When you travel while 6/7 months pregnant, you tend to notice all the kids surrounding you in the airport and on the plane. And you notice how they behave. And how their parents behave. Things we learned traveling to and from Minnesota this past week:
1. If your 9-month-old baby is tired, keep them awake for the 3-hour flight and 1 hour on the runway. It’s important to disrupt your child’s schedule so he/she will sleep when you arrive at your final destination so you can enjoy some ‘alone’ time with your spouse.
2. Do not bring engaging activities to occupy your child for 3+ hours. Instead, entertain them by singing until you go hoarse.
3. Do not teach your children plane etiquette. Kicking the back of the chair, screaming and crying are perfectly acceptable plane activities.
4. Ignore all airline guidelines for carry-on items. Be sure to pack everything from your nursery to safely make the trip from New Jersey to Minnesota.
On a related note, we noticed that while traveling and being obviously pregnant, it is clearly okay to:
1. Not give up your seat on the train for the obviously pregnant woman (OPW) standing next to you. Instead, look down, out the window, anywhere but at her (yes, I could have asked for a seat, but I was fine with standing. It was, however, amusing to watch everyone look anywhere but at me).
2. Push past the OPW walking through the airport. Her balance is keen, much like a drunken gymnast.
3. Get huffy at the OPW for taking the last table in the shade at the airport food court. There are plenty of tables in the sun that are about 10 °F warmer that would be just fine for the red-cheeked OPW who’s guzzling water like a camel.
*Honestly, we know we have a lot to learn about the whole parenting gig, but we hope to have enough common sense to avoid making the same mistakes.
2 comments:
As an experienced traveler, there's one thing I think of that always helps me to relax after a barrage of airline rudeness. It's sort of like a daily affirmation.
I think to myself: "At least nobody called me 'sugartits"!"
Man, that Mel Gibson is one wacky, wacky, man!
Are you guys planning to archive this blog in some way, so that the kid will be able to read all of this, including the comments from us, 20 years from now, long after blogger.com has gone out of business? If so, then I would like to say "Hello" to the people of 2026. No, seriously, this would be an interesting time capsule for the kid when he/she is older. But I'm probably not saying anything you haven't thought of already.
Though if it were me, I would probably add in some fake stories to make this more interesting and confusing for future generations. You could make mention of some imaginary historical events, and see if your child believes it.
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