How NOT to change a diaper
Apr 23, 2018, 6:32 pm
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How NOT to change a diaper
So fight 2152 from IAH to ATL and a cute kid is sitting in seat 1A with mom in seat 1B. My wife and I in seat 1C,D listining to the cute say as we sit pior to takoff ( No i no poop)
I can tell you by the smell he had and hey it happens. But right after the sestbelt sign comes off the mom proceeds to change the diaper in the seat 1A, not on the lavatory but on the seat. 2 flight atteddants walk by , look and say nothing.
It was over quicky but I sure wouldnt want to sit in that seat on the next flight.
Are attendants supposed to allow this?
Just asking
I can tell you by the smell he had and hey it happens. But right after the sestbelt sign comes off the mom proceeds to change the diaper in the seat 1A, not on the lavatory but on the seat. 2 flight atteddants walk by , look and say nothing.
It was over quicky but I sure wouldnt want to sit in that seat on the next flight.
Are attendants supposed to allow this?
Just asking
Apr 23, 2018, 6:39 pm
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All common decency and decorum goes out the window when people walk through the TSA checkpoint.
Just another example.
Just another example.
Last edited by KDCAflyer; Apr 24, 2018 at 9:26 pm
Apr 23, 2018, 7:15 pm
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Didn't a Chinese family put newspaper down on a seat a few years ago and tell their child to squat and poop there during a Delta flight? That seems a bit worse...
In South Africa a few years back a mom changed her baby's poopy diaper on the tray table behind me, and of course the smell in our row was absolutely horrible.
In South Africa a few years back a mom changed her baby's poopy diaper on the tray table behind me, and of course the smell in our row was absolutely horrible.
Apr 23, 2018, 7:26 pm
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Years ago on an Alaska Airlines flight, a woman changed her baby's poopy diaper on the tray table right next to me. Both gross and insanitary. I decided that, being Alaska Airlines, maybe she lived out in the tundra and didn't know any better. She looked kinda woodsy.
Apr 23, 2018, 8:27 pm
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Nearly a lifetime ago, taking my six month son on a flight from Dallas to Philadelphia, I learned two important lessons. The second lesson, packing only two diapers on carryon, may not be a wise decision as he saturated his diaper in the airport bar, followed by filling the two spares with rather toxic loads shortly after takeoff. Fortunately, the flight attendant, actually a stewardess at that time, felt so compelled to rescue my young son from such an obviously incompetent father, took him from me, and aided by an elderly women next to me, they marched into first class, commandeered a linen napkin, and created a fine diaper substitute. I have no idea if they used an open seat, a tray table, the rest room or the pantry, but the kid seemed happy.
By the way, the first lesson I learned, other than a puppy, there is nothing that attracts young women in an airport bar more than a father traveling alone with a six month old baby.
By the way, the first lesson I learned, other than a puppy, there is nothing that attracts young women in an airport bar more than a father traveling alone with a six month old baby.
Apr 23, 2018, 8:53 pm
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Happened on an SQ flight a few rows in front of me. The adult male of the party wasn't too pleased to be told not to do that again.
Apr 23, 2018, 8:55 pm
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Nearly a lifetime ago, taking my six month son on a flight from Dallas to Philadelphia, I learned two important lessons. The second lesson, packing only two diapers on carryon, may not be a wise decision as he saturated his diaper in the airport bar, followed by filling the two spares with rather toxic loads shortly after takeoff. Fortunately, the flight attendant, actually a stewardess at that time, felt so compelled to rescue my young son from such an obviously incompetent father, took him from me, and aided by an elderly women next to me, they marched into first class, commandeered a linen napkin, and created a fine diaper substitute. I have no idea if they used an open seat, a tray table, the rest room or the pantry, but the kid seemed happy.
By the way, the first lesson I learned, other than a puppy, there is nothing that attracts young women in an airport bar more than a father traveling alone with a six month old baby.
By the way, the first lesson I learned, other than a puppy, there is nothing that attracts young women in an airport bar more than a father traveling alone with a six month old baby.
Apr 23, 2018, 9:14 pm
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EDIT: One more thing - I'm just going to say it - the changing tables in airplane restrooms are my favorite place to change the baby other than our changing pad at home. They are exactly the right height for me (the ones in public restrooms usually require a lot of bending over), they have exactly the right amount of space below them to put the diaper bag on the closed toilet seat, and there is space all along the counter to lay out my supplies out of reach of the baby.
Last edited by dblumenhoff; Apr 23, 2018 at 9:17 pm Reason: added comment about airplane changing tables
Apr 23, 2018, 10:20 pm
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Nearly a lifetime ago, taking my six month son on a flight from Dallas to Philadelphia, I learned two important lessons...
...By the way, the first lesson I learned, other than a puppy, there is nothing that attracts young women in an airport bar more than a father traveling alone with a six month old baby.
...By the way, the first lesson I learned, other than a puppy, there is nothing that attracts young women in an airport bar more than a father traveling alone with a six month old baby.
Apr 23, 2018, 10:38 pm
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Apr 23, 2018, 11:43 pm
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I've been traveling with my child since she was 6 weeks old, including more TATL and TPAC flights than I can remember. She is now 3. I have never changed her outside the lav. Lavs are disgusting, but that's what disposable changing pads (which are exactly like puppy piddle pads) are for. Even if there isn't a changing table on smaller planes, there is a toilet with a lid. Throw the disposable changing pad or lots of paper towels on top. It's rude, inconsiderate, and uncouth to change a diaper (especially a poopy one) on the tray table, seat, or really anywhere outside the lav.
Apr 24, 2018, 12:04 am
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I've been traveling with my child since she was 6 weeks old, including more TATL and TPAC flights than I can remember. She is now 3. I have never changed her outside the lav. Lavs are disgusting, but that's what disposable changing pads (which are exactly like puppy piddle pads) are for. Even if there isn't a changing table on smaller planes, there is a toilet with a lid. Throw the disposable changing pad or lots of paper towels on top. It's rude, inconsiderate, and uncouth to change a diaper (especially a poopy one) on the tray table, seat, or really anywhere outside the lav.
Apr 24, 2018, 2:01 am
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Apr 24, 2018, 2:41 am
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Didn't a Chinese family put newspaper down on a seat a few years ago and tell their child to squat and poop there during a Delta flight? That seems a bit worse...
In South Africa a few years back a mom changed her baby's poopy diaper on the tray table behind me, and of course the smell in our row was absolutely horrible.
In South Africa a few years back a mom changed her baby's poopy diaper on the tray table behind me, and of course the smell in our row was absolutely horrible.