Well, we are back home again finally! We have actually been
back in Perth for a week, but have been staying at my parents house as my mum
was kind enough to offer to help me get the kids clocks turned back to Perth
time. Thanks mum!
The journey home took the kids, my mum and I longer than everyone
else as we decided to break up the journey with a couple of stops to give the
kids a break. So we had a 2 hour flight from Kalispell (Montana, USA) to Denver
(Colorado), a couple of hours lay-over, then a 3 hour flight from Denver to Las
Angeles (California), where we stopped for the night. The next day we took a
flight to Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) – this was the long haul flight
of 14 hours. We then had another stop for the night before our 5 hour flight
home to Perth. You know those kids on flights who scream the whole time? All I
can say is thank God my kids aren’t those kids!
I learnt several things travelling with my two children
under two:
1: We would have been better off not using the sky-cot. The
problem with using the sky-cot when you have an older child with you as well as
an infant is that you cannot lift the armrests on the seats behind the
bulk-head. You also are constantly having to go in and out of the overhead
lockers to access your things since you can’t have them at your feet.
2: Travelling with an infant who needs formula for the
flight is a serious pain in the bum compared to breast feeding! Cleaning
bottles is a problem, and you have to have the tin of formula on the plane with
you taking up space. Not only that, but you end up spending more time going
through security at the airport since they have to scan any made up formula or
pre-measured water.
3: Don’t bother with books or activities for the toddler if
you have a tablet with games and movies on it. You just end up hauling around
these things and not using them.
4: Thank God for the tablet with games and movies on it! It
was our life-saver when Jeffrey was over-tired and losing the plot.
Now that we are home I have to do all the unpacking,
laundry, shopping, cooking and getting back to regular life. This is also going
to have to include a trip to the doctor for Matthew to get his next round of
vaccinations poor love.
We had a wonderful time while we were away seeing all of our
family – but it never feels like enough time.
I’m hoping to get settled back in to regular life within the
next week and back to my crafts. I’m super excited to show you what I picked up
while I was away!!! Stay tuned to see!
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