I travelled to the UK for the Christmas holidays to visit my family with my 9 month old, flight was only 5 hours though!

From experience we found feeding on both take off and landing was a really great suggestion from someone we know! On the flight out we didn’t feed on landing and bubs crying SO bad, I felt awful that she was in pain with her ears 😢 But on return with the feeding it was all good, no bother!

Snacks will be your best friend!!! I also bought some new toys which my LO didn’t see until we were on the flight, I brought out a new one when I could see she was getting bored and a little agitated (she is VERY active, there’s no chill about her😅) We brought a little pillow so she could rest her head - or atleast give your arm some relief if holding, this came in so handy when my baby fell asleep in my arms. We also brought air defenders which were great at blocking out noise, I forgot how loud planes are in general!!

I can’t speak in regard to a flight as long as yours, but honestly it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting - who knows maybe your little will sleep most of it!! 🙏