Flying with a young two year old - masks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our two year old wore her mask for the entirety of a cross-country flight. Screen time helped a lot. She was wearing a little KF94 covering her nose and mouth. I was worried because she often had a hard time keeping it on before, but it turns out she’s totally fine as long as she’s staring at a screen.

OMG.

Read what you wrote and realize that you are talking about your two-year-old child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our two year old wore her mask for the entirety of a cross-country flight. Screen time helped a lot. She was wearing a little KF94 covering her nose and mouth. I was worried because she often had a hard time keeping it on before, but it turns out she’s totally fine as long as she’s staring at a screen.

OP here - yeah, unfortunately he gets really car sick, so I think we're going to try to avoid screens on the flight to avoid puking if we can. Plus he's not that into screens, will only distract him historically for 10-15 minutes? But this is a good point - we'll have some TV at the ready on my iPad if all else fails. Thanks!

Sounds like only solution you are open to is not masking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. "Crickets," ha, I did something else for 45 minutes! Sheesh!

There are a few posts that people are assuming are me, they are not - all the posts from me are explicitly labeled as such.

I didn't not come here for validation, I wanted to know how the regulations translate to real life for two year olds. For those of you who have kids around this age and have provided info on your experience and advice on how you handle things, thank you! That's been really helpful. If any other such folks want to weigh in, I'm really interested in your experience and what worked/didn't work.

Interesting that none of the real sticklers have actually flown with two year olds, militantly having them sip drinks under their masks with their perfectly fitting N95s worn correctly 100% of time. They just see a rule and they are here. for. it. Black and white, no grey at all!! REGULATIONS! Glad to see you never had a drink at age 20 and I'm sure you're carefully reading the emergency instructions in the seat back pocket during every flight. You must have fun driving on the beltway at 55 MPH. 56 is against the LAW! Hahaha.

Anyway, thanks again for the real life stories - keep em coming, and everyone else, keep it up, you're entertaining me on a tough day.

Anyway you want to justify your immorality to make you feel better. Disheartening to know there are parents like yourself out there. You chose to pick the flight that you don’t want to follow the rules when it comes to how your actions affects others. I have children and would not put them on a flight that they cannot handle. I did not drink at age 20 and it’s not a regulation to read the safety instructions. Deflecting much? I have done immoral things, but I would not make excuses and justify my wrongs. You however are, and you are absolutely looking for validation. If you are so right in your decision, then why are going about it underhandedly? You argue with me, if you are so right, why are looking to lie about his age to flight crew before boarding? Are you’ going to accuse flight crew of past wrong doings also to make it ok for you to not have to follow regulation? You know very well you are wrong. Keep trying to say others do things wrong, therefore, you can. At least most would say I know I shouldn’t, but not you. You point blame.

Oh look, to go against Government makes you immoral. Good to know separate but equal, women not having the right to vote, and the Vietnam War were on your list of “Very Moral Things Because the Government Said So.”

Thank you for outing yourself as someone not to take seriously AT ALL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. "Crickets," ha, I did something else for 45 minutes! Sheesh!

There are a few posts that people are assuming are me, they are not - all the posts from me are explicitly labeled as such.

I didn't not come here for validation, I wanted to know how the regulations translate to real life for two year olds. For those of you who have kids around this age and have provided info on your experience and advice on how you handle things, thank you! That's been really helpful. If any other such folks want to weigh in, I'm really interested in your experience and what worked/didn't work.

Interesting that none of the real sticklers have actually flown with two year olds, militantly having them sip drinks under their masks with their perfectly fitting N95s worn correctly 100% of time. They just see a rule and they are here. for. it. Black and white, no grey at all!! REGULATIONS! Glad to see you never had a drink at age 20 and I'm sure you're carefully reading the emergency instructions in the seat back pocket during every flight. You must have fun driving on the beltway at 55 MPH. 56 is against the LAW! Hahaha.

Anyway, thanks again for the real life stories - keep em coming, and everyone else, keep it up, you're entertaining me on a tough day.

Anyway you want to justify your immorality to make you feel better. Disheartening to know there are parents like yourself out there. You chose to pick the flight that you don’t want to follow the rules when it comes to how your actions affects others. I have children and would not put them on a flight that they cannot handle. I did not drink at age 20 and it’s not a regulation to read the safety instructions. Deflecting much? I have done immoral things, but I would not make excuses and justify my wrongs. You however are, and you are absolutely looking for validation. If you are so right in your decision, then why are going about it underhandedly? You argue with me, if you are so right, why are looking to lie about his age to flight crew before boarding? Are you’ going to accuse flight crew of past wrong doings also to make it ok for you to not have to follow regulation? You know very well you are wrong. Keep trying to say others do things wrong, therefore, you can. At least most would say I know I shouldn’t, but not you. You point blame.

