A dad cross-posting here from the LR to get experienced mom ideas:
Keeping this quick for now, typing with a potentially broken hand (potential boring story for another thread, may need surgery).
Flying to FL to see my dad in a week for Christmas. My dad has no baby stuff at his 2 bedroom condo, hasn't really been around kids much since I was little.
We are planning on taking our pack n play, car seat (he's flying on our laps), stroller and portable baby chair (for feeding time) with us. Flying US Air which has crappy per baggage costs ($25 for first, $35 for second, per person). We can do a car seat or stroller for free, the rest we'd have to figure out how to either ship or get in a suitcase. 50 lbs max for a suitcase.
Any experience in this type of scenario? I think I can get the pack n play in one of our larger suitcases with some other stuff, I think that's cheaper than shipping it for $70 (there and back).
No chance he can get the stuff back up to us in a timely manner when he next comes to visit. We might have him buy the portable chair to keep as it would be useful to have going forward.
Keeping this quick for now, typing with a potentially broken hand (potential boring story for another thread, may need surgery).
Flying to FL to see my dad in a week for Christmas. My dad has no baby stuff at his 2 bedroom condo, hasn't really been around kids much since I was little.
We are planning on taking our pack n play, car seat (he's flying on our laps), stroller and portable baby chair (for feeding time) with us. Flying US Air which has crappy per baggage costs ($25 for first, $35 for second, per person). We can do a car seat or stroller for free, the rest we'd have to figure out how to either ship or get in a suitcase. 50 lbs max for a suitcase.
Any experience in this type of scenario? I think I can get the pack n play in one of our larger suitcases with some other stuff, I think that's cheaper than shipping it for $70 (there and back).
No chance he can get the stuff back up to us in a timely manner when he next comes to visit. We might have him buy the portable chair to keep as it would be useful to have going forward.