To Grandmother's House We Fly

I have often heard that it is difficult to travel by air with children let alone a newborn, so you can imagine my apprehension of travelling with Jackson at just one month of age. We received lots of 'Oh, is that safe for so young a baby?' or ' His poor little ears will be hurting, make sure he is nursing the whole time.' After lots of 'helpful advice' for fussy babies was shared with us before the big day, we felt prepared for our first place ride. So with travel documents in hand, his birth cert arrived just 3 days before our departure, and the doctor's okay, we were set to visit Grandma & Grandpa P.

At the airport we were greeted by light snow flurries and slight winds. Not a good sign for perfect flying conditions to an already nervous first-time mom for her newborn's first flight. But with just a 20 min delay, we were loading into the plane on our way to completing yet another first in little Jackson's long list of adventures. Scott was yet again more than happy to take advantage of the perks of having a little guy as we were admitted to pre-boarding priviledges, he loves the 'Pregnant Mothers/New Parents' parking at malls. Once settled into our seats, we started to get anxious about Jackson's reactions to our upcoming takeoff and how we would handle his cries and/or fussing. But our little man surprised us both as not a peep came from him as we started off on the journey. First hurdle tackled, now just the descent and adjusting to cabin pressure during the landing. Mommy & Daddy were anticipating some squacks and sqeaks from Jackson, but once again our little traveller slept right through as ears were popping and the plane touched down. We are so proud of our jet setting Jackson. But then again, we is our little warrior and has always been such a good baby with very little fussing, so it shouldn't have been such a big surprise. And as you can tell from the somewhat grainy cell phone pictures, Jackson is still proving to be the best baby ever... as per the most biased opinions of his parents.