If you are flying with toddlers this week…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP and can I add that no one wants to hear your kid's iPad screaming cartoons. Turn it down or put headphones on the kid.

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I thanked the flight attendant who came and told the parents in front of me that their kid couldn't watch the iPad with the sound on unless she had headphones. Like, duh? We're all stuck in this metal tube, and you think we want to listen to your toddler's inane cartoons for four hours? The mom turned around, like she was surprised that it bothered anyone. What a moron. Using headphones is basic common courtesy, for kids and adults alike.

Wow you're a hero

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP and can I add that no one wants to hear your kid's iPad screaming cartoons. Turn it down or put headphones on the kid.

+1
I thanked the flight attendant who came and told the parents in front of me that their kid couldn't watch the iPad with the sound on unless she had headphones. Like, duh? We're all stuck in this metal tube, and you think we want to listen to your toddler's inane cartoons for four hours? The mom turned around, like she was surprised that it bothered anyone. What a moron. Using headphones is basic common courtesy, for kids and adults alike.

My toddler rips the headphones off after a while. Now will you like to enjoy listening to bluey on low volume or a wailing meltdown toddler? Please advise.

Meltdown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP and can I add that no one wants to hear your kid's iPad screaming cartoons. Turn it down or put headphones on the kid.

+1
I thanked the flight attendant who came and told the parents in front of me that their kid couldn't watch the iPad with the sound on unless she had headphones. Like, duh? We're all stuck in this metal tube, and you think we want to listen to your toddler's inane cartoons for four hours? The mom turned around, like she was surprised that it bothered anyone. What a moron. Using headphones is basic common courtesy, for kids and adults alike.

My toddler rips the headphones off after a while. Now will you like to enjoy listening to bluey on low volume or a wailing meltdown toddler? Please advise.

Meltdown.

Haha +1

[Anonymous]

My kid kicked the seat in front of them. So I moved a backpack to the floor. Flight attendance said that it was illegal. So the person in front of my kid got kicked a lot for that flight

[Anonymous]

Interesting responses here. The mom was watching videos and the dad was playing video games. Was easy to know as both had volume on. The toddler would chill when the mom shared the screen then start screaming when taken away.

We have now adult twins. First flight for both @ 4 months. Lots of 8-12 hour car trips in the early years. We spent a fair amount of time reading on how to handle travel as it was 2 v 2 defense or offense depending on who got upperhand. We didn’t really allow screens till they were 3 so we spent the preboard time moving around, engaging in simple games, etc. We also talked and practiced using inside voices leading up to the trip. We knew that they would make a game day decision on how they were going to comport themselves but felt we should give it the old college try.

They were hellions @ 14 months but fortunately we had rear seats in plane with no one in front of us. At 23 months, they were hellions on Amtrak. But it was a 1 v 2 as I had the flu and couldn’t move in my seat lest it not go well. The older couple across the aisle was clearly not happy. Felt bad and apologized. If there other trying times, I don’t remember as clearly.

I smiled at the toddler and played a bit of peekaboo. That worked a bit but not sustainable.

Sh*t definitely happens with toddlers in transit. And parents should still make an effort to model how to behave when with others. Just like learning please and thank you, it can take time but def worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP and can I add that no one wants to hear your kid's iPad screaming cartoons. Turn it down or put headphones on the kid.

+1
I thanked the flight attendant who came and told the parents in front of me that their kid couldn't watch the iPad with the sound on unless she had headphones. Like, duh? We're all stuck in this metal tube, and you think we want to listen to your toddler's inane cartoons for four hours? The mom turned around, like she was surprised that it bothered anyone. What a moron. Using headphones is basic common courtesy, for kids and adults alike.

My toddler rips the headphones off after a while. Now will you like to enjoy listening to bluey on low volume or a wailing meltdown toddler? Please advise.

What did kids do on planes before iPads? Were they all melting down?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP and can I add that no one wants to hear your kid's iPad screaming cartoons. Turn it down or put headphones on the kid.

+1
I thanked the flight attendant who came and told the parents in front of me that their kid couldn't watch the iPad with the sound on unless she had headphones. Like, duh? We're all stuck in this metal tube, and you think we want to listen to your toddler's inane cartoons for four hours? The mom turned around, like she was surprised that it bothered anyone. What a moron. Using headphones is basic common courtesy, for kids and adults alike.

My toddler rips the headphones off after a while. Now will you like to enjoy listening to bluey on low volume or a wailing meltdown toddler? Please advise.

What did kids do on planes before iPads? Were they all melting down?

Read books, take games where the pieces are connected by string so they don’t roll away when “dropped.” We used to introduce a new game a few days before the trip so there was a little familiarity but still some fascination. We would pack food in a kid lunch box so a lot of time was taken up by them trying to unwrap the items.

When possible, we used to schedule flights around naps to encourage sleeping during flight.