Oh look, to go against Government makes you immoral. Good to know separate but equal, women not having the right to vote, and the Vietnam War were on your list of “Very Moral Things Because the Government Said So.”

Thank you for outing yourself as someone not to take seriously AT ALL.

Dishonesty is in fact immoral. Your desperate attempt at those examples you gave are provocations and not at all a comparison to your dishonesty. I do feel badly for you as you need some guidance in finding some principles. It’s not so much your deceitfulness, but what’s more concerning is you justifying it as right and narcist attitude. I feel sorry for your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our two year old wore her mask for the entirety of a cross-country flight. Screen time helped a lot. She was wearing a little KF94 covering her nose and mouth. I was worried because she often had a hard time keeping it on before, but it turns out she’s totally fine as long as she’s staring at a screen.

OP here - yeah, unfortunately he gets really car sick, so I think we're going to try to avoid screens on the flight to avoid puking if we can. Plus he's not that into screens, will only distract him historically for 10-15 minutes? But this is a good point - we'll have some TV at the ready on my iPad if all else fails. Thanks!

Sounds like only solution you are open to is not masking.

She isn’t looking for a solution, just validation.

[Anonymous]

Woman, mask your kid. When you purchased the ticket you knew. You made your bed, now lie it it.

[Anonymous]

We have twin 2 year olds. One flat out refuses to keep his mask on. The other will rip it off when he sees his brother take his off.

We can't fly right now and accept that any vacations need to be within driving distance.

I personally disagree with masking 2 year olds (think it should be 3 or 4), but the rules are the rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our two year old wore her mask for the entirety of a cross-country flight. Screen time helped a lot. She was wearing a little KF94 covering her nose and mouth. I was worried because she often had a hard time keeping it on before, but it turns out she’s totally fine as long as she’s staring at a screen.

OMG.

Read what you wrote and realize that you are talking about your two-year-old child.

Yes PP, you are a terrible mother. You should have just taped the mask on! Other people talk softly to their child about the importance of wearing masks while feeding our child organic snacks to keep them quiet on a flight to make them comply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. "Crickets," ha, I did something else for 45 minutes! Sheesh!

There are a few posts that people are assuming are me, they are not - all the posts from me are explicitly labeled as such.

I didn't not come here for validation, I wanted to know how the regulations translate to real life for two year olds. For those of you who have kids around this age and have provided info on your experience and advice on how you handle things, thank you! That's been really helpful. If any other such folks want to weigh in, I'm really interested in your experience and what worked/didn't work.

Interesting that none of the real sticklers have actually flown with two year olds, militantly having them sip drinks under their masks with their perfectly fitting N95s worn correctly 100% of time. They just see a rule and they are here. for. it. Black and white, no grey at all!! REGULATIONS! Glad to see you never had a drink at age 20 and I'm sure you're carefully reading the emergency instructions in the seat back pocket during every flight. You must have fun driving on the beltway at 55 MPH. 56 is against the LAW! Hahaha.

Anyway, thanks again for the real life stories - keep em coming, and everyone else, keep it up, you're entertaining me on a tough day.

Anyway you want to justify your immorality to make you feel better. Disheartening to know there are parents like yourself out there. You chose to pick the flight that you don’t want to follow the rules when it comes to how your actions affects others. I have children and would not put them on a flight that they cannot handle. I did not drink at age 20 and it’s not a regulation to read the safety instructions. Deflecting much? I have done immoral things, but I would not make excuses and justify my wrongs. You however are, and you are absolutely looking for validation. If you are so right in your decision, then why are going about it underhandedly? You argue with me, if you are so right, why are looking to lie about his age to flight crew before boarding? Are you’ going to accuse flight crew of past wrong doings also to make it ok for you to not have to follow regulation? You know very well you are wrong. Keep trying to say others do things wrong, therefore, you can. At least most would say I know I shouldn’t, but not you. You point blame.

Oh look, to go against Government makes you immoral. Good to know separate but equal, women not having the right to vote, and the Vietnam War were on your list of “Very Moral Things Because the Government Said So.”

Thank you for outing yourself as someone not to take seriously AT ALL.

What? How are these things related to the topic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our two year old wore her mask for the entirety of a cross-country flight. Screen time helped a lot. She was wearing a little KF94 covering her nose and mouth. I was worried because she often had a hard time keeping it on before, but it turns out she’s totally fine as long as she’s staring at a screen.

OMG.

