inevitable and start working on the plan which will[hopefully] ensure that some semblance of sanity remains after the fact. So far I have....
* Pack sparingly but plan for every eventuality
* Self medicating is a life saver (for those around me more than for me :-))
I've done my research, this site does an incredibly good job of listing all the practicalities and pitfalls but my problem is I seem to only be able to focus on the solutions which I haven't used because I've read the advice too late! Hell, I keep getting stuck on the fact that we're not only flying to a country which is 12 hours away, we're taking a connecting flight first which means the entire journey takes around 24 hours. What was I thinking and why didn't anybody question my sanity at the time?
All joking aside, I am nervous about taking the boys on their first flight even though both dad and I will be there so we should be able to control them even if they slip into their demon suits (which they thankfully seldom do at the same time).
Baring all this in mind, please let me know if you have any useful tips for flying long distances with 18 month old twins. All advice is welcome, no advice is to good or bad for consideration[1].
Yours in anxious anticipation,
A
[1] seriously, somebody suggested giving the babies something to knock them out but I recon the best option would be for the RO and I to take something to knock us out and leave our fellow passengers to fend for themselves!
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You brave, brave woman. I've travelled a ton with my 2 year old, but refused to take a plane with him from ages 16 months-22 months. He was too out of control at those ages. Do they walk? The last trip I took, I used one of those leash things (it was just me and the toddler) and it helped a ton.
Are you buying seats for them or carrying them? The carrying can get really rough when they want to move about a great deal. Also, I would call the airline and beg and plead to see if you can get the bulkhead (or one of the bulkheads). If they like binkies, I would take some to suck on for the way up and down. I don't know if this helps, but wish you luck.
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