Advice needed re: flying with a toddler

[Taosman]

Put some Fat Tire in her bottle.

 

[BUCKYLE]

Just let the kid run free as soon as you get on the plane and act like she isn't yours.

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[Steve19]

So, my wife and I are flying to Florida on Christmas day with our 19 month old daughter. I'm beginning to dread the flight. We've all been annoyed at the family with young'uns on the plane and I don't want to be those people.

The last time we flew, on our return flight from Boston our daughter (then 13 months) threw up on the approach into Denver. We were completely unprepared for it, as she gave no cues to the impending snack upheaval and I ended up catching most of the vomit in my hands. Needless to say, after a quick 'cleanup', I was unable to make eye contact with anyone around us during landing/taxiing and shuffling out of the plane. I will be prepared for any unexpected upchucking this time around, but am more concerned about her being figity and basically disagreeable.

We're planning on bringing my wife's laptop and a few Christmas DVDs and some books/toys, but we can't carry too much stuff on the plane. I'm optimistic about the DVDs as our daughter hasn't really watched any television (except for a few Buckeye games, of course) but I'm still apprehensive.

Any advice from seasoned travelling parents?

Tylenol infant drops and Benedryl or some allergy medicine that causes drowsiness administered 30 minutes prior to flying time will be very helpful if teething is still an issue. Take something for your child to drink when the plane is ascending and descending. Most kids are crying because their ears hurt from the pressure change, swallowing equalizes the pressure.

Good luck!

 

[Basebuck]

Whenever we fly with the kids we make sure they have the molded ear plugs in. There the ones that feel like goo and expand in the ear when they dry out. This has worked to keep the pressure down with all 4 kids on probably 20 flights. Really nothing else except for a good seal on the ear plugs is needed.

 

[muffler dragon]

When your child starts getting upset, just glare at one of the other passengers (pick one that you don't particularly care for). If things get worse; then address this person verbally. It's all about deflection.

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

So far.. I think Scripts had the best suggestion

 

[Wadcutter]

So, my wife and I are flying to Florida on Christmas day with our 19 month old daughter. I'm beginning to dread the flight. We've all been annoyed at the family with young'uns on the plane and I don't want to be those people.

The last time we flew, on our return flight from Boston our daughter (then 13 months) threw up on the approach into Denver. We were completely unprepared for it, as she gave no cues to the impending snack upheaval and I ended up catching most of the vomit in my hands. Needless to say, after a quick 'cleanup', I was unable to make eye contact with anyone around us during landing/taxiing and shuffling out of the plane. I will be prepared for any unexpected upchucking this time around, but am more concerned about her being figity and basically disagreeable.

We're planning on bringing my wife's laptop and a few Christmas DVDs and some books/toys, but we can't carry too much stuff on the plane. I'm optimistic about the DVDs as our daughter hasn't really watched any television (except for a few Buckeye games, of course) but I'm still apprehensive.

Any advice from seasoned travelling parents?

Been reading this and chuckling. Let me relate a true story. When I was about 19 months old my dad, who was in the military at the time, was charged with watching me while my mom left to shop. At the time he had some buddies over playing poker and I was suffering from a little colic so I was fussy. In those days, apparently, it was a common home remedy treatment for colic to put a small amount of whiskey into a childs formula. My mom told my dad this and since he and the boys were drinking whiskey while playing cards he thought "yea, no problem". I continued to be fussy so he gave me some whiskey in my bottle. Only problem was he gave me an adult dose, an entire shot. You can imagine the affect. A 19 month old consuming a shot would be roughly equivalent to an adult consuming an entire fifth. Mom came home and couldn't understand why I slept for something like 4 hours in the middle of the day until she started asking questions. Went ballistic when she found out, however two positives came out of this, well three if you count the medicinal effect. Dad apparently won big at the card table and I started my lifelong affinity for bourbon/scotch. Win/win. So according to my personal experience, Script is right on the money.

 

[Oh8ch]

Why don't you and your wife become members of the mile high club right there in your seats. Absolutely nobody will notice whether your daughter cries or not.

Talk about win/win.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

When your child starts getting upset, just glare at one of the other passengers (pick one that you don't particularly care for). If things get worse; then address this person verbally. It's all about deflection.

