During security check in, the TSA will usually make a special provision for items like medications, breast milk and baby formula. Review our Infant & Children's Items guidelines for specific details on carry-on items, including child restraint seats, strollers and diaper bags. Department of State’s Special Requirements for Children, opens in a new window. To review required documentation in each country you’re visiting or stopping over in, visit the U.S. If your travel destination requires a passport and/or travel visas, you will need a passport for your child, and possibly extra documentation. Our Airport Maps can help you plan your layovers before you even reach the airport. When traveling with an infant or toddler, you may find it helpful to allow a little extra time between flights to take rest or bathroom breaks along the way. Ask a Delta associate if you need assistance locating one at an airport. At the airport and if you prefer, many airports do offer private lactation rooms or spaces.
Here are some other helpful tips for traveling with your infant or toddler: Breastfeedingĭelta fully supports a woman’s right to breastfeed on board Delta and Delta Connection aircraft and in Delta facilities. Travelers requiring special accommodations or concerned about the security screening process at the airport may request assistance by contacting TSA Cares online at or by phone at (855) 787-2227 or federal relay 711.For children under the age of two, we recommend you purchase a seat on the aircraft and use an approved child safety seat. If these items are partially frozen or slushy, they are subject to the same screening as described above. Ice packs, freezer packs, frozen gel packs and other accessories required to cool formula, breast milk, toddler drinks, and baby/toddler food (to include puree pouches) – regardless of the presence of breast milk – are also allowed in carry-ons, along with liquid-filled teethers. Additional steps will be taken to clear the liquid and you or the traveling guardian will undergo additional screening procedures, to include Advanced Imaging Technology screening and additional/enhanced screening of other carry-on property. However, if you do not want the formula, breast milk, toddler drinks, and baby/toddler food (to include puree pouches) to be X-rayed or opened, please inform the TSA officer. TSA X-ray machines do not adversely affect food or medicines. Screening will never include placing anything into the medically necessary liquid. Liquids in plastic bags or pouches may not be able to be screened by Bottle Liquid Scanners, and you may be asked to open them (if feasible) for alternate screening such as Explosive Trace Detection and Vapor Analysis for the presence of liquid explosives. TSA officers may need to test the liquids for explosives or concealed prohibited items.Īlthough not required, to expedite the screening process, it is recommended that formula and breast milk be transported in clear, translucent bottles and not plastic bags or pouches. Remove these items from your carry-on bag to be screened separately from your other belongings. Inform the TSA officer at the beginning of the screening process that you are carrying formula, breast milk, toddler drinks, and baby/toddler food (to include puree pouches) in excess of 3.4 ounces.
Your child or infant does not need to be present or traveling with you to bring breast milk, formula and/or related supplies. Some airports deliver the stroller directly to the foot of the airplane steps, while others send them inside with the luggage. This also applies to breast milk and formula cooling accessories, such as ice packs, freezer packs, and gel packs (regardless of presence of breast milk). Formula, breast milk, toddler drinks, and baby/toddler food (to include puree pouches) are considered medically necessary liquids. First things first, the big stuff You may not need all of these items for every trip, but for the most part, we bring this same travel-friendly baby gear just about everywhere we go: Baby Carrier A baby carrier is a must, even if it’s nothing more than an efficient way to move through the airport. Formula, breast milk, toddler drinks, and baby/toddler food (to include puree pouches) in quantities greater than 3.4 ounces or 100 milliliters are allowed in carry-on baggage and do not need to fit within a quart-sized bag.
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