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| Subject: Re: Costa Rica, Southern Spain, or Southern Italy with 2.5 y/o?
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Posted on: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:51:50 -0400
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Why can't children(as my FiFi was) be put in comfortable cages in cargo?
"dragonlady" wrote in message
news:mehouck-509C80.13415115082005@newssvr21-ext.news.prodigy.com...
> In article ,
> "chilly" wrote:
>
>> > Why would you EVER hold a crying baby against the parents -- unless the
>> > parents are not feeding a hungry baby, or not changing a dirty diaper,
>> > or otherwise not tending to real needs?
>>
>> Perhaps I should have used the word "generally" instead of "always"? And
>> then you would have understood that it is when "the
>> parents are not feeding a hungry baby, or not changing a dirty diaper,
>> or otherwise not tending to real needs"? I have seen a baby crying
>> during
>> take off and landing, yet the parents were not giving the baby a bottle
>> to
>> suck. While that may not help the baby everytime, it is still
>> recommended,
>> so why not at least try it?
>
> Two of my kids never took bottles, and one of those never used a
> pacifier or even sucked his thumb.
>
> And the one who cried during take offs and landings also refused to
> nurse during those times.
>
> Are you always watching closely enough to know that the parents AREN'T
> doing what they can?
>
>> > When I've had a flight disturbed by a crying baby, I always feel so
>> > sorry for the parents -- I know that they are doing all they can to
>> > comfort the baby, but sometimes there's just nothing you can do.
>>
>> Hey, I may feel sorry for the parents, but I also feel sorry for all of
>> the
>> other passengers, the flight attendants and myself.
>
> Sure -- me, too. I don't fly often, but a few years ago I took a red
> eye from the west coast to the east coast, expecting to get at least a
> few hours sleep so I could be reasonably alert for a morning meeting.
> Unfortunately, there was a small one crying pretty much the entire
> flight in the row behind me. I felt a bit sorry for myself, but,
> frankly, the bulk of my pity was for the child who was so unhappy and
> his parent, who was doing everything she could be expected to do to
> soothe him.
>
> I've also BEEN the parent with the inconsolable child. The worst was a
> flight when with one 6 yo and two 3 yo's, with me as the only grownup.
> One of the 3 yo's hated the confinement of the car seat, and was pretty
> miserable most of the time. The trip was made worse for me by one
> passenger who seemed to think there was something I could do about her
> unhappiness. I did everything I could to keep her from intruding on
> other people's physical space, and I'm not sure what this passenger
> expected from me that I wasn't doing -- but his verbal assaults on me
> and my child made the entire situation even worse.
>
> I guess that's why I'm so touchy about this. There are times when there
> is just nothing you can do! I took her out of her seat as much as I
> could, but then I'd get complaints about walking up and down the aisles
> with her. If I tried to hold her, she fought me and ended up kicking
> the seat in front of me and being even more disturbing to other
> passengers. I had snacks, toys, loveys -- all the things that might
> possibly have made her happier. However, short of knocking her out, on
> this particular trip, I was just screwed -- as were those around us.
> There was no way to have predicted this, as she'd been OK (not
> magnificent, but OK) on other trips. It was a very long 5 hours . . .
> --
> Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care
>
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