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re: How long to wait to travel with baby / toddler
Posted on 4/2/18 at 1:21 pm to rintintin
Posted on 4/2/18 at 1:21 pm to rintintin
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I'm not trying to be a dick here
As a father of two kids, I wholeheartedly agree with you. There's nothing worse than having a moment like that ruined by someone else's children. As a parent, you're responsible for 1. knowing your child's limits and likes/dislikes and 2. realizing when it's time to remove yourself and your children from a situation where you're ruining someone else's good time.
It's not their fault you had children, don't let it be their burden. My wife gets mad at me sometimes because I probably get a little too extreme with trying to make sure my kids aren't bothering anyone.
I'm just trying to respect everyone else around me.
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Posted on 4/2/18 at 1:35 pm to yessir
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As a father of two kids, I wholeheartedly agree with you. There's nothing worse than having a moment like that ruined by someone else's children. As a parent, you're responsible for 1. knowing your child's limits and likes/dislikes and 2. realizing when it's time to remove yourself and your children from a situation where you're ruining someone else's good time.
It's not their fault you had children, don't let it be their burden. My wife gets mad at me sometimes because I probably get a little too extreme with trying to make sure my kids aren't bothering anyone.
I'm just trying to respect everyone else around me.
I am the same as you. My anxiety shoots through the roof when I know my kid is inconveniencing someone else. Then again, I've always struggled with the "don't care so much what other people think" thing. My wife is the complete opposite, so it causes some friction every now and then. She'll gladly tell any onlookers/complainers to frick off if the occasion arises. Real classy broad
Posted on 4/2/18 at 3:32 pm to The Spleen
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Our daughter was born the first week of May, and we took her to the beach for a week the 2nd week of June a month later. It was a family trip where we rented a house on the beach, so there was plenty of help and the newness of baby, so it was one of our easiest weeks as new parents.
Exactly. My mother in law was with us, and she would tell us to go out to the pool or beach so she could have time with her new grandson. And he was so young he would sleep half of that time.
Something about being on a beach in the sun with a cooler full of cold beer, after 2 months of sleepless nights and hundreds or thousands of diapers, and just knowing you don't have a care in the world for 5 hours makes that first sip taste 10 times better.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:28 pm to rintintin
A flight or something, if I know you're trying that's enough for me. I'm not going to tell someone they can't visit their family or whatever because they have a kid. I'm with Louis CK on that one.
That temple shite, ya, you need to remove yourself.
Ballsy move bringing a kid that young to Cambodia to begin with. I'm limiting myself to places with decent healthcare during the very early years I think.
That temple shite, ya, you need to remove yourself.
Ballsy move bringing a kid that young to Cambodia to begin with. I'm limiting myself to places with decent healthcare during the very early years I think.
This post was edited on 4/2/18 at 5:36 pm
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:52 pm to TU Rob
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Something about being on a beach in the sun with a cooler full of cold beer, after 2 months of sleepless nights and hundreds or thousands of diapers, and just knowing you don't have a care in the world for 5 hours makes that first sip taste 10 times better.
That was the trip my mother-in-law discovered I still liked to smoke w33d every now and then. I thought I was being discreet with my one-hitter under the beach umbrella. Nope.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 9:28 pm to Displaced
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We have our longest single flight we have taken with him coming up in a couple weeks. 5 hours straight on a plane at 8 months. Kinda nervous.
Try and keep his arse up as long as you can. Also plan to give him a bottle when you pull off the gate through ascent.
Basically try and get him to sleep. We brought his car seat and click in stroller
We did this last year, international twice. He did better than I thought he would. Yours will be fine.
Now with a 2 year old this summer...me and him might fight
Posted on 4/3/18 at 10:29 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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Ballsy move bringing a kid that young to Cambodia to begin with. I'm limiting myself to places with decent healthcare during the very early years I think.
This is exactly what I was thinking at the time. Even aside from the risks of bringing them to such a 3rd world country.
I heard the mother say something to the tune of, "I'm trying to bring y'all on unforgettable experiences."
First of all, even the older ones (maybe 4-5) aren't going to appreciate where they are, and probably will vaguely remember it, and the baby sure as hell will have no recollection of it at all.
I just found it selfish.
I agree with you on the plane thing though, and even most other travel destinations. As long as you're aware and trying, it doesn't bother me too much.
