First time Flying with Twins

After all the dread of babies screaming for hours, drinks being thrown at us,and flights being diverted,  we boarded our first flight with the boys.  The flight from SFO to FRA clocked in at about 10.5hrs of flight time, and it couldn't have possibly been a smoother time in the air.  For all of our worry and preparation we were rewarded with essentially no screaming, barely any crying, no blowouts, no projectile vomiting.  It really couldn't have gone better, which also scared us, we figured our good fortune would have to catch up with us at some point.

If you've found this post ,you're probably like us, looking forward to going somewhere with your babies, but scared shitless about the journey to come.  There is a wealth of info from parents regarding flying with babies  and toddlers of all ages.  For all the worry that leads up to the event the journey will probably be pretty anticlimactic...as long as you're prepared for most of what could happen.  We had bottles and boobs for takeoff and landing, front-packs for the restless minutes before naptime, extra clothes and plastic bags for blowouts.  For us the key was to be prepared for what could happen and just run with it, not much else you can do at 35,000 feet once you are there.  You may read about people scheduling their flights for naptimes, and bending over backwards to try to force your little ones into the same routines, but for us that seems pointless, after all, this is about BREAKING your routine.  Once you've left for the airport, you're at the mercy of the travel gods, an unexpected delay, a long line at security, a wait on the tarmac, whatever, and your plan to keep your routine will crumble in no time, so why force it?  

The flight home from Munich proved to be nearly as uneventful as the flight there.  But we were dealt a small dose of reality when "Baby A" decided to provided us with the biggest, messiest, smelliest deuce he's ever taken, one that had been brewing inside him for 10 days!  In the end it was a blip on an otherwise normal flight, poopy clothes thrown into a plastic bag, 30 wipes into the trash, tons of screaming and  5 minutes later we were good to go.  If the worst that happens is screaming and pooping, that's pretty much the same as any other day, why let that hold you back!  You may even get rewarded with a compliment from a nearby passenger about how good your little guys were. :)

For our flights we booked one seat to be able to put a car seat on the plane.  It was nice at times, and definitely made the flight easier, but I think we would have gotten by just fine without, especial on the flight over which was only 2/3rds full, and we had a whole bulkhead row to ourselves.  If we had it to do again I'd save the miles/money and take a chance that we'd be able to find an empty seat to be able to stretch out.

(Baby B chillaxing in the carseat on the plane.)