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Monday, November 20, 2006

Traveling with Formula

With the holidays just around the corner, I thought now would be a good time to post about how to travel with formula. When my older son (OS) was close to a year, I found out about formula dispensers. Since he was almost done with formula, I never bothered to get one. Instead, during the year he was on formula, I carried around the powder in one of the free sample canisters that I received. I would refill it a number of times, and then at some point I would receive another sample and I would recycle the former one. The exception to this was when OS was under 8 months and we would fly. Then I would use the Similac Ready to Feed bottles because that way I didn't have to bother with water. After that, he would just use a sippy cup of water or juice on the plane.

When I gave birth to my younger son (YS), I finally purchased this formula dispenser. I had really great hopes for it. Unfortunately, it did not work out as well as I had hoped. While less messy than traveling with a free sample canister, it is hard to get the formula out of the compartment. What I have found that works well are the single serving packets. Both Similac and Enfamil make them. Basically, each packet contains two scoops of powdered formula (or enough for 4 ounces). While they are on the pricey side, I have found for traveling that it's worth it. It's also great for babysitters because the instructions are written right on each packet so that there's no confusion. Even when I would leave out written instructions with the formula dispenser, there was often some confusion about exactly how many compartments to use, what constituted a compartment etc. With the free sample can, babysitters used to sometimes worry about how level did the scoop had to be.

I have yet to fly with YS under the new FAA regulations. I'll be really honest: I've heard from a friend that she was on a flight where the airline ran out of bottled water. It seems like the new regulations are confusing for everyone. I won't even get into the outrageous Delta "incident". When I do fly with YS, I think I will just go with the Nursettes, which are small containers of pre-made formula. Enfamil's are a pain because they're glass and not plastic, which means that they weigh more and are also more likely to break, but I still think they are more convenient than the alternative. According to the above link, it doesn't look like current FAA regulations set a limit on the amount of formula or expressed breastmilk that you bring on a flight. They ask that you just bring enough for the trip. I would love to hear from you if you've flown with your formula fed baby under these new regulations.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Sometimes it's worth paying the extra money for convenience

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