Travel advice on flights with a little one

[Resqc]

Hello,

I have a few long flights ahead of me, I'll be traveling with my wife and six month old. It helps to say it's going to be an arduous journey for a healthy person anyway.

I'm trying to keep my expectations very, very low in the hopes that it will be better than I expect, but I've had chronic back pain for about 15+ years and while it hasn't steamrolled me completely, I'm quite flattened by it. I had two surgeries to fix the pain, but sadly it only made it worse. Most of the pain is in my QL and shoulders/neck area.

I'm responsible when it comes to taking medicines in safe doses (acetaminophen) and doing yoga, stretches and the limited exercises that I can handle. None of these things really help much, but I feel it's better than nothing.

I live in Germany which recently legalized cannabis, so I'll probably take an edible before going through security, but if anyone has any advice about pain/traveling/traveling with little ones,

Thanks and best of luck to you all.

[Haz58]

NoHi Resqc. I have a T9 compression fracture. I did it, I don't know how in October 22 whilst in Tenerife. At home I was given zomorph capsules and Oramorph liquid, both morphine meds. They helped a lot. I'm in menorca at the mo and it's flared up again so have asked a doc here for those to help me get through until I get off the flight on Sunday. Fingers crossed. Re the little one make sure you have a bottle for them to suck on taking off and coming down in the plane.

I saw someone with coloured sticky tape with their baby and the child was very happy sticking it on and pulling it off the arms of the seats. 🤗 Anything to that keeps them occupied. I have a back brace too but my pain is mid back. Take a freezable gel pack too. It helps. Good luck.

[lupus_01]

Book yourself an aisle seat. You can then get up and potter round the plane so your back doesn't seize. Little ones, lots of activities colouring book, games.