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.
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!
ReplyDeleteThere 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!
ReplyDeletejuliabohemian: is tylenol a pain killer or a sleep potion?
ReplyDeleteViolet, Tylenol is "acetominophen", ie paracetomol
ReplyDeleteGood 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.
ReplyDeleteNow, 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...
ReplyDeletethe skirt: it's not just the crying I'd be afraid of; Baby's quite fond of ear-piercing screeches too.