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[endofthewor1d]

my wife is due in march, and we're thinking about when would be the best time to take our new baby to the states. the last time we were there was last christmas. i'd like to take my wife to see new orleans in the summer, as she's already seen it once in the winter (yeah, i know it's suffocatingly hot and humid, but we can eat crawfish, and that makes up for it).
but this coming summer, the baby will only be a few months old (four or five months), and we'd really prefer not to put it off for another year after that. is four or five months too young to travel? what are the dangers of traveling so young?
thanks.

[Big_Bird]

[periwinkle]

[Corporal]

You'll be fine. Is your wife going to breastfeed? The antibodies in the milk and yadda yadda yadda will help protect the baby against weird viruses. And even if she isn't, well, you'll still be fine. People do it all the time.

Plus, whoever said it's easier when they aren't trying to crawl around is right.

[Big_Bird]

[endofthewor1d]

thanks a bunch. i was worried that changes in altitude might have adverse effects on such a young baby. being new to all of this, i'm pulling a lot of random worries out of my ass.

[Newbie]

Thanks from me too... looking to do the same thing when Junior is 4-5 months

[Jasobang]

I travelled Aircanada and we used our stroller right up to boarding the plane. They stored it and had it ready as came off, even for layovers or transfering. Waiting for luggage can tough, without a stroller, nearly impossible.

[periwinkle]

[Big_Bird]

[Hanson]

Just a note on traveling with babies. Make doubly sure the airline you are flying with does provide baby meals and a proper basinette.

This past summer, we went to Canada on American Air(crap)lines, and we assumed baby meals would be provided - wrong! Even though we're talking about a 12-hour flight, no baby meal was provided. We were informed by the "kind" check-in attendant that they had discontinued baby meals last year. Also, on that same flight, although we specifically booked a basinette seat, we were informed that they didn't have enough basinettes on the flight to provide to all the passengers with babies (they actually only provided one couple with a basinette, although there were 4 couples with infants in our seating area). Instead, they gave us, ...wait for it..., a cardboard box (looked a lot like a throw-away kitty litter) for us to put our child in at our feet. We sat in the designated basinette seats with our child in a fecking cardboard box at our feet. I was quite upset, but managed to inform them of my extreme displeasure without raising my voice - quite an accomplishment for men when it comes to my daughter.

We did, thank goodness, have some Gerber's, which is great for traveling, and we were given some cheerios by another traveller (bless her soul).

Interestingly enough, we traveled to Japan on JAP for the first leg of that trip, and we were given extra baby food as we disembarked, 2 extra diapers, and a small toy (rattle), all of which we didn't ask for.

I wouldn't worry about traveling with a young baby, but I would worry about getting service on North American carriers. It's simply amazing the difference in service.

Hope this helps.

[Homer]

We traveled to Canada with our son when he was 6 months old.

Our friends visited us here this year with their 7 week old baby.

[Juregen]

I toured all over europe with a 4 month old baby, and one month later we flew to Korea.

at that age, all they need is warmth, food and sleep.

[periwinkle]