Food for kids options
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 1
Food for kids options
I have not flown in close to twenty years. Certainly never with children. We will be on a 2 hour flight with Delta in a few months and I am trouble finding out if snack boxes will be available for purchase. It seems like they are only offered on longer flights and snacks may not be offered at all.
#2
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: OH
Programs: AA Lifetime Plat, Marriot Lifetime Gold
Posts: 9,534
Never count on snacks being available. They may be sold but be sold out before they get to your seat, they may not be loaded, etc. Bring snacks for your kids and don't count on the airline.
How old are your kids?
How old are your kids?
#4
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Austin TX
Programs: Mr Swise: AAdvantage LifetimePlt/3MM, HH Dmnd, SPG Plt
Posts: 1,451
I create a zip-lock bag for each of my kids (ages 5 and 7), with other zip-locks in it. Here's an example of what it might have in it:
- 1 zip-lock of Hot Wheels cars (usually about 5. I make note of the #, so that we can make sure we keep track of them, because heaven forbid we lose one) (also, often I get new ones as a special treat for the flight)
- 1 zip-lock of blank paper and a handful of colored pencils, as well as some kind of activity book (I keep count of the pencils, too, for easier re-packing)
- 1 Zip-lock of cheap, plastic toys that were favors from birthday parties or leftover from Valentine's Day or Halloween, or Drive-thru kids' meal toys that they haven't opened yet.
- 1 Zip-lock of food:
--- Granola Bars
--- A few pieces of candy or gummy snacks (we don't usually do sweets, so this is a huge treat)
--- Cheese sticks
--- Apple Slices (spritzed with lemon to help keep fresh)
--- Packages of goldfish (or equivalent), Pretzels, Veggie straws, etc
--- Possibly a full or half PB&J sandwich, depending on what time the flight is and its duration
--- Paper towels
All of the above is TSA-compatible. I avoid things like apple sauce or yogurt. TSA'll let very young kids have it generally. But it simplifies things to not deal with it. It all goes in their backpacks, along with Kindle Fires, Headphones, Charging cables, a fleece and the little one's "nightnight" lovey.
Be careful filling up water bottles/sippy cups that have straws at ground altitude and then opening them on the flight. Take the lid off first to equalize the pressure before releasing the straw. You'd think I'd know this by now, but we still have a geyser most flights!
I keep meds with us in transit, just in case, in another zip-lock, and this goes in my backpack:
- Ibuprofen melts/chewables
- Benadryl melts/chewables
- Asthma inhalers
- Oximeter (for our asthmatic, if he's at all sniffly... otherwise it gets packed)
- Thermometer
- Bandaids
I also keep in my backpack:
- Baby wipes
- Hand Sanitizer
- 1 zip-lock of Hot Wheels cars (usually about 5. I make note of the #, so that we can make sure we keep track of them, because heaven forbid we lose one) (also, often I get new ones as a special treat for the flight)
- 1 zip-lock of blank paper and a handful of colored pencils, as well as some kind of activity book (I keep count of the pencils, too, for easier re-packing)
- 1 Zip-lock of cheap, plastic toys that were favors from birthday parties or leftover from Valentine's Day or Halloween, or Drive-thru kids' meal toys that they haven't opened yet.
- 1 Zip-lock of food:
--- Granola Bars
--- A few pieces of candy or gummy snacks (we don't usually do sweets, so this is a huge treat)
--- Cheese sticks
--- Apple Slices (spritzed with lemon to help keep fresh)
--- Packages of goldfish (or equivalent), Pretzels, Veggie straws, etc
--- Possibly a full or half PB&J sandwich, depending on what time the flight is and its duration
--- Paper towels
All of the above is TSA-compatible. I avoid things like apple sauce or yogurt. TSA'll let very young kids have it generally. But it simplifies things to not deal with it. It all goes in their backpacks, along with Kindle Fires, Headphones, Charging cables, a fleece and the little one's "nightnight" lovey.
Be careful filling up water bottles/sippy cups that have straws at ground altitude and then opening them on the flight. Take the lid off first to equalize the pressure before releasing the straw. You'd think I'd know this by now, but we still have a geyser most flights!
I keep meds with us in transit, just in case, in another zip-lock, and this goes in my backpack:
- Ibuprofen melts/chewables
- Benadryl melts/chewables
- Asthma inhalers
- Oximeter (for our asthmatic, if he's at all sniffly... otherwise it gets packed)
- Thermometer
- Bandaids
I also keep in my backpack:
- Baby wipes
- Hand Sanitizer