It is all to easy for a holiday with children to feel more like a relocation than an actual rest. Holidays should be, and can be, about having a fun and relaxing time.
A bad flight can leave even the calmest of parents distraught. Apart from wishing that you had never left home, you know that there is a chance that the flight home may be just as bad.
Some families seem to find traveling easier than others. Here are my top tips to becoming one of those chilled, in control parents.
1. Organization Is Key – If you are stressed then you are more likely to get stressed with the kids. Great organization will reduce your stress levels. It is worth investing in a suitable bag. You will need to be able to easily access anything you need whether it is passports, tickets or snacks. A good organizer bag is worth its weight in gold.
2. Food – Only take snacks which you know will be a success. Decide in advance what snack foods you are taking and don’t give them similar foods for a couple of days before, so they are extra special. Be sure to have a good mix of treats, protein and bulk foods. Treats for bribery, protein to stop a hunger meltdowns and something bulking like cracker biscuits which, no matter how much they eat, they can’t make themselves sick!
3. Provide Simple Entertainment – Do not take anything with parts which could get lost. Do not take anything to which they are too attached. A new toy is often a good idea. To make receiving the toy a little more special you can always wrap it up and give it on the plane as a reward for being good in the airport.
If you consider that your holiday starts when you get up on the morning of travel and try to be in the holiday mood you will probably find the day easier. If you see the journey as tedious then the children will also do so and they will not make the same sort of effort to enjoy it.
Finally, keep your expectations realistic. If you get through your air travel with the kids and there has been no shouting, no vomiting and minimal tears then you should consider this a success flight.
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