Baby & Kid Stories

About 12 years ago, when I was 12, I was excited to venture off on my own, and fly to the wondrous, cold world of Minneapolis, MN. Now, we’re not talking long flights, or complicated flights… BWI to Chicago to Minneapolis. Easy enough! But apparently not easy enough for everyone. My mom booked the flight, […]

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I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t think children under the age of 10 should be allowed on planes. They simply can’t sit still or be quiet. I was travelling from DC to OK City. Naturally, I got a Mom and her boy behind me. I kid you not….he kicked the back of […]

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I had been on a whirl wind tour of the USA on work related business. I was gone for almost a month. Living out of a suitcase for that long gets old fast. Anyway, I had arrived in Chicago from Salt Lake earlier in the day. There was to be a connecting flight from Chicago […]

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My wife and I were on a trip to New Orleans (pre-Katrina) and were returning to Nashville on Southwest. The particular flight was booked solid and as we boarded two of the only seats that were available were at the very front, facing the other passengers. It was a short flight so we didn’t mind […]

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A couple of years ago, my wife and I were returning from a vacation celebrating our first year anniversary. We were flying Southwest and sitting next to each other on the aisle near the back of the plane. A young family gets on the plane late and the wife and young child have seats across […]

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I live between Denver and Orlando and had until the airline crisis always taken red eye flights into and out of Orlando. When most of the airlines cut the red eye flights, I had no choice but to fly with the ranks of the screaming kids. I have traveled a lot but not a single […]

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The Brat

April 24, 2009

in Baby & Kid Stories

My husband & I were coming back from Disneyland July, 2008. We were waiting to board when a family from India, Mom, Dad, 11 y.o. & 6 y.o. daughters were also waiting. The 6 y.o girl was acting up (very hyper, hitting her dad) till we boarded. They went on first, so they were sitting […]

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Last summer me and some friends went on an incredible vacation in Europe, though there is one leg of the journey I will never forget – when me and one of my friends took a crowded flight from Barcelona to Seville on a “budget airline.” We were both already extremely tired from the night before […]

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A long time ago (before 9/11), I had taken a flight from Boston To Hawaii, with the change at LAX. Now, the first leg was fine, but from LAX to Hawaii, the plane had to be more than 25% young babies, and minutes after the ‘fasten seat belt’ sign went off the parents decided to […]

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My son was 23 months old when we took him on his first flight, from Pittsburgh to Las Vegas. I know, brave of us. We booked a red eye in the hopes that he would sleep the entire 5+ hour flight. We boarded, found our seats and got situated with snacks, movies, drinks and everything […]

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Last summer my 2 year old daughter and I were flying home from a visit to some family members on Midwest Airlines. I was 5 months pregnant at the time and for those who have traveled with toddlers, you know how much extra stuff you have to cart around. We had a plane change in […]

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Last week I was returning from FLL to PHL, in coach. My boyfriend had the window and I was in the middle. Behind us was a mom and two kids, one about three (in the middle). It wasn’t long before one could tell there was definitely something wrong with this boy. He would scream, then […]

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