Flying with a young two year old - masks?

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry you're getting all these crazy responses OP. Of course it's stressful to plane a plane trip with a toddler in this environment. I think you'll be fine. Remember that most people flying/working in aviation are real people who don't spend their weekdays angry posting on DCUM. The vast majority of people you encounter will be impressed/horrified if your child IS wearing a mask.

Pot calling the kettle.

How many days of the week do you spend writing posts like this?

How many days do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son turned two in January and in a couple weeks, we are flying (his first flight!)

Anyone fly recently with a kid this age? How strict are they about masks? We have a little cloth mask for him, and he likes wearing it generally, but it's only be 30 mins at a time to go into stores, maybe 3 times? So he's very new at this. He's not in daycare, so he's never had to wear it very long. The flight is about two hours, and we are honestly hoping he sleeps (it's right during nap time) but I don't think he'll sleep with the mask on.

We filled in his birthdate when we bought the tickets so the flight attendants theoretically know that he's over age two. Not sure if my best bet is to just not even try, and if asked say he's not two yet, so everyone can save face, or if we should try the mask but not worry to much about it unless the flight attendants insist, or if we should attempt to be really strict about it (which probably means an overtired, cranky kid).

I can't imagine this rinky dink cloth mask that is under his nose half the time is doing much anyway... I mean, his nose is like a centimeter from his eyes, it's really hard to keep positioned correctly, and we're new at this.

Why are you considering fibbing about his age and why are you putting this burden on the flight attendants?

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Anonymous wrote:All depends on which flight attendants you get. Bring lots of snacks and drinks and hope for the best. Sit the child by the window so he’s less visible to other passengers. Flight attendants don’t tend to walk up and down the aisle during the flight, so once the service cart passes by, you should be fine.

OP here - this is a good point. I think we'll probably mask him for boarding and then hope it's out of sight, out of mind. He'll definitely have the window seat.

So regulation that still is in effect doesn’t apply to your family? You must be superior.

This is the OP. He's been old enough for a mask for FOUR WEEKS. We're doing our best here, just like everyone else. Back off.

No you are NOT doing your best. You are skirting around and admitting to being a sneak to get around the regulation. It affects others and you knew that your kid would turn 2 just before the flight, did you not? You are all sorts of ethical.

Lol, have you been on a plane? If we are talking about ethics a new 2yo is the least of your concerns. Plenty of grown adults skirting the rules all flight long. And omicron is sailing through and around that little cloth mask anyway, so it ain't making anyone safer.

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Anonymous wrote:All depends on which flight attendants you get. Bring lots of snacks and drinks and hope for the best. Sit the child by the window so he’s less visible to other passengers. Flight attendants don’t tend to walk up and down the aisle during the flight, so once the service cart passes by, you should be fine.

OP here - this is a good point. I think we'll probably mask him for boarding and then hope it's out of sight, out of mind. He'll definitely have the window seat.

So regulation that still is in effect doesn’t apply to your family? You must be superior.

This is the OP. He's been old enough for a mask for FOUR WEEKS. We're doing our best here, just like everyone else. Back off.

No you are NOT doing your best. You are skirting around and admitting to being a sneak to get around the regulation. It affects others and you knew that your kid would turn 2 just before the flight, did you not? You are all sorts of ethical.

Lol, have you been on a plane? If we are talking about ethics a new 2yo is the least of your concerns. Plenty of grown adults skirting the rules all flight long. And omicron is sailing through and around that little cloth mask anyway, so it ain't making anyone safer.

No kidding plenty of adults are skirting around it! Such as this mom is trying to do so with her child. I do not wear a cloth mask and I would rather someone wear a cloth mask than none. I don’t want your breath when you say ain’t.

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Anonymous wrote:All depends on which flight attendants you get. Bring lots of snacks and drinks and hope for the best. Sit the child by the window so he’s less visible to other passengers. Flight attendants don’t tend to walk up and down the aisle during the flight, so once the service cart passes by, you should be fine.

