I've found a great kids travel site called:
http://www.babylovestotravel.com/
It's written by an Australian lady with 2 kids living in the UAE with her Canadian husband. She has loads of great articles and Travel Questions. Here's an interesting one on coping with jetlag:
http://www.babylovestotravel.com/airtravel/little-observations-on-jet-lag-and-toddlers/
Showing posts with label jetlag. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jetlag. Show all posts
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Monday, 2 January 2012
Coping with jetlag
Jetlag is no fun for anyone. I've actually found that my toddler seems to be much better at handling it than I am! On our last few visits back and forth to the US and UK she's adapted within the first few days. My tips on this are:
- Let them do whatever they want to do on the flight, there's no point trying to force sleep on a toddler. After a few hours of tv and plane food she's normally well on her way to sleep in a darkened cabin
- As soon as you get to your destination, immediately stick them on local time.
- If I arrive early in the morning, I would still let my toddler have a lunchtime nap but wake her after 2 hours and put her to bed closer to 8-9pm
- My dad swears by sunlight to help reset your body clock so get outside and have a walk in the fresh air
- Just before bed try some calpol/antihistamine/any drug that may send them off to sleep easier...
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