Dear All, We are making an annual transatlantic flite soon. As we are no long with a pacifier, what should i offer my 5 year old to decrease the ear pressure during take off and landing.
Thanks in advance.
Suckers never seemed to work for my kids and when they were too young for gum I discovered by accident that tootsie rolls works great!
My daughter and I both experience a lot of eat pain on flights. Probably due to the fact that we have messed up sinuses. Our ENT recommended using a nose spray one hour before the flight. It has helped tremendously. I think hers is called Neosenephrine or something like that. Ask your doctor.
Give her chewing gum at the beginning and end of the flight.
We take a small bag of lollipops and a sippy cup of water. We fly a lot, and have never had a problem.
We just yawn when that happens. Two or three times, works great.
Gum is probably the best and easiest trick.
If you can get her to suck on a nipple/bottle with juice in it, or water, it will help. You can tell her that it's to help her ears. Buy some juice or water after you get past security, and have a small 4 ounce bottle. Tell her that it's only for going up in the air and coming down.
We have used water bottles that they have to suck on, like the sport bottles. Anything that gets them to swallow or yawn is fine. My six year old didn't have trouble, but my four year old did. The water bottle helped.
Gum, yawning, etc didn't work for my 6yr old son on his first flight. He was miserable and said he never wanted to fly again. As soon as we got off the flight we bought nose spray in the airport and all was well. The two times we have flown since he uses it about an hour before take off and has never had a problem again.
They actually make ear plugs that regulate ear pressure. I got them for my kids when they were babies and couldn't regulate it themselves.
Now they love contorting their jaws in silly positions to get them to pop..even the adult children.
Gum doesn't work for us, I have no idea why.
Gum or something to drink. I think if you buy a bottle of water after you pass through security, you should be able to us that during both take off and landing. Swallowing is the key.
Hi,
After napping and pacifiers were gone, we too struggled with upcoming flights. It really adds to the fear factor when you are also in pain and don't realize why.
Hope this helps....
My husband and I dive and I've always had to be so diligent when descending to make sure I could 'clear' my ears so I decided to help my daughter learn the technique...ask your child to plug their nose and gently blow while keeping their mouth closed and ask if they can feel the difference in their ears (if you have done this yourself you'll feel the 'pop' and volume seems to increase) and also opening your mouth really wide (like how you do when you yawn). I always pack lollipops and a travel cup with a straw to sip and swallow for descents as extra precaution.
Start early (even before take off) good luck and enjoy your trip!
Offer her a sucker (lollipop) or a piece of gum during take off and landing.
Gum, or just tell him (her?) to yawn and/or swallow. We have flown many, many times and it's never been a problem.
Gum, lollipops or other hard candy to suck on.
