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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been having bad luck with flights with 24 hour delays. How would you cope if this happens?

At the moment your flight day will be travel to the airport (one hour?), maybe get to the airport two hours early, fly 3.5 hours, wait another hour to deplane and collect bags and then drive to destination. That's about the same time as one day of driving.

In addition you may face the stress of your kid screaming on the plane and being exposed to every virus going around. The baby won't have received some important vaccinations at that age. The baby will scream when their ears hurt from the air pressure.

I'd be tempted to go with your husband's idea. You can stop whenever the baby is fussy which you can't do on the plane.[/quote]

Yes good point!

We live about 15-20 min from the airport. And DH would leave the day after we left or once we are in the air at least. So he could come back and grab us if delayed. [b]Once we get to FL my sister in law would pick us up. [/b]We just have to make it 2 days on whatever I pack/pick up there.

She will have had her 6 month vaccines by the time we fly. Trying to figure out if we can do them a full two weeks before the flight but she will have her 6 mths well visit beforehand. She will tech be almost 7 mths when we fly.

I worry about her being in the car seat for so long on the drive. Essentially stopping for gas and a few minutes of stretching and then stopping just to get a few hours of sleep. If DH could drive through the night like in our 20s I think it would be better. Also I can't drive (lived in the city my whole life) so he can't switch out with someone.

DD screaming on the whole flight is stressful inducing right now. I'm thinking I could bring extra food even a 1oz snack calms her if shes going bananas. And she usually loves the carrier and falls asleep quickly.[/quote]

So you are visiting family?   How long will you be there?
Honestly, you should just board or get a pet sitter for the dogs, and all three of you (you, your dh, your baby) should fly down.   Driving down with dogs sounds so difficult.   Does your SIL even want the dogs coming to her house?[/quote]

Yes multiple stops when we get to FL to see DH's family. They do want the dogs coming. Otherwise we would board. Nephew is obsessed. We have flexibility 2-4 weeks depending on DH work travel and how well the trip is going. The dogs are older and just sleep. It's more the space they will take up that is the issue. But on previous trips they stop when we stop for gas. Obviously baby will need to stop earlier. But I just get so worked up when she cries for local trips in the car. I am imagining that and juggling pumping and storing  milk I'm a cooler on the road trip. That's is what is freaking me out.[/quote]

Maybe I'm dim, but why do you need to pump when the baby is with you?[/quote]

She doesn't transfer well at all. She can't take a full feed or really half a feed from the breast. It's mostly for comfort and we are still working though oral dysfunction [/quote]

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