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e aircraft in first class and you can sit together b trust me when i say you need the extra room to feed and wiggle around c bypassing the long ticketing check in security lines at airports when you re exhausted and have hungry tired wet infants with you is priceless i mean priceless d you have access to the airline s club lounge also priceless this gives you a comfy place to set your stuff feed and change the babies grab a snack and beverage and usually get additional assistance on a long haul flight this can be the difference between you maintaining sanity and enjoying parts of your trip or having a complete meltdown and suffer from exhaustion e if you re going to buy business class tickets shop around to see who has the best deal and the best ammenities for the airline locations you ll be travelling business class seats are way more competitive than coach and there is a difference in price comfort and conveniences in our case we took an extra leg plane change to fly first class on british air on the long haul portion of our flight from the west coast that s nearly a 10 hour flight to europe we used miles and paid the infant fares however given the convenience we experienced i would have paid out of pocket for business class tickets and it would have been worth every penny had we not had the miles 5 practice buckling and un buckling your seat belt at home while holding your baby this is harder than it sounds some flight attendants will help others will not on domestic flights most airlines require you to hold the infant unbuckled while you are buckled on international airlines it varies ours gave us an extension with a loop to attach to our belt then buckle the infant in there is a strappy harness device for infants that i rather like that is not approved by the faa for use in the u s but is approved elsewhere baby carriers such as the bjorn can be worn on board but the baby cannont be in them for take off or landing 6 on long haul flights call the airline ahead of time and inquire about bassinets or infant cots most have them they attach to a shelf in the bulkhead walls this means you must get a seat in the bulkhead rows the down side is you have no storage under the seat in front of you again plan ahead and see my details below about storage issues 7 double check your connections anything less than an hour is not acceptable when you re traveling with infants and in our case travelling through heathrow presented a challenge to make a 4 hour connection on the way home after missing a flight with a 65 minute connection on the way over 8 take your own car seats and stroller and check them gate check is phenomonon in the u s only you can wheel your stroller and or car seats down to the gate and check them on the jet way and retrieve them there in the u s not so elsewhere put luggage tags on them and pack them accordingly then check them all the way through carry your babies in a bjorn or similar device you can rent car seats with most rental cars but you need to request them ahead of time price varies from 40 75 per day per car seat like i said take your own a note on strollers tandem is best all the way around if you have a twin side by side it will not fit into most hotel elevators in europe or down the sidewalks moving through airports security the jetways etc would be a hassle too even in our case the tandem one did not fit through the door of our hotel room without juggling it in at an angle the doors are just too narrow also buy the travel bag for your stroller and use it practice taking the stroller apart and packing unpacking it in the bag at home a few times first we have the baby jogger city select tandem twin which accomodates our chi cco car seats the stroller comes completely apart and fits nicely in the travel bag that zips and has straps on the way home we were able to fill this bag with additional stuff and still stow the stroller in it 9 most foreign security checkpoints allow you to carry the baby through the scanner in the bjorn it varies in the u s strollers are usually treated as wheelchairs if the they are the huge kind most of us twin parents have breastmilk and formula need to go through the xray in a tub just like your liquids however they don t need to be in a plastic bag the quantity guildelines are a reasonable amount per the tsa in the u s and canada you are not required to taste them in the u k you are they will randomly choose a bottle and ask you or you spouse to taste it 10 altitude changes i suggest having a bottle ready for both take off and landing pacifiers work too but the bottle is better there may be some discomfort with the ascent and descent in our case it was usually descent we fed the babies or sat them up on our lap and tapped their backs to make them burp these methods and or the pacifier seemed to work remember if you are seated in that bulkhead row you need to be wearing something with pockets to put the bottle and a bib in and don t forget the pacifier straps 11 back up plans our twins did remarkable on all of the flights i saw people roll their eyes and groan when they saw us get on board especially in first class however we made naysayers out of all of them our boys slept beautifully and had only an occassional peep the trick is to keep them fed changed and let them sleep that said we did come prepared with a back up plan i won t generally advocate the off label use of meds but because i m married to an expert in the area i felt comfortable bringing along the bena dryl if you choose to use this obviously talk with your pediatrician first and do a test before you travel in our case we tested each boy with a dose a week before our trip to be sure they wouldn t get wired from it a possible but uncommon side effect in the end we didn t need it but it was a nice insurance policy since it only comes in 4 oz sizes you will need to transfer enough doses to a smaller bottle to get it through security in your plastic bag bottom line if your babies have colic difficulty sleeping or are not easily consoled using routine methods seriously reconsider air travel at this point 12 double check that your hotel allows children and what if any the charges are if you want a crib ask about the price and reserve ahead we traveled with our own travel bed and didn t need hotel cribs see my list of must have gear below however one hotel we almost booked did not allow children under 10 this was no where on their website or reservation system and i only found out after i emailed with this specific question 13 rent the largest car you can afford period i have been known to reserve multiple cars at different agencies to be sure we get one that will work remember you don t pay until you pick the car up and there s no charge if you don t however i consistantly have the best luck with a vis and her tz abroad 14 all about breast feeding and pumping in one word hydration i can t stress this enough travel especially air travel stress and climate changes are dehydrating expect your production to drop by as much as 50 and plan accordingly forget about pumping in your coach plane seat you might get lucky and be allowed to tie up a bathroom for a half hour but who will hold the other baby unless you have an on board bassinet i was fortunate enough to be able to pump in our first class seats because they were private and we had bassinets remember you will need a battery pack with batteries that are replaceable not rechargeable