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Mandy Moore

On Thursday, theThis Is Usstar, 37, documented her experience of taking her son August “Gus” Harrison, 4 months, on his first flight along with husband Taylor Goldsmith.

Moore added, “I have a 4 month old freaking out. This is insane.”

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Mandy Moore

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Mandy Moore

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“Grateful he was the definition of a trooper,” the mom of one raved about her son.

“Covered in drool but still smiling like the best guy ever. He was our constant reminder to keep it cool because if we were then he would be too!” she wrote.

As there were no available flights or trains to travel to Maine, Moore said her family of three would be returning home as she couldn’t “put my poor guy in the car (in crazy weather) to drive 12 hours for 2 days.”

Mandy Moore

“They say it takes a village and boy are we lucky that@brandi_jordan_officialis such an integral part of ours,” Moore began the caption. “Knowing that I had to go back to work a month after welcoming Gus, our incredible midwife@heybalesrecommended Brandi’s company@thecradlecompanyand we were so grateful that she was available to step in the night we came home from the hospital to help our family navigate all aspects of post-partum life (she’s worked with babies and families for over 20 years).”

Moore said Jordan helped them with everything from “teaching us to properly change a diaper and bathe our little guy (yah,@taylordawesgoldsmithand I didn’t have much experience even holding a newborn pre- Gus) to understanding the ins and outs of nursing and pumping and everything in between (especially the ever elusive concept of SLEEP).”

source: people.com