DT's First Class Advice For Flying

So Saturday we flew out from Washington, DC to Utah for a couple of weeks to see various grandparents--and the Spiral Jetty, of course, but that won't be until next week. No matter how many times we do it, flying with kids and without major embarrassment always feels like a major accomplishment. Some takeaways from yesterday's trip: Waking the kids up to go to the airport = we left too early. We've done it before, with the kid wearing her pajamas to the airport, but this time, we woke both the kid and K2 up at 6AM, 1.5-2 hours early for them, and they never seemed to recover. Between the travel, the time change, and the over-excitement on arrival, they were both exhausted, over-stimulated wrecks. If a kid has a sleep schedule, you tamper with it at your own peril. The Bugaboo with car seat is still a winner. It's been four... [read full story]