pumping proved to be the most difficult part of our trip if you are breast feeding it should be easier but ours were on fortifiers since birth and had not done much breast feeding carry additional power sources for your pump including the car charger which saved us and a quality 3 prong power converter with a power regulator modulator the uneven electrical current blew my pump power plug on the first day in italy and the bottle warmer despite using a converter i was left with batteries and the car charger ultimately my resourceful husband tracked down a 240 9 volt output plug that would fit my pump and plug into the walls in italy but i was seriously pumping in the car and blowing through the batteries for the first 2 days 15 if you are a twin mommy and you carry a regular diaper bag i salute you if you decide to travel with your twins ditch the diaper bag and your purse and use a backpack i found 2 that i liked and i packed them each with a duplicate set of almost everything one for me and one for mr w i could write a whole chapter on packing i had it down to a science before twins and i think we did really well with twins both backpacks are designed as diaper bags one is from dad gear the other is from baby sherpa and holds a laptop next to the changing pad pocket love this swap your handbag for a small keychain type wallet then hook it to the inside of your diaper backpack on one of the clips i guarantee you if you set all of your stuff down somewhere you will not walk off without the diaper backpack but you will leave your purse behind don t bring one 16 travel with a routine get it down before you go verbalize it to each other consistantly ours went like this 1 dress in pocketed loose fitting attire and slip on type shoes 2 be sure both back packs are stocked carry a snack or 2 for yourself and your clipped in wallet and cell phone i use the front pocket or pouch of both backpacks as the parent part this way you will always know where your own stuff is 3 put the bjorn carrier on first this should not have to come off between the car and the airplane 4 put the backpack on next this will need to come on and off through security make your quart bag of liquids easily retrievable be ready to remove the breast milk and laptop still 5 put the baby in the bjorn last 6 pull a single small size wheeled carry on if necessary we did on the way over but checked them on the way back we carried 48 hours worth of everything in the wheeled carry ons and 24 hours worth of everything in each backpack 7 go through your verbal checklist with your spouse every time you change locations seats planes restaurants cars hotels etc our verbal list was passports boys plane tickets cell phones wallets husband s insulin and diaper backpacks luggage count we didn t move until one of us had pointed to or touched the item we called out sound crazy it s not trust me 17 cell phones in our house it used to be that traveling was an adventure and that the comforts of home could be done without for a trip with twins i m not of that opinion anymore mostly from a safety and security standpoint we both have global crack berries that were easy to enable for use abroad including text and emails it was 70 per month pro rated only for the time were gone plus 99 cents per minute to talk 5o cents to send text and 5 cents to receive text and unlimited data internet and email worth every penny budget for this on your trip even if it s only one of your phones if you don t have a global phone your carrier should be able to either swap your sim card before you go or rent you a global phone for your trip take care of this at least 2 weeks before you leave and verify it is working before you go we only needed to make 2 short calls while gone and used the text sparingly but the email and internet access were priceless now for the gear list these are the items we found we must have and travelled with them some sound frivolous all i can say is you be the judge on an international journey at 3 am with twins you can google them on your own a pea pod pop up travel bed by kidco folds to a 9x14 with pouch b sleep sheep c dad gear backpack diaper bag d baby sherpa alpha backpack e samson ite passport zip wallet f infant tylenol and motrin liquid items ask your doctor about doses ahead of time g digital thermometer h badger balm infant safe mosquito repellent stick i orajel teething swabs j extra quart plastic bags k swaddle wraps by summer infant l disposable bibs m soap leaves shout stain remover packets and compact bottle brush n a kitchen towel or 2 o com bi pod bouncer chair we took this apart and it shipped nicely with the stroller in the stroller i thought it was a luxury turned out to be a lifesaver hope this helps and you must all buy my book after it s written posted by k at 3 51 pm 4 comments saturday september 25 2010 crazy that was the word i was missing but alas we have returned from our italian adventure and what an adventure it was i have an incredible amount of advice to give if you find yourself travelling with infants emphasis on the plural so much so that i must start penning a book soon overall things went well and the boys did absolutely amazing i forget after being entrenched in if for so long that twins are still an anomaly in the rest of the world that everything takes twice as long because everyone wants to stop and talk to you and oooh and ahhhh and ask questions navigating airlines and airports can be tricky especially when the airlines make promises they can t keep that will be an entire chapter in the new book and for my next trick we will take the boys on a cruise in december another chapter congrats to sprog who delivered while i was gone and to eb who delivered a few weeks ago while i was mia so happy you will both now experience this wonderment of motherhood posted by k at 9 41 am 3 comments saturday september 11 2010 gutsy or stupid i ll let you know after we get back we are off to italy tomorrow with the now 4 month old noodles in tow packing has been an experience i think i need to write a book i am nervous excited overwhelmed and thrilled all at the same time ciao for now posted by k at 7 52 pm 5 comments thursday july 22 2010 fast forward 10 weeks yes it s true noodles are 10 weeks old now i can hardly believe it myself to say i have been too busy to blog is an understatement and although sleep deprivation has sucked but getting better i will take it and the joy of noodles any day over being pregnant i am overjoyed at having a life again at getting up and down the stairs at visiting parts of the house i hadn t seen in months at driving myself around again in my own car and at marvelling at the wonder of these two little miracles who have entrusted me and mr w with their care the nicu experience nicu nurses are amazing coupled with the post c section drugs overwhelmed me i briefly wondered what i had done and what had my body done to torture these two creatures into an early birth i felt guilty i was admittedly detached the first few days it was clearly the pain killers and other things they loaded me with in the hospital but i am smitten now noodles are 10 pounds and 8 pounds of crazy infatuation baby a spent 19 days in the nicu and baby b spent 15 days their new names at home are peanut and butternut they are happy with sweet dispositions they eat well and sleep well despite mr w s dark mediterranean features they inherited my fair northern european traits they have scarce blonde hair and blue eyes t...