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Potty Advice Again

Hi all: Again, I'm wondering about suggestions for using the potty. My son is now 2 years and 8 months old. Some days he goes in the potty almost the entire day (both peeing and pooping). Other days, he actually refuses to use the potty. I have a rewards system for him that's more expensive than I think needs to be, but was working. He gets a Thomas the Train sticker every time he uses the potty and a train after ten potties. If I leave him in underwear or in the house naked from the waist down he uses the potty a lot more...

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16 Hour Plane Trip with 11 Month Old Twins

We are taking our first big airplane trip (from Fairbanks to the MS Gulf Coast) with our twins. They will be riding on our laps. We have several flights with layovers. Just wondering if anyone has any tips on how to make this easier on anyone. I am looking for secrets for packing to getting through security to the plane ride and dealing with jet lag. Also wondering how the whole gate check process works as we are planning on taking our car seats and stroller. If we gate check them do they count against our number of allowed bags?