It was quite a great experience travelling with Nathan on the plane for the very first time. But I must admit I was very very nervous the night before the flight. Kept tossing and turning on my bed thinking of what’s the worst that could happen? What if he doesn’t stop crying throughout the whole journey (it’s no joke, I’ve seen that happening to other parents before) and to be travelling alone without having someone to help me to fold the stroller when we reach the departure gate when I have bags to carry! To make things worse, I usually get very nervous when I have to fly. Any slight turbulence I will turn pale haha. That’s how lousy I am on flights.
But everything turned out great, we checked in the same time with Gabe, he was with me till about 15 mins before boarding time and we met a young family whose daughter was 18 months and they shared their experience with me about flying with a baby. In general they are usually okay unless their ears get affected by the different air pressure when taking off and landing but the trick usually is just to feed them water or let them chew on something and I was SO prepared for that! Clearing immigration was easy, they weren’t so strict on the things you carry such liquid because they know it’s for the baby. Nate slept throughout the flight there and back but just to be on the safe side I fed him milk when the plane took off. So the ride was easy! J We flew AA there and Jetstar back because of the timing and also so that our flights will more or less coincide with Gabes flight schedule. Comparatively, Jetstar is a more baby friendly plane as to AA. We were given a baby seat belt on Jetstar and were given front seat for easy access. Also we were given the priority when boarding. Sad to say AA wasn’t very strict about baby on board whether or not they had a baby seat belt on and we weren’t given the priority to enter first hmph! But both airline flies in and out from T1 at the Changi airport J Im glad we didn’t have to fly into the budget terminal and didn’t have to use the tarmac when boarding and arriving J
Singapore was great. I love Singapore…think we’ve been visiting it yearly. Love how clean, safe and convenient things are there. And not to mention it’s also a very baby friendly country. At every restaurant we went too, they automatically bring us a baby chair and a plastic bowl and spoon the Nathan without us having to request. Very impressive! Also there were baby changing rooms (clean and proper once) at every mall we went too. Didn’t shop much but we were very blessed by our friends and family there. I think I only remember paying for one breakfast meal and they rest were covered by them! And every meal was yummylicious! From western to Chinese to great desserts and drinks by the marina! Talk about overflowing blessing J
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