Flying with Two Kids

assalamualaikum and hi!

before raya hari tu kitorg anak beranak naik flight from KL to Kota Bharu. tapi just the 3 of us because my husband kerja dan biasalah nk simpan cuti raya. i was okay sebab lagi bagus kan dapat lepak lama sikit umah my mom. it was ramadhan and i was fasting. flight pun beberapa minit lepas waktu buka. so this post i nak cerita sikit pasal how i handled the kids, what happened and whatnot.

i was skeptical at first when my husband suggested that we balik kampung naik flight, the kids and i sahaja. and scared! masa zahra kecik2 dulu agak selalu la naik flight dgn dia berdua dan mcm dah boleh handle dia sorang2 and she was okay walaupun time tu i fully breastfed her and direct feed sahaja sebab dia taknak botol. sebab flight pun 45 mins or 1 hour je kan. but this time dua orang anak kecik! zahra is 4 and muaz is 2. he passed the infant age so he got his own seat. lega di situ sebab selamat lengan i wont be sado holding him kan lol.

the prep i did was:

1. only 1 luggage letak kat bawah, small and easy to pull
2. i carried a backpack filled with the kids' neccesities macam diapers, milk powder, muaz's binkie etc
3. zahra carried her backpack filled with toys (her and her brother's favourite)
4. since i puasa that time i brought makanan siap2 before masuk gate.
5. muaz memang pakai diaper, zahra pun i pakaikan diaper sebab taknak ke hulu hilir pegi toilet sebab dia
6. at first i isi air dlm botol utk muaz but sebab tah la takut tak lepas sebab liquid idk so i emptied the bottle and thank God ada water dispenser near the gate, i sempat buat susu sebotol utk muaz walaupun dia tak minum sgt.

what happened was:

we arrived kind of early sebab nk tukar seat but unfortunately a bit ramai orang that day and i was berserah kepada Allah shj semoga dapat tukar seat i dan anak2. i didnt buy the seats walaupun husband nk belikan sebab taknak membazir (but next time we gotta buy the seat memang fixed together, dont be like us okay). and then, jalan2 a bit and my husband sent us dekat main gate tu and my journey alone with the kids began. i had to carry muaz because he was a bit cranky dah penat kot and it was spacious, dia nak berlari2 dan bermain. zahra was very good though, dengar je ckp umi, very talkative sebab dia excited gila nk naik flight lol. and then we had to walk quite far to reach the gate but we made it! i made a bottle of milk for muaz and i buka puasa there with a sandwich and mineral water. zahra ate just a tiny bit and she wanted to sing at the hall. ya Allah my daughter loves to sing tau tak. and the seats there can you imagine? the rows mcm dekat concert or some performing hall, dia rasa nak menyanyi la pulak kan tengok orang duduk nice mcm tu, ingat orang nak tengok dia perform. i let her sing slow2, she was very very happy hahahaa. and then, boarding, we queued like everyone else but since i got small kids i cepat je la masuk. the seating! i was nervous but i found a very kind and wonderful stewardess and she said she will arrange it for me until finally i got the seats just for the three of us together. alhamdulillah. and that was still half of what i had to deal with that day. during departure everything was okay. although muaz started to get uncomfortable because he had to seat by himself. zahra sat by the window, muaz in the middle and i sat near the isle. we departed, zahra said goodbye to the cars down the roads, still very excited. the whole time we were up in the air zahra was great. she took off the seat belt but she remained at her seat. muaz on the other hand started to get real cranky and he cried. towards dah dekat nk sampai tu yg dia nangis kuat gila the threw the toys and even his binkie ke lantai, nasib baik lah bukan ke kepala orang. dah land tu we waited sampai semua orang turun, then baru the kids and i turun. i thanked the stewardess and her friend for putting up with us lol. dah turun tu their nenna memang dah tunggu dekat pintu so i handed her the kids and i got back in ambik luggage.

overall, the kids were okay. zahra was awesome. i think muaz dah besar sikit pun awesome macam zahra. so, my husband ada sebut suruh balik before him this raya haji and i think i can do it again lol. but maybe we should take the day flight this time sebab this way the kids will be looking at the clouds, so pretty occupied kan? it was nice handling the kids by myself too. thank you husband for believing in me lol.

but hey, still Syawal. so i'd like to wish all of you SELAMAT HARI RAYA MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN. raya post next okay?

XOXO

love,

ansari azrul