As a new mum, nothing terrified me more than travelling alone with V by flight (nope, not even poop explosions!). See, the thing is, if you travel with a baby in a car or auto or train, you have the option to move around or pull down windows, basically you aren’t enclosed in a tiny space with either a baby who cries at the drop of a hat or a toddler who doesn’t stop talking. 

Anyways, when she was around 2 years old and I was the only adult travelling with her, to my parents’, I decided to give my full buckle carrier a miss because I knew she wouldn’t stay put. I chose an early morning flight so that she’d sleep through at least some parts of the journey. But, she wouldn’t sleep, and the questions kept pouring in. Sharing some snippets of our conversations below and leaving you to figure out the learning.… Click to read the rest

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