Second International Trip, things that have never happened before

French Rivera
Flight time: 12 hours (+2 hours delayed flight)
Visiting: 2 weeks
DMC Age: 24 months

After flying over 20 times with DMC about 85% on my own, hubs always meets us at our destination. I thought I had it down, I was happy to brag about how easy it was to fly with DMC.

This time around it was completely different. Starting the trip off I overpacked by 10lbs! I had to repack and add things to my already overpacked carry on. British Airways needed the bag at 50lbs, what did I pack that weighed 50lbs..3 gallon bags of DMC veggie pouches, brand new bottle of shampoo/conditioner, 3 bottles of sunscreen, and that right there about 10lbs of liquids:(

We flew out on a Sunday morning, the security line and airport were packed. We typically fly during the week for this reason. Once through security, we went through our normal process of my hands swiped due to carrying DMC through the security scanner and liquid check. This time however not only did my hands get swiped but I needed a pat down as well. I was then told I tested positive for a second chemical and needed to go to a private room for a further in depth pat down. Again this has never happened. We were finally cleared to go.

We boarded the plane, DMC was fed and happy. He started watching a kids show while I was waiting for the plane to dim the lights. Seattle time was 2:00pm, London time was 10:00pm. The plane lights dimmed about 7 hours into our flight, DMC napped for 1 hour.  DMC typically always sleeps on the plane during his routine time. Not this time.

We arrive for our connection and go through London security this time. The process took forever because of my 3 gallon bags of veggie pouches, 3 boxes of horizon milk, and DMC water bottle. After finally getting through security and boarding the plane to Nice, 10 minutes into our flight. We are told there is an engine problem. 25 minutes later we are told we need to unboard and reboard another plane from gate A5 to A19. Another first I was not allowed to bring the car seat/car seat cart on this flight. I had to carry DMC and our carry ons to the new flight. Heathrow is not a small airport.

At this time DMC crashed hard, jet lag had set in. We finally landed after 14 hours of flight and multiple lessons learned.

Lesson Learned:
Be aware of weight of liquids you are packing
Limit carry on bags, I packed one carry on for myself and DMC (now I will just pack one large bag)
Limit amount of baby liquids, longer weight time international security