This post was edited on 4/3/18 at 10:30 am
Posted on 4/3/18 at 12:18 pm to rintintin
Frequent traveler, no kids: I never mind crying babies--they can't help themselves, and that's why Bose invented noise-cancelling headphones. The little toddlers are often charming in their selfishness; they, too, can't really help being tiny terrors at times. The ones who get my goat are the school-aged who are knowingly obnoxious.
Hey, Mr. 6 year old, you really don't need to fully recline your seat into my space for the duration of a 7-hr flight. Your dang feet don't even reach the floor, you're not napping, you're awake watching SpongeBob. Stop asking the poor flight attendant for another cup of ice cream, stop pinching your little sister and making her squeal. Why is your mother sitting six seats away, leaving three kids 8 and under essentially unsupervised for a long flight?
Another suggestion for those of you traveling with kids: headphones. No one around you wants to hear the Imagination Movers, Wiggles, or Peppa Pig on repeat playback.
Incidentally, the worst flight experience in recent memory was FCO to LRH, filled with female, early-high-school Italians. They were chattering at high volume at the gate, during boarding, through the entire flight. Italians in general are bad at queuing up, and these kids were an unholy scrum of long hair and backpacks, with the chaperones being the worst line-cutting offenders. High drama during boarding, as Francesca desperately tried to swap seats to be next to Michaela, who really didn't want to sit by her anyway, and Paola tried to referee between the poor guy who didn't want to switch his aisle seat for a middle. Even the noise cancelling headphones couldn't drown out those kids.
So the bitty ones are easier to tolerate, to me. Lord save me from the ill mannered teenagers.
Hey, Mr. 6 year old, you really don't need to fully recline your seat into my space for the duration of a 7-hr flight. Your dang feet don't even reach the floor, you're not napping, you're awake watching SpongeBob. Stop asking the poor flight attendant for another cup of ice cream, stop pinching your little sister and making her squeal. Why is your mother sitting six seats away, leaving three kids 8 and under essentially unsupervised for a long flight?
Another suggestion for those of you traveling with kids: headphones. No one around you wants to hear the Imagination Movers, Wiggles, or Peppa Pig on repeat playback.
Incidentally, the worst flight experience in recent memory was FCO to LRH, filled with female, early-high-school Italians. They were chattering at high volume at the gate, during boarding, through the entire flight. Italians in general are bad at queuing up, and these kids were an unholy scrum of long hair and backpacks, with the chaperones being the worst line-cutting offenders. High drama during boarding, as Francesca desperately tried to swap seats to be next to Michaela, who really didn't want to sit by her anyway, and Paola tried to referee between the poor guy who didn't want to switch his aisle seat for a middle. Even the noise cancelling headphones couldn't drown out those kids.
So the bitty ones are easier to tolerate, to me. Lord save me from the ill mannered teenagers.
Posted on 4/4/18 at 12:51 pm to hungryone
It depends on the type of trip.
My daughter took her first trip at 6 months, but that was a weekend getaway to San Diego (we live in Los Angeles) and we just relaxed at a beach resort. That was easy.
At 18 months, my wife flew with her up to Seattle to visit family. Apparently my daughter handled the flight fine and the trip was easy.
What I have zero interest in doing is taking my daughter on a trip with a lot of hustle and bustle; like visiting New York, Washington DC or something similar. A relaxing resort is much better for traveling with a child.
Also, if flying and not taking a road trip, keep in mind you’d probably have to drag around a car seat and/or stroller. Not really something I’d look forward to, especially if traveling somewhere I’d always be on the go.
Traveling with a young one isn’t out of the question, there’s just going to be a limit on what you can do.
My daughter took her first trip at 6 months, but that was a weekend getaway to San Diego (we live in Los Angeles) and we just relaxed at a beach resort. That was easy.
At 18 months, my wife flew with her up to Seattle to visit family. Apparently my daughter handled the flight fine and the trip was easy.
What I have zero interest in doing is taking my daughter on a trip with a lot of hustle and bustle; like visiting New York, Washington DC or something similar. A relaxing resort is much better for traveling with a child.
Also, if flying and not taking a road trip, keep in mind you’d probably have to drag around a car seat and/or stroller. Not really something I’d look forward to, especially if traveling somewhere I’d always be on the go.
Traveling with a young one isn’t out of the question, there’s just going to be a limit on what you can do.
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