Safety Tips when Traveling with Children

There is a big difference between traveling with anadult and traveling with children. Even if you havetoddlers or an infant with you, it is a specialspecification that adults accompanying their childrenmust observe safety first when traveling. There arenumerous ways to make traveling for you and your childsafer. Here are seven:

1. Maintain seatbelts or restraints at all times. Naughtiness can become one reason for your child toget hurt and cause one to another. Your child can moveall he want as long as his seatbelt or restraint arefirmly attached to their bodies. Furthermore,turbulence can go without warning.

2. Keep your child’s essentials inside your hand carrybag. You can survive every ounce of tantrums when youkeep in your bag a handful of useful merchandise likediapers, food and medicine. If you have an infant, youcan bring in two bottles of milk.

3. Position you child away from the aisle. It would bemore appropriate to sit him in between two adults. Ifyou don’t like being seated along the aisle, for yourchild’s sake, sacrifice. Children love exploring andreaching out things. They can get hurt unknowinglywhen their little arms and hands get bumped by walkingpeople or by the serving cart. You can also sit him atone corner beside the windows.

4. Bring toys. Make sure these are not deadly ones.Toys can serve as perfect modalities to catch yourchild’s attention and refrain him or her from makingunnecessary noises and activities. Never bring toysthat can hurt, easily break or is heavy. Electronicgames can only be used while the plane is cruising.

5. Control your child. It is your responsibility tocontrol your child’s behavior while inside the plane.The flight attendant is never responsible for thesupervision of your child. You don’t pay them tobecome baby sitters. As much as possible, don’t fallasleep during the flight. Children take thisopportunity to wander around the plane and eventuallyget lost. You also have to be careful when walkingaround the plane with your child for he might reachhot cups of coffee or silverware.

6. Upon the deployment of oxygen masks, put yoursfirst. Contrary to what most parents would think, itis much advisable to put an adult’s mask first beforetheir child. Why? for practical reasons. There wouldbe a greater chance of saving both your lives thanjust your child’s. If the adult puts the oxygen maskon their children first, it will take only few secondsfor hypoxia to come over wherein episodes of confusionor passing out will happen. A child, especiallysmaller ones, will be of no help once you pass out.This is one very good reason why you must put on themask first.

7. Always be prepared for the possibility ofemergencies. Be aware of the procedures that can beappropriate for your child. First, ask the flightattendant if they have emergency equipments that aredesigned especially for children. Next, be familiarwith the preflight briefing. Lastly, if your child hasa condition that can be an issue, inform theattendant.

Generally, you have to plan ahead. Ask yourself whatare the things that can help you and your child to besafe through hours of being suspended on air. It isyour sole responsibility to take good care of yourchild by practicing these safety first tips when traveling.