OP here - this is a good point. I think we'll probably mask him for boarding and then hope it's out of sight, out of mind. He'll definitely have the window seat.

So regulation that still is in effect doesn’t apply to your family? You must be superior.

This is the OP. He's been old enough for a mask for FOUR WEEKS. We're doing our best here, just like everyone else. Back off.

No you are NOT doing your best. You are skirting around and admitting to being a sneak to get around the regulation. It affects others and you knew that your kid would turn 2 just before the flight, did you not? You are all sorts of ethical.

Lol, have you been on a plane? If we are talking about ethics a new 2yo is the least of your concerns. Plenty of grown adults skirting the rules all flight long. And omicron is sailing through and around that little cloth mask anyway, so it ain't making anyone safer.

Ethics of the parent is the issue, not the 2 year old. Just to remind you.

[Anonymous]

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.

I was one of the posters you were yelling at, and I didn’t say it explicitly in my post, but yes, my flight attendants have absolutely asked two year olds to sneak food under their masks. Do I think it’s a good idea? Doesn’t matter. IME, some flights are incredibly strict and clueless about what a two year old can reasonably do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son turned two in January and in a couple weeks, we are flying (his first flight!)

Anyone fly recently with a kid this age? How strict are they about masks? We have a little cloth mask for him, and he likes wearing it generally, but it's only be 30 mins at a time to go into stores, maybe 3 times? So he's very new at this. He's not in daycare, so he's never had to wear it very long. The flight is about two hours, and we are honestly hoping he sleeps (it's right during nap time) but I don't think he'll sleep with the mask on.

We filled in his birthdate when we bought the tickets so the flight attendants theoretically know that he's over age two. Not sure if my best bet is to just not even try, and if asked say he's not two yet, so everyone can save face, or if we should try the mask but not worry to much about it unless the flight attendants insist, or if we should attempt to be really strict about it (which probably means an overtired, cranky kid).

I can't imagine this rinky dink cloth mask that is under his nose half the time is doing much anyway... I mean, his nose is like a centimeter from his eyes, it's really hard to keep positioned correctly, and we're new at this.

Why are you considering fibbing about his age and why are you putting this burden on the flight attendants?

Because she is dishonest and selfish.

[Anonymous]

Would you mind sending your flight info, so I can change my flight in case it’s the same as yours? Thank you.

[Anonymous]

I flew twice this summer, both on shorter domestic flights (a little over an hour one way and about 2.5 hours one way). On both my flights the FA’s did not give even the tiniest F about peoples masks or not. If you had a drink or food in your hand or on your tray, that was pretty much good enough. The people next to me across the aisle on one flight were talking masks off the whole time. However, it’s really going to depend on your flight crew and the flight attendants. I’ve heard that some can be real hard asses. Even so I don’t think they would give a thought to a toddler eating Cheerios or falling asleep with their mask down.

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Anonymous wrote:I flew twice this summer, both on shorter domestic flights (a little over an hour one way and about 2.5 hours one way). On both my flights the FA’s did not give even the tiniest F about peoples masks or not. If you had a drink or food in your hand or on your tray, that was pretty much good enough. The people next to me across the aisle on one flight were talking masks off the whole time. However, it’s really going to depend on your flight crew and the flight attendants. I’ve heard that some can be real hard asses. Even so I don’t think they would give a thought to a toddler eating Cheerios or falling asleep with their mask down.

Which is precisely how and why covid spreads.

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Anonymous wrote:All depends on which flight attendants you get. Bring lots of snacks and drinks and hope for the best. Sit the child by the window so he’s less visible to other passengers. Flight attendants don’t tend to walk up and down the aisle during the flight, so once the service cart passes by, you should be fine.

OP here - this is a good point. I think we'll probably mask him for boarding and then hope it's out of sight, out of mind. He'll definitely have the window seat.

So regulation that still is in effect doesn’t apply to your family? You must be superior.

This is the OP. He's been old enough for a mask for FOUR WEEKS. We're doing our best here, just like everyone else. Back off.

Your best is underhanded?

OP here. Right now? Yes.

