Airline Issues

[acelockco]

Ace,

Crying babies are part of life................. What could the mother have done? I'm sure if the mother tried gagging or placing in the cargo hold like you suggested, you'd be on telling us about the abuse.

Yes, a part of life, but not my life....I have no children and for good reasons. One of those reasons is I can't deal with all of the crying and such.

I would never tell you about the abuse, BUT what she could have done is:

A. Don't bring the little s&%t on the plane.
B. If she had to bring the little s&%t on the plane, then bring the proper things to keep the s&%t happy. Weather that be breasts to drink from, milk in a bottle, medication to help with the teething, a little something something to knock the little s&%t out or whatever.

Bottom line, I did not bring the f%$#er on the plane and I don't want to hear it. Don't get me wrong, a little crying here or there is one thing and I am not totally heartless, but this was for 3 hours solid! NON STOP!!!

[fooddude]

Topical analgesics work for like 5 minutes, and not with the increase in barometric pressure, as Lottie so wisely stated. Fortunately for me my little ones don't cry much, especially on planes. I too, hate the incessant crying and would have trouble dealing for 3 hours.

My wife and I plan these trips and keep them up on hours on end prior to flight, board last after baggage is loaded to minimize cabin fever for the girls. Keeping them awake to make them super-tired helps because immediately after liftoff and the hoopla of everyone settling in, the knock out and its peace and quiet. We've taken trips to England from NY and not a peep until the pressure change of landing. And at that point, a bottle to stimulate the sucking helps equalize.

People say brandy works for teething. I don't know if it works on the baby, but it works on adults!

Great thread, everyone. Like this one lots!

FD