The first long travel

Bangalore to Himachal was a long long travel.

We discussed at length about the various options to reach Himachal, and all of them were ranging from highly difficult to totally difficult. I was planning for this trip since almost one month. Initially We had planned to take a train to Delhi and then to Chandigarh, since flight would have caused her earache. But we had to cancel all our bookings, since Doctor was not in favor of traveling before her first vaccine. I totally agreed with him.

But after that, there was no other choice but to travel by air. All trains were heavily booked due to summer vacations. Ahem!

Flight was peaceful, although it was fully packed and we were waiting on the runway for about one hour. There is no point cribbing about how-crowded-flights-are and how-late-they-get, since it's a known fact now. I think if a flight gets to even take off from any of the Indian airports, it's considered as a big win.

I was dreading her continuous crying on the plane (I have seen some babies do it before), but she was sleepy most of the time. And when she was awake, she amused herself with the small knobs and lights on the overhead compartment.

We were to take car from Delhi to Himachal, which ended up being a sort of adventure trip for me. To begin with, she felt too hot as soon as she got into the car (thanks to Delhi heat). Soon after that, she felt uncomfortable due to the air conditioner blowing straight on her face (I didn't realize that for quite some time). Then she needed a nappy change and after that she was hungry. And all this kept happening in a loop for the most part of our journey.

Doing anything related to baby in a running car needed highly acrobatic skills. And she was not used to getting things done in a small bouncy congested place, so we had to stop the car whenever she cried for something. After numerous halts and uncomfortable tossing and turning (Himachal roads have too many turns) we finally reached home. It took us about 12+ hours.

Note to myself - never try to feed a baby in running car.