Right on. Throw in a "You bastard! Stop pinching my baby!" and you are golden.

A better option would be to just leave her at home. The best option, of course, is to not have children.

 

[Folanator]

So, my wife and I are flying to Florida on Christmas day with our 19 month old daughter. I'm beginning to dread the flight. We've all been annoyed at the family with young'uns on the plane and I don't want to be those people.


Any advice from seasoned travelling parents?

FC, I would encourage breast feeding on the flight. You might want to start toughining up your nipples now and bring some nipple creme.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Babies cry, and yours probably will too. I don't mean to sound too callous, but as regards other passengers who might become upset at your kid's likely noisemaking? Fuck 'em.

There's a difference between an infant's occassional crying (which is expected) and the way some infants just fucking cry and whine/pout over everything. On the way back from Sydney a few Sundays back (a 10-hour night flight), there was this kid, about 15 months old I'd guess, who just would not stop crying because he was sleepy...the little fuck cried non-stop for about three hours before he finally wore out and went to sleep. And it wasn't some low-key sobbing shit, it was that nerve-wracking "I'm fucking pissed the fuck off!" wailing shit. The parents were cool about it, alternating turns coddling the kid and trying the get him to sleep, and taking him into the lavatory to sheild the noise from everyone else...that was about the only thing that kept me and about 20 other irate passengers from throwing the three out the fucking back of the plane. Had they had that "Fuck ya'll, my kid's crying? Tough shit" attitude that you suggest, you would have been reading about that flight on CNN.com...

 

[Folanator]

There's a difference between an infant's occassional crying (which is expected) and the way some infants just fucking cry and whine/pout over everything. On the way back from Sydney a few Sundays back (a 10-hour night flight), there was this kid, about 15 months old I'd guess, who just would not stop crying because he was sleepy...the little fuck cried non-stop for about three hours before he finally wore out and went to sleep. And it wasn't some low-key sobbing shit, it was that nerve-wracking "I'm fucking pissed the fuck off!" wailing shit. The parents were cool about it, alternating turns coddling the kid and trying the get him to sleep, and taking him into the lavatory to sheild the noise from everyone else...that was about the only thing that kept me and about 20 other irate passengers from throwing the three out the fucking back of the plane. Had they had that "Fuck ya'll, my kid's crying? Tough shit" attitude that you suggest, you would have been reading about that flight on CNN.com...

PS: Mili, sweet pic. U registered for the QR frame we are giving away?

 

[BUCKYLE]

There's a difference between an infant's occassional crying (which is expected) and the way some infants just fucking cry and whine/pout over everything. On the way back from Sydney a few Sundays back (a 10-hour night flight), there was this kid, about 15 months old I'd guess, who just would not stop crying because he was sleepy...the little fuck cried non-stop for about three hours before he finally wore out and went to sleep. And it wasn't some low-key sobbing shit, it was that nerve-wracking "I'm fucking pissed the fuck off!" wailing shit. The parents were cool about it, alternating turns coddling the kid and trying the get him to sleep, and taking him into the lavatory to sheild the noise from everyone else...that was about the only thing that kept me and about 20 other irate passengers from throwing the three out the fucking back of the plane. Had they had that "Fuck ya'll, my kid's crying? Tough shit" attitude that you suggest, you would have been reading about that flight on CNN.com...

Coddling a crying baby? What the fuck is wrong with these idiots. They should've taken turns screaming at the kid, then just beating the skin off the kid. Just...closed fist...elbows...knees...groin punches. That shit would either quiet or kill the kid. Either way, they wouldn't have to be scared of people like you on the plane.

Look...i'd try my best to keep my child quiet...but shit happens. and if you keep rolling your eyes on a plane at me because my kid is crying...shit's gonna happen to you.

 

[Gatorubet]

Coddling a crying baby? What the [censored] is wrong with these idiots. They should've taken turns screaming at the kid, then just beating the skin off the kid. Just...closed fist...elbows...knees...groin punches. That [censored] would either quiet or kill the kid. Either way, they wouldn't have to be scared of people like you on the plane.

[censored] no! I see a mom beating the skin off her baby's head with her fists and elbows, I assume she learned her moves from some guy in a grocery store slapping her screaming kid...


There's some bad guys that hang out in grocery stores.