Reader Tip: Create an Airplane Tent

E flying to Paris at 6 months old

Here is a great reader tip from Regan that I wanted to share!

Wanted to share what worked so well for me on a recent trip that I took with my 13 month old daughter from Hawaii direct to Atlanta, GA. I was extremely nervous because I was traveling with my daughter alone. Fortunately, I was seated in an empty row (two seats on the side, putting my daughter in her car seat in the window seat.) I always keep diaper pins in my bag, for mishaps (like fixing a nursing bra or my daughters ripped pants), so I waited until my daughter fell asleep and I pinned one end of the airplane blanket to the top of her car seat and then the other end to the back of the seat in front of her. LIFESAVER!! Once the cabin got dark (red-eye flight), all the babies fell asleep. As soon as the adults started getting bored, reading lights were being turned on and off all over the place, waking up all the kids and filling the plane with tired cries. My daughter was the only one to sleep through the entire flight in her little tent. She woke up 20 minutes before we landed, just as the attendants were handing out yogurt. By the time I fed her the yogurt, we landed! I have shared the airplane tent idea with all the moms I know. Hope it helps you guys!

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