What’s the earliest you would fly with an infant?

[Anonymous]

That’s a lot of radiation exposure for such a tiny body. Especially if it’s a trans continental flight.

[Anonymous]

With Covid, colds and flu, at least a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I attended my grandfather's funeral with my baby of 9 weeks. Easiest trip with a baby ever - he slept the whole time.

This. Unless you have a particularly colicky baby, newborns/young infants are a dream on flights. It is built-in white noise. They are not mobile.

Difficulty of flying with kids is not linear. In my experience it is very very easy with a 0-4 month old, then harder but manageable with a 4-12 month old. 12 months - 18 months = pretty terrible, they want to wiggle and they're still fussy like an infant but they don't get it, and they still require you to do everything for them. Moderately difficult 18 months - 2.5 and then difficulty peaks at 2.5-3 when they are "threenagers" - everyone feels sorry for the mom with an infant, but everyone glares angrily at the mom with a screaming toddler because they think you can control it/it is your fault. 3+ is easy again because screen time, potty trained and less drama.

This

-mom of three and frequent flier

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With Covid, colds and flu, at least a year.

This logic only applies to your first child. If baby has an older sibling, the "call is coming from inside the house" -- they will be exposed to germs no matter what.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With Covid, colds and flu, at least a year.

This logic only applies to your first child. If baby has an older sibling, the "call is coming from inside the house" -- they will be exposed to germs no matter what.

No, and we are still cautious with teens.

[Anonymous]

7:02 AM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With Covid, colds and flu, at least a year.

This logic only applies to your first child. If baby has an older sibling, the "call is coming from inside the house" -- they will be exposed to germs no matter what.

+1

[Anonymous]

Pre Covid, but flew at 10 weeks in winter. Got in a warm weather trip before maternity leave ended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:6 months min. and not flying in winter. Rsv is no joke in infants.

This 100%. Ignore selfish relatives.

+1

We did not do airplane travel for the first year.

[Anonymous]

Are you ok with your infant getting RSV or measles? There are people from other countries unvaccinated and can expose your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With Covid, colds and flu, at least a year.

This logic only applies to your first child. If baby has an older sibling, the "call is coming from inside the house" -- they will be exposed to germs no matter what.

No, your older vaccinated sibling will not expose your infant to certain diseases… but strangers will. This is why docs recommend to wait until they’ve had certain shots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With Covid, colds and flu, at least a year.

This logic only applies to your first child. If baby has an older sibling, the "call is coming from inside the house" -- they will be exposed to germs no matter what.

No, your older vaccinated sibling will not expose your infant to certain diseases… but strangers will. This is why docs recommend to wait until they’ve had certain shots.

I lived in a country with endemic diseases that don't exist here anymore (rubella, TB, etc.) when I had an infant. It's actually pretty easy to shield a newborn from getting sick if there are no siblings in the house. Babywearing is great for it. It's when they turn into booger-eating toddlers that it's hard to shield them. That being said, I did wait until the first set of vaccines at 8ish weeks to fly, but that was largely just an arbitrary milestone that felt safe. I didn't really think someone was going to expose my kid to rotavirus or whatever on a flight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With Covid, colds and flu, at least a year.

This logic only applies to your first child. If baby has an older sibling, the "call is coming from inside the house" -- they will be exposed to germs no matter what.

No, and we are still cautious with teens.

Are they homeschooled and never go anywhere? Because, otherwise… germs.

[Anonymous]

Fever before 2 months generally results in a spinal tap.

Most stressful 3 days of my life spent in the hospital

Wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With Covid, colds and flu, at least a year.

This logic only applies to your first child. If baby has an older sibling, the "call is coming from inside the house" -- they will be exposed to germs no matter what.

No, your older vaccinated sibling will not expose your infant to certain diseases… but strangers will. This is why docs recommend to wait until they’ve had certain shots.

I lived in a country with endemic diseases that don't exist here anymore (rubella, TB, etc.) when I had an infant. It's actually pretty easy to shield a newborn from getting sick if there are no siblings in the house. Babywearing is great for it. It's when they turn into booger-eating toddlers that it's hard to shield them. That being said, I did wait until the first set of vaccines at 8ish weeks to fly, but that was largely just an arbitrary milestone that felt safe. I didn't really think someone was going to expose my kid to rotavirus or whatever on a flight.

Well, I wouldn’t consider that an arbitrary time re vaccines. My infant was exposed to measles and our doctors office (!) because an unvaccinated family came with a child symptomatic of measles. We had to quarantine for 2 1/2 weeks per the health dept.