Originally Posted by
twohundredfifty
No need to apologize for/justify traveling with a child. Personally, I'm more bothered by badly behaved or snoring adults.
OMG! I had one of these gents on my flight two weeks ago. The otherwise quiet upper deck of the A380 (Air France flight) would rumble every few seconds with this otherwise fine fellow's snores. I was two rows ahead but I could still hear him loud and well. No one's fault, of course, but I had deep sympathy for the young lady next to him on this red eye.
I have traveled with my child, now 12, throughout her infant and toddler years. Being well prepared to keep the child happy is the only way to go about it. 90% of the time, people are tolerant, but every once in a while a person will glare at you just for being in an airplane with a child.