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[quote=Anonymous]I lived in London when my twins were born. We traveled back and forth a few times over the years.

1) 18 months is a tough age because they are mobile without any common sense. Be prepared to spend many hours walking around in the galley or up and down the aisles.

2) Beg for the bulkhead if you can. But - they won't allow more than one lap child on the middle 4 seats across because of air pressure masks (there are only 5). So you should book a seat on either side of the aisle (and beg them to the bulkhead seats.)

3) Consider- and I know it's horrible - those backpacks with leashes for the airports. My 15 month old was a runner. At one point I was in the toilet (for my needs!)  and she decided to crawl under partition and join the person in the next stall. Got the leash backpacks after that. Oy.

4) You are just going to have to expect some jet lag. The lucky thing is toddlers sleep a lot in general, so I found it less miserable than my own jet lag.

5) I hated overnight flights because no one really got any sleep and then everyone was miserable the next day. But if you do take an overnight flight, some bendryl or even ibuprophen can really help them sleep. I know it's terrible to drug your kids, but it make a huge difference to me. (Test the bendryl first to make sure it doesn't make them hyper.)

6) Beware of the double stroller rules - some airports won't let you gate check your big/heavy stroller anymore. Other airports won't let you collect your gate checked stroller at the arrival gate. This means you will have to carry or cajole your kids -- and ALL your carryon crap -- through the airport. Not sure what the solution is except possibly two very light/cheap umbrella strollers. When mine were 13 months old we ended up with wheel chairs for DH and me. We sat in them and held our kids through heathrow all the way to baggage claim. Embarrassing, but the only way we could seem to manage it.

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