Trust me, you want to have these things handy!
Printable Version: Have Baby Will Travel Carry-On Packing List
To many, this carry-on packing list may seem excessive. But if you’re flying with a baby or toddler, you know that needing something and not having access to it would be outrageously frustrating! If you split the contents between the usually allotted 3 bags of carry-on luggage by most airlines for 2 adults and a lap baby, you should be able to avoid bringing along a mule to carry everything!
- Plane Tickets
- Passports & Other ID
- Consent Form if both parents are not traveling
- Hotel Vouchers/Reservation Correspondence
- Credit Cards/Money
- Travel Insurance Information
- Smartphone & Charger
- Tablet or Laptop & Charger and/or DVD Player (if baby is old enough) & DVDs, headphones
- Camera & Charger
- Prescription Medications
- Pen
- Toys
- Books
- Baby’s ‘Woobie’ or special blanket or toy (guard this with your life!)
- 1 Diaper per every hour of your journey
- Wipes, wipes & more wipes
- 2 changes of clothes for baby
- At least 1 change of clothes for you
- Plastic bags to hold aforementioned possible laundry
- Snacks
- Food for baby – at least two more meals than you think you’ll need
- Formula or milk for baby – at least 2 more feeds than you think you’ll need
- Clean Bottles or Sippy Cups
- Breast Pump & Accessories (if you’re pumping)
- Extra Pacifiers (if baby takes them)
- 2 One-litre zippered plastic bags for you and adult travel partner containing:
- travel-sized toothpaste
- travel-sized mouthwash
- travel-sized hand sanitizer
- travel-sized moisturizer
- travel-sized liquid soap or small bar of soap
- travel-sized deodorant
- travel-sized shampoo
- travel-sized conditioner
- travel-sized disinfecting liquid (like alcohol or peroxide)
- small tube antibiotic ointment
- toothbrushes
- a few cotton swabs
- 1 One-litre zippered plastic bag for baby containing:
- liquid baby antihistamine
- liquid baby acetaminophen
- travel-sized baby wash
- travel-sized baby shampoo
- travel-sized baby moisturizer
- travel-sized diaper cream
- a few oral re-hydration unfrozen freeze pops
I know, I know, this list seems like a lot. But split amongst 2 ½ of you in easy-to-carry (or pull) carry-on baggage, it’s totally doable. We’ve taken over 25 trips with our kids and never once have I had to regret not bringing something when we were mid-flight or waiting during a delay (one was 4hrs, and I know that’s lucky).
Travel regulations limit the amount of liquid you can bring through security, but we’ve had no trouble with our kids’ milk, formula and food. It was in the original packaging and separate from the rest of our things. All the travel-sized toiletries and baby’s mini-pharmacy should fit in your one-litre zippered plastic bags – ours did.
Happy Travels!
