Anyone have experience traveling with small children in J
Mar 2, 2005, 9:12 pm
#16
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Originally Posted by After Burner
Wait a minute! You bring a crying baby on board and turn an otherwise pleasant, restful and relaxing flight for 36 other J passengers into 8 hours of torturous misery and you think it's "pompous" when someone objects?
Mar 2, 2005, 9:17 pm
#17
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Originally Posted by After Burner
Wait a minute! You bring a crying baby on board and turn an otherwise pleasant, restful and relaxing flight for 36 other J passengers into 8 hours of torturous misery and you think it's "pompous" when someone objects?
Mar 2, 2005, 9:19 pm
#18
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Originally Posted by kusteneun
Someone objected to shore9 being in J.
Mar 3, 2005, 8:08 am
#20
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Yes. Babies (crying or not) are a joy.
Crying babies are not a joy to anyone who is trying to sleep. I don`t dislike them, and I ceratinly don`t sneer at the parents, but it annoys the f*** out of me, that is for sure.
Not everybody loves kids.
Mar 3, 2005, 8:45 am
#21
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Originally Posted by taupo
.... As others have mentioned, put the midget in the window seat, confines them nicely.
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Our kids have had more than their fair share of flights up front, but they were usually really well-behaved, even at an early age. I've had a number of FAs comment on their good behaviour. Their favourite flight was YYZ-FRA on LH in F when they were 11 and 10. Ever since then the first question they ask when we're going somewhere is "Are we flying on Lufthansa?"
Mar 3, 2005, 9:01 am
#22
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Originally Posted by Tax Dude
Our two boys figured out that they could 'escape' by crawling under the seats to the row behind or in front. It's easier in Y where there's no built-in stuff under the seats, but I seem to remember they did it in J once. We'd often sit 4 across: Aisle, aisle, middle, window. It was somewhat disconcerting to turn around from talking to my wife and see the kids missing.
I bought the Cosco Polaroid DVD player and a spare battery. It is a great way to keep her amused, look out though when the battery runs out of juice
Mar 3, 2005, 9:44 am
#23
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Originally Posted by taupo
I try to make my daughter stay in her seat. I find that if I let her feet touch the ground, it is harder to keep her still.
I bought the Cosco Polaroid DVD player and a spare battery. It is a great way to keep her amused, look out though when the battery runs out of juice
I bought the Cosco Polaroid DVD player and a spare battery. It is a great way to keep her amused, look out though when the battery runs out of juice
Me too
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Mar 3, 2005, 10:26 am
#24
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Location: Ottawa, ON Canada
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I don't mind that kids do end up in J.. I hate it when they are the kids that the parents do not or will not control..
For example, a family came on the plane when I was flying from HNL to YVR and to keep the daughter entertained (< 7 y.o.) they gave her a digital voice recorder... she was singing and yelling and playing back all the fun things she recorded for a good hour... the parents didn't say anything at all to the kid... they just let her go even though a lot of the other pax were obviously annoyed...
The baby issue is a touchy one for me. I don't have kids, nor do I want them. I understand that babies will cry but I just hate it when the parents don't do that much to pacify them for the other passengers... they've read somewhere to let the child cry for as long as necessary instead of reinforcing the behaviour... Just pick the little thing up, rock it and put it down when its quiet.. there are other people on the friggin plane too...
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For example, a family came on the plane when I was flying from HNL to YVR and to keep the daughter entertained (< 7 y.o.) they gave her a digital voice recorder... she was singing and yelling and playing back all the fun things she recorded for a good hour... the parents didn't say anything at all to the kid... they just let her go even though a lot of the other pax were obviously annoyed...
The baby issue is a touchy one for me. I don't have kids, nor do I want them. I understand that babies will cry but I just hate it when the parents don't do that much to pacify them for the other passengers... they've read somewhere to let the child cry for as long as necessary instead of reinforcing the behaviour... Just pick the little thing up, rock it and put it down when its quiet.. there are other people on the friggin plane too...
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Mar 3, 2005, 1:45 pm
#27
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Originally Posted by taupo
...I used to be a "sneerer", amazing what kids of your own can do to change one's attitude.
Our little one has experience flying in Y and made it from the Pacific to the Atlantic by 6 mos. But Ontario's issuing of birth certificates is so slow that we have not yet been able to take him out of the country because he doesn't have it yet!!
Lousy!!
Mar 3, 2005, 1:50 pm
#28
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Originally Posted by taupo
or, "give it a nipple"