Wow! Just WOW! Some people shouldn’t have children.

Yes. YOU. You clearly have no compassion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I flew twice this summer, both on shorter domestic flights (a little over an hour one way and about 2.5 hours one way). On both my flights the FA’s did not give even the tiniest F about peoples masks or not. If you had a drink or food in your hand or on your tray, that was pretty much good enough. The people next to me across the aisle on one flight were talking masks off the whole time. However, it’s really going to depend on your flight crew and the flight attendants. I’ve heard that some can be real hard asses. Even so I don’t think they would give a thought to a toddler eating Cheerios or falling asleep with their mask down.

Which is precisely how and why covid spreads.

Oh no, not Covid spreading! You might get a cooooold. Wah wah.

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Anonymous wrote:All depends on which flight attendants you get. Bring lots of snacks and drinks and hope for the best. Sit the child by the window so he’s less visible to other passengers. Flight attendants don’t tend to walk up and down the aisle during the flight, so once the service cart passes by, you should be fine.

OP here - this is a good point. I think we'll probably mask him for boarding and then hope it's out of sight, out of mind. He'll definitely have the window seat.

So regulation that still is in effect doesn’t apply to your family? You must be superior.

This is the OP. He's been old enough for a mask for FOUR WEEKS. We're doing our best here, just like everyone else. Back off.

Your best is underhanded?

OP here. Right now? Yes.

Wow! Just WOW! Some people shouldn’t have children.

Yes. YOU. You clearly have no compassion.

Compassionate about what? That this woman chose a flight that she was aware of rules and her child’s issue with it? Feel sorry for her for not choosing some other mode of transportation? She is in control of the situation, she is putting herself in it. This is not a situation warranting compassion for her, you are an enabler. Only compassion should be for the passengers who have endure her or get sick from her selfishness. There are a lot of people in this world who need compassion (orphaned children, people who are ill, etc). This is not one of them.
I wasn’t careful with my phone and broke my screen, do you have compassion for me?

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Anonymous wrote:All depends on which flight attendants you get. Bring lots of snacks and drinks and hope for the best. Sit the child by the window so he’s less visible to other passengers. Flight attendants don’t tend to walk up and down the aisle during the flight, so once the service cart passes by, you should be fine.

OP here - this is a good point. I think we'll probably mask him for boarding and then hope it's out of sight, out of mind. He'll definitely have the window seat.

So regulation that still is in effect doesn’t apply to your family? You must be superior.

This is the OP. He's been old enough for a mask for FOUR WEEKS. We're doing our best here, just like everyone else. Back off.

Your best is underhanded?

OP here. Right now? Yes.

Wow! Just WOW! Some people shouldn’t have children.

Yes. YOU. You clearly have no compassion.

Compassionate about what? That this woman chose a flight that she was aware of rules and her child’s issue with it? Feel sorry for her for not choosing some other mode of transportation? She is in control of the situation, she is putting herself in it. This is not a situation warranting compassion for her, you are an enabler. Only compassion should be for the passengers who have endure her or get sick from her selfishness. There are a lot of people in this world who need compassion (orphaned children, people who are ill, etc). This is not one of them.
I wasn’t careful with my phone and broke my screen, do you have compassion for me?

You aren’t ready to start traveling again. You’re going to see a lot worse on airplanes and in airports than just a 2 year old with their mask falling under their nose. LOL.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I flew twice this summer, both on shorter domestic flights (a little over an hour one way and about 2.5 hours one way). On both my flights the FA’s did not give even the tiniest F about peoples masks or not. If you had a drink or food in your hand or on your tray, that was pretty much good enough. The people next to me across the aisle on one flight were talking masks off the whole time. However, it’s really going to depend on your flight crew and the flight attendants. I’ve heard that some can be real hard asses. Even so I don’t think they would give a thought to a toddler eating Cheerios or falling asleep with their mask down.

Which is precisely how and why covid spreads.

Oh no, not Covid spreading! You might get a cooooold. Wah wah.

Say that to those who have loved ones who got very ill and/or died loser.