(1) Flying from Israel to the US and back (for our daughter's tongue reduction surgery with Dr Marsh) entailed a total of six flights. So you see, our twins had a lot of ups and downs in the air. Our daughter who has BWS simply could not suck on a pacifier and sometimes just wasn't thirsty enough to drink from a bottle. I tried giving the twins lollipops to make them swallow during take off and landing. Sometimes it worked, other times the lollipops landed on the floor within 2 minutes and then they had nothing to help their ears (as I couldn't get up to wash it off til AFTER take-off or landing). Sometimes we gave the twins something to eat (like a cracker) as it's the swallowing that's important. I figured if they refused to drink, then the 5-6 swallows with a cracker were better than nothing at all. And sometimes they even refused the cracker and therefore were again left with nothing to help their ears. Well, I can tell you that our kids never had any trouble with ear aches that we could notice during our entire trip. You can't force a kid to eat or drink. And with BWS kids pacifiers are often a difficult thing for them to manage. Do your best with what you have to get her to eat or drink or suck on a candy. After that all you can do is hope for an earache free trip. Other things you might try are:

(2) lollipops

(3) gum if she's old enough

(4) a travel pudding or yogurt

(5) crackers

(6) cookies

(7) boxed juice (apple juice is good for babies as it doesn't have citrus)

(8) Anything that needs to be refrigerated like juice or yogurt can be given to the the flight attendant to put in the fridge until you need it.
 

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