how to pack home made food for air travel?

you can pack all you want but in reality LO will not eat anything. The long flight is very dehydrating, she will prefer formula or juice. if you want pack some dry snack type items like cheerios for her to play with.

 

Does she eat wheat cereal or rice cereal.that is the easiest to pack. You can get hot water or milk in the flight , mix it when needed and make her eat. Make sure you ask for hot water or milk just before you disembark at the stopover. This will be good time to make her eat.

Packed stuff will be cold and if you put in hot pack , food may get spoilt after few hours.

So take fresh fruits and cereal ,formula, dry finger foods which she likes.

if you want to take only cooked food. Keep it with ice packs , take hot water in plane , mix it so it becomes warm and feed.

 

@1sandhya has said it all. There is absolutely no need to cook and pack for flight trip. My son did not eat that much during his flight and survived on formula alone. I did give him mashed gerber banana that was available in the flight. That was the first time and of course the last time he had gerber pureed food out of bottle. If you want solids just take some cereals ( oat/ rice) but again don't panic if she doesn't eat. That's normal. They swing back once you reach your destination.

 

I would not risk taking home made food as you would not have any fridge and homemade purees etc have to be stored cold (and then heated). Fruits and dry stuff (like bisquits) can be taken but then there is the hassle in the security.

 

Before you go, see if you can make the cereals you mentioned without boiling on a stove. See if it cooks with just boiling water. You do not want to get stuck on a plane with raw food. If it does not work, just for the sake of the flight, buy some gerber rice or oats cereal. To this you can add powdered formula (and yes, you can carry it in your own container... or alternatively, you can buy the travel packs) and hot water. Carry an empty flask with you and when you board and the seat belt sign is off, ask the crew to fill the flask for you. This will be handy as you will not need to get up and hope to get hot water every time you need it.

 

hi, i travel to india when my son was one yr old... that time i got his two bottles with formula the whole bottle in one of the carry one and in little container i just put enough for 2,3 servings.. and i ask the attendents to get it warm for me.. they didnt gave us baby jar food but its not like what kids usually eat.. so i took with me some of the baby food jar which he likes to eat.but on the whole i was giving him milk.

they also did gave us the smoothies in the pounch but its not the kind all kids eat.but what all he ate in 1st yr is all milk... and make sure do take some snacks...... banana, yes i did take them..just make sure you pack your food in ziplocks so its safe and easy to take it out... but as far i remember when travelling with baby they did check much as they know we all will be carrying baby food..

when we went to india when he is 2 yr old i took some lemon rice as he eats that and some boiled eggs... rice yes we can feed them in the first flight.. but eggs they are spoiled... if you taking something from home make sure you just take enough for 2,3 times not a lot as its hard to carry on.