Read what you wrote and realize that you are talking about your two-year-old child.

Yes PP, you are a terrible mother. You should have just taped the mask on! Other people talk softly to their child about the importance of wearing masks while feeding our child organic snacks to keep them quiet on a flight to make them comply.

No. You should allow your two year old to be a two year old, without masks or screens. And people think that "child sacrifice" is something that happened in ancient history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have twin 2 year olds. One flat out refuses to keep his mask on. The other will rip it off when he sees his brother take his off.

We can't fly right now and accept that any vacations need to be within driving distance.

I personally disagree with masking 2 year olds (think it should be 3 or 4), but the rules are the rules.

Agree, she doesn’t have to fly with a two year old and I would not have done so if I had a problem with it. This rule isn’t anything new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our two year old wore her mask for the entirety of a cross-country flight. Screen time helped a lot. She was wearing a little KF94 covering her nose and mouth. I was worried because she often had a hard time keeping it on before, but it turns out she’s totally fine as long as she’s staring at a screen.

OP here - yeah, unfortunately he gets really car sick, so I think we're going to try to avoid screens on the flight to avoid puking if we can. Plus he's not that into screens, will only distract him historically for 10-15 minutes? But this is a good point - we'll have some TV at the ready on my iPad if all else fails. Thanks!

If you’re looking for activities the two that always worked for my kids were matchbox cars and play doh.

[Anonymous]

Are you being forced against your will to fly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. "Crickets," ha, I did something else for 45 minutes! Sheesh!

There are a few posts that people are assuming are me, they are not - all the posts from me are explicitly labeled as such.

I didn't not come here for validation, I wanted to know how the regulations translate to real life for two year olds. For those of you who have kids around this age and have provided info on your experience and advice on how you handle things, thank you! That's been really helpful. If any other such folks want to weigh in, I'm really interested in your experience and what worked/didn't work.

Interesting that none of the real sticklers have actually flown with two year olds, militantly having them sip drinks under their masks with their perfectly fitting N95s worn correctly 100% of time. They just see a rule and they are here. for. it. Black and white, no grey at all!! REGULATIONS! Glad to see you never had a drink at age 20 and I'm sure you're carefully reading the emergency instructions in the seat back pocket during every flight. You must have fun driving on the beltway at 55 MPH. 56 is against the LAW! Hahaha.

Anyway, thanks again for the real life stories - keep em coming, and everyone else, keep it up, you're entertaining me on a tough day.

Anyway you want to justify your immorality to make you feel better. Disheartening to know there are parents like yourself out there. You chose to pick the flight that you don’t want to follow the rules when it comes to how your actions affects others. I have children and would not put them on a flight that they cannot handle. I did not drink at age 20 and it’s not a regulation to read the safety instructions. Deflecting much? I have done immoral things, but I would not make excuses and justify my wrongs. You however are, and you are absolutely looking for validation. If you are so right in your decision, then why are going about it underhandedly? You argue with me, if you are so right, why are looking to lie about his age to flight crew before boarding? Are you’ going to accuse flight crew of past wrong doings also to make it ok for you to not have to follow regulation? You know very well you are wrong. Keep trying to say others do things wrong, therefore, you can. At least most would say I know I shouldn’t, but not you. You point blame.

Oh look, to go against Government makes you immoral. Good to know separate but equal, women not having the right to vote, and the Vietnam War were on your list of “Very Moral Things Because the Government Said So.”

Thank you for outing yourself as someone not to take seriously AT ALL.

Dishonesty is in fact immoral. Your desperate attempt at those examples you gave are provocations and not at all a comparison to your dishonesty. I do feel badly for you as you need some guidance in finding some principles. It’s not so much your deceitfulness, but what’s more concerning is you justifying it as right and narcist attitude. I feel sorry for your child.

lol wtf who is being dishonest? you’re just making stuff up at this point. you don’t need to feel sorry for my childREN - I don’t teach them that their morality comes from government compliance and I actually give them critical thinking skills. but you have fun with your sheep! I mean…kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have twin 2 year olds. One flat out refuses to keep his mask on. The other will rip it off when he sees his brother take his off.

We can't fly right now and accept that any vacations need to be within driving distance.

I personally disagree with masking 2 year olds (think it should be 3 or 4), but the rules are the rules.

Agree, she doesn’t have to fly with a two year old and I would not have done so if I had a problem with it. This rule isn’t anything new.

OP seemingly doesn’t want regulation of masks. Topic really has nothing to do with her two year old not being able to wear one-he is her prop in this. She has stated consistently in this thread that she is not in favor of following rules and government regulations (albeit for public safety). Seemingly a thread she created to provoke.