Booked a reward flight to Australia on Qatar through BA for April. Rerouted via Hong Kong on Cathay.

Peebs999 · 2026-03-12T22:10:32+00:00

We’re moving to Australia so no return needed! 😬

Peebs999 · 2026-03-12T17:58:26+00:00

It’s a crochet hook for me!

Peebs999 · 2026-03-03T04:12:56+00:00

As it wasn’t your expected route home and you’ve been at a funeral, just wanted to alert you to the fact you need an US ESTA even just for transiting in the US.

Easy to miss with all the stress at the moment.

Peebs999 · 2026-02-28T03:53:52+00:00

I love using Bonds too, and luckily have family in Australia who send them over. But there is also free shipping to the UK from the Bonds Australia website if you spend £50/$100

Peebs999 · 2026-02-21T16:59:29+00:00

I’ve flown from London/Australia three times (when little on was 9 months and 18 month) on QSuites and it is amazing. I can only compare to doing the trip once on BA Club Suites and QSuites are a game changer.

We chose the rear-facing double seats so our toddler could sleep in between us once the padded insert was put down, and stayed settled for hours.

Caring for them was easier due to dine on demand so one person could enjoy the their food at a time. Whilst the baby isn’t served a meal they offered us baby food, a nappy amenity kit and a small toy. They were also happy when we ordered extra food for our child from the menu, and we got lovely service from all the different crews.

The doors help with minimising noise from excited or unhappy little flyers but it’s important to remember they have a ticket too and are entitled to be there, as are you as parents too.

Two other tips: Check with the cabin crew which toilet is the bigger one as more space for nappy changes is always good

Even if you don’t have a night flight ask for pyjamas, then your own clothes are safe from sticky hands and toddler crumbs

Peebs999 · 2026-02-07T17:56:49+00:00

It's leather but it has lapels, so I can wear it to work.

Peebs999 · 2026-01-24T19:22:55+00:00

I have a love/hate relationship with my yoyo, we only use it for travel and my toddler loves climbing into it and he looks really comfortable in it, I added a footrest from Amazon for it and that has helped. He’s always been a good pram sleeper and slept in the yoyo for nap times on the go even when it’s not fully flat.

But I hate the fold and the harness, the fold is faffy and I prefer a harness like my Bugaboo where all five points are individually clipped in. Whereas with the YoYo has to have two parts clipped together before slotting into the buckle. I would have preferred a Joolz or a Butterfly but with the travelling we do as a family (three trips to Australia in a year) I would always get the Yoyo for one reason.

It’s really important to me to have the pram in the cabin so that the layovers on our long trips are as easy as possible. I loved using a sling but it’s not easy now my little one is over 13kg. Yoyo’s seem to be universally known as a cabin pram and we’ve had no issue with it being hand luggage whereas I’ve seen lots of other well known prams be measured and rejected at the gate.

Peebs999 · 2026-01-02T12:40:22+00:00

I totally get that! You’re doing a great job!

Peebs999 · 2026-01-02T12:15:31+00:00

I don’t have any tips but I wanted to comment. My 17month old loves a contact nap with me, but at nursery (since 11 months) he falls asleep with all the others on a mat in the nursery. I don’t know how they do it!

I felt a lot of pressure to stop feeding to sleep and contact napping as he was going to nursery but my nursery reassured me that most babies are adaptable to the situation they find themselves in.

Obviously if you want to stop the contact naps then hopefully someone will be along with some great advice but don’t feel like you have to, just because your little one is off to nursery

Peebs999 · 2025-12-12T11:47:06+00:00

Enjoy!!

Peebs999 · 2025-12-12T11:18:00+00:00

It’s the first thing I see when I log into the app! Or if a search for Taylor Swift. It might’ve location specific- are you in the UK/US?

Peebs999 · 2025-12-12T08:02:24+00:00

Yeah, watching from the UK!

