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Air Travel With Baby Coming Up...Advice Needed?

In July my son will be 9 monthes old and for my mom's birthday we're flying to Pennsylvania to tour Philly for a few days....I myself have ever flown on a plane before but I'm more concerned about traveling with Max.Is there any advice you can give about air travel with an infant?I hear nothing but that it's a pain in the butt.
A few things I'm concerned about are:
Is a diaper bag considered carry on?I don't use a purse,everything's in the handy dandy diaper bag we need.
It will be a few hour flight-we're flying from Portland,OR to Philadelphia,PA,what should I bring for him to keep him busy?
What do I do about his ears popping?
Does an infant require his own ticket to board?Sounds silly and it's not an issue of money I'm just wondering.
Anything else that may be helpful?I'm amking a little booklet of tips and and such helpful things,for when the time comes.
Thanks.:)

Hello. Here are a few thoughts re your concerns:
It doesn't have to be a pain in the butt. It largely depends on how you can flex his feed/sleep timings around the flight. I used to try and keep my little one awake until the flight, then she'd take a bottle of milk, fall asleep, then wake for lunch which all in all takes up a fair bit of time already.
- Bags. A change bag is fine to take on, within the normal limits of the airlines policy. Some will allow extra baggage for an infant (under 2) but many expect you to have one bag between you.
- Keeping him busy - take a few toys that you know he enjoys playing with - ones that don't make noise! Of course things that pack easily.
- You can get your baby to take a milk bottle during landing and take off (or a pacifier), but with luck he may even sleep through take off.
- He will need to a ticket - but under 2s can travel on your lap - so you'll need to pay an infant fee but not pay for an extra seat. Some people prefer to take pay for an extra seat and take a car seat on board, but you would still need to have him on your lap for take off and landing.
Take as much milk and babyfood as you need for the flight plus a little extra in case of delays. Take snacks that he'll enjoy. Take enough nappies, etc. Wipes are a must, and an extra change of clothes for him and if you have room a spare top for you - just in case!

Happy flying.

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But right now Sorenstam is loving leaving that world behind.

"The best thing is to not live out of a suitcase," she told The Associated Press on Monday. "I never used to unpack because I was going two days later. Now things are actually hanging in the closet. Things are in the drawers. It's kind of nice."

The 39-year-old Swedish great left the tour at the end of last year, then married Mike McGee in January. Their daughter was born Sept. 1.

Ava took her first plane ride Monday. Sorenstam wasn't going to miss the Women's Sports Foundation's annual banquet in New York, where she will be honored Tuesday. Sorenstam's foundation is also partnering with the organization to create an award that will recognize a young female athlete who inspires others.

The trip went smoothly, but Sorenstam isn't planning to do much traveling with her newly expanded family. She relishes getting to know her neighbors at her home in Orlando, Fla. - and it's not as though she's not busy. She's involved in several business ventures.

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"I thought leaving the tour would be hard," Sorenstam said, ”but I realized there are other things than golf."

She practiced Sunday for the first time since her daughter was born because she'll be playing with some of her foundation's sponsors while she's in New York this week. Sorenstam just did some chipping and putting; afterward, her hands and body were sore.

"It's just very, very strange,'' she said. "I took the clubs out of the garage and hadn't really looked in the bag for months. Just making sure everything was there where it should be. Gripping the club, getting a new glove out. It's just a feeling of holding a club that's different.''

Sorenstam didn't want to use the word retirement when she left the tour. She still doesn't, but she also doesn't sound like an athlete pining to return to competition soon.

"I didn't want to close the doors,'' she said. "You never know what can happen. I'm still young in the sense I can return to competition if I wanted to.''

And she's never far from the game of golf. Sorenstam was involved in the sport's successful bid to be added to the 2016 Olympics. (Debut In Olympics Ignites Annika Sorenstam)

"I think it's wonderful for the game of golf, maybe not in the countries where I played, in the U.S. and Sweden and the European countries,'' she said. ``But if you look globally it's huge, to give other girls and boys the opportunity to play the game.''

She also serves as an adviser to the board of directors of the LPGA Tour. The tour is seeking a new commissioner after Carolyn Bivens resigned in July, bowing to pressure from players who were upset about the organization's economic woes and her leadership.

"We're looking for a new leader, maybe for a little bit new direction, a little bit more focus and a vision - we haven't had that in a while,'' Sorenstam said. "It's always tough when you change, especially when the environment is like this."

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She looks at Ava and marvels, "Wow, this is ours.''

"Then you start thinking about (teaching) morals and values,'' she said. "It's not easy. There's a lot of things to balance and juggle. You just get a smile once in a while that makes it all worth it.''

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