Care to share some details about the earplugs? I think it’s time I invested in some, although despite being a musician I hate having things in my ears.

It’s clear on this forum that most are baby apologists, so I tend to avoid these threads and not get involved in the discussions. But does everyone really think that babies and tiny children should be jet setting around the world just because their parents want to? Why do these little creatures have to adapt to the adults’ lives? I know that in times gone by the parents traditionally adapted their lives to the life of a new infant, which is how it should be. Children are often not complicated little beings, they enjoy relatively simple things such as a visit to the local beach, local funfair, a game of marbles, whatever. They don’t need constant flashing lights and first class cabins, or even economy ones. No wonder they cry, it’s all so strange, so much weird loud noise, strange dry air. Does nobody think of these little lives anymore? It seems not.

Of course, sometimes you have to change countries because of your parents work, that happens in life. That happened to me once as a baby and twice before the age of 9. So kiddies do end up having to move around. But I’m still questioning how much of it is really necessary.

i should have done in retrospect but it all happened so quickly that I’d had no time to prepare �� Once he’d assaulted a CC member I did my hero act (heaven knows why as it’s not my usual approach to life!) all quite frightening now I look back on it!