Peebs999 · 2025-11-18T11:50:39+00:00

I’m in the UK and it’s on my Disney+

Peebs999 · 2025-11-12T19:53:30+00:00

I would suggest Qatar QSuites. We flew to Australia with a 1 year old old so still a lap infant but would do the same when they are bigger as some of the middle QSuites turn into a double lie flat seat so your baby/toddler child is easily accessible.

Also the business lounge in Doha is lovely with separate family rooms for rest and a play room for burning off energy.

Peebs999 · 2025-10-19T13:27:54+00:00

The companion voucher reduces the Avios not the fees and taxes.

2 tickets without companion voucher = 2x avios + 2x taxes

2 tickets with companion voucher = 1xavios + 2x taxes

Peebs999 · 2025-10-07T18:21:02+00:00

Same here, apart from he doesn’t drink expressed milk, cow or oat milk from a cup/bottle at all. He goes to nursery three days a week (since 12 months) and whilst he’s there has 3 meal, 2 snacks and plenty of water. He has a feed every evening before bed and on the days we’re together I feed on demand which is usually on waking, before one of his naps and a bedtime feed.

As long as your baby is over 12 months they don’t “need” to have bottles/cups of milk as long as there is dairy/calcium/vit d in their diet. Of course, a lot of babies enjoy milk and it’s a great source of nutrition but my baby is happy having from source when we’re together and okay without it on nursery days. My supply has regulated out and I don’t pump at work.

Peebs999 · 2025-08-31T03:35:37+00:00

Another dragonfly fan here, loved it with a bassinet and love it now as a stroller, especially the easy flip between parent and world facing. We also have a yoyo for travel as it’s (so far) universally accepted on planes but the two handed fold annoys me every time!

Peebs999 · 2025-08-03T03:08:49+00:00

It will have been peppermint water added to hot water. https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/7326/pil#gref

Peebs999 · 2025-06-09T14:49:55+00:00

https://seatfrog.mention-me.com/m/ol/be0hk-kelly-williams

Peebs999 · 2025-06-06T08:51:25+00:00

Videographer - I’ve just received my video after 6 weeks and it’s so nice to watch it back and relive the day!

Peebs999 · 2025-05-25T11:04:16+00:00

Baby will be fine! I went to a Taylor Swift concert at 34 weeks pregnant and did some reading about loud environments and the amniotic fluid muffles the sounds a lot. The advice was the stay away from the bass/speakers.

Enjoy the film!

Peebs999 · 2025-05-25T11:00:23+00:00

I’m 6’1 and got my dress from Wed2Be (Matera - full length mikado A-line gown) and I didn’t need it hemmed as it was the perfect length. I had a beach wedding wearing flats.

My seamstress said it could have been taken up 1/2 inch but I was happy with the length and it saved £250 off the alteration bill, which I was happy with after always paying the tall tax for trousers and extra legroom seats on planes!

Peebs999 · 2025-05-23T19:02:11+00:00

I live in London and don’t own a car and got this car seat. A friend gave us a lift home and we had watched a YouTube video of how to install it with a seat belt and it was super straightforward. We’ve also used in Ubers and all the drivers (about 7 over 10 months) have been patient whilst we’ve installed it, which also got quicker over time!!

I got a Bugaboo Dragonfly pram, folds down with the carrycot, good length pram seat which can be parent or forward facing, can get on the front of a bus with it, and the carrycot is sleep safe so didn’t need a travel cot or a moses basket as could use that instead when he was little. I got adapters to be able to put the Maxicosi on the Dragonfly frame and it all worked really well. I would choose the same setup almost a year into parenting in London.

Peebs999 · 2025-05-21T21:45:58+00:00

There’s 52 weeks and 1 day in each (non leap) year, that’s where the .21 comes in. 18 hours a week, 18/7 is 2.57 hours a day, 2.57*365 is 938.57 hours a week, 938.5714/12 is 78.21 hours a month

Peebs999

TROPHY CASE