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Every parent’s nightmare 😱 what are your best tips for travelling with small children, to avoid something like that happening?

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One thing that helps a lot with take off and landing is to get them to swallow some liquids or eat a small snack. This lets them equalize their ears to the changes in pressure. Those can be very painful if you don't instinctively do it (like kids) or if you have trouble with it.