Recently, my wife has traveled to Hyderabad from San Francisco with my 1 year old. It was really scary for me as she has to travel all the way with small child without additional help. I got concerned with so many things-
- My car can't hold 2 big trollies along with stroller. So, how to travel to SFO airport?
- How to get a cab with car seat?
- Will they allow stroller in flight?
- How to carry baby food, milk and toys into plane?
- How can my wife hold my son through out the flight?
- How can my wife manage carry on bags and my son during transition in Delhi?
I am super worried about each of these questions. But, one confidence I had is. We are not the first people to travel in an international flight with a baby. So, all these might be trivial. Luckily all these are really trivial.
- I did book an SUV through Uber to SFO airport. As they don't have a car seat, I took my own car seat and installed it in the cab.
- Air India allowed to check in stroller along with other check in bags. They even offered to check in car seat.
- Security didn't object to carry frozen milk to the flight. My wife got to carry two carry on bags. So, we are able to take some toys and many varieties of baby food to the flight.
- Front seats on the flight have bassinet provision, I choose that seat deliberately. Flight attendants provided bassinet once flight took off. So, my wife is able to place him in that bassinet when he is sleep.
- I did choose wheelchair assistance for my wife when booking the ticket, this helped greatly when she landed in Delhi airport. That person helped my wife in transferring the luggage from international terminal to domestic terminal and took my wife and kid to the Gate where Hyderabad flight will arrive.
Once she reached Hyderabad, my parents and in laws met her and I am relieved here in a different time zone.
I want to convey to anyone who is going through the same process that, no need to worry much. It will be smooth.
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