I've been looking to the Internet for advice on travelling with babies, and found a couple of useful sites - Flying With Kids and some ivillage pages. The latter has this amusing and probably very true, piece of advice:
Don’t keep apologising to child-free passengers. They hate you anyway. Saying you’re sorry when your offspring pings his plastic spoon over the seat is not going to create a beautiful friendship. Oh, and if it still goes belly-up, cheer yourself up with the thought that, in 16 years or so, your baby won’t want to go on holiday with you anyway.
6 comments:
Don't ever apologise to anyone for taking children on a holiday! We were all babies and children once, it's just a pity that so many of forget that!
There are always miserable b******s who will throw you a dirty look. I smiled and waved and pointed the baby in their direction!
ms. mac: and somehow I have no trouble believing you did!
juliabohemian: is tylenol a pain killer or a sleep potion?
Violet, Tylenol is "acetominophen", ie paracetomol
Good luck with your trip. I believe you get the trip you expect, so, expect it to be trouble-free and it will be
Yeah, I agree with ms. mac - people need to get over themselves! Baby will cry because she's a baby - that's what they do. It's not like a dirty look from a stranger will suddenly, magically make the crying stop.
Now, the parents with older kids who don't make any attempt to parent them at all, but treat the entire plane like a playground where all the other adults can supervise their kids... These people I take issue with.
cathi: It looks like a fair bit of positive visualisation is in order...
the skirt: it's not just the crying I'd be afraid of; Baby's quite fond of ear-piercing screeches too.
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