From my experience flying with a baby or young children is a particularly stressful experience. It might seem like a good idea to take a holiday in the sun \u2013 you don\u2019t have to pay for a seat until they are two, and they\u2019ll sit still won\u2019t they? Small babies can be wonderfully adaptable and as long as they are fed, watered and kept clean are happy anywhere,\u00a0 aren\u2019t they?\u00a0 Oh no! After all the hassle of checking in, hanging round the airport for hours,\u00a0 worrying if your brand-new bugaboo pram will be in one piece after being chucked in the hold, you can\u2019t predict how your little one will react to flying \u2013 the change in pressure at taking off and landing may effect their ears, and they may decide that this is the time to scream inconsolably for two hours during the flight, resulting in the severe annoyance of your fellow passengers, and what happens if the dreaded exploding nappy happens \u2013 baby changing facilities in plane toilets are limited, and it\u2019s tricky at the best of times \u2013 and worse if are experiencing a spot of turbulence!\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it, wherever you go, a holiday with kids is not the same as a holiday pre-children, or without them \u2013 you can\u2019t switch off.\u00a0 Far better to choose a holiday in the UK, and save yourselves lots of stress.\u00a0 And it doesn\u2019t have to lack in luxury, there are some gorgeous cottages to rent with swimming pools or even log cabins with hot tubs!\u00a0 You\u2019ve got the added security of knowing if children are ill, Doctors are easy to get hold of.<\/p>\n
I remember a very stressful flight to Rome, with my 9 month old.\u00a0 I tried to discreetly breast feed her on take-off to help balance her ears (as advised). She didn\u2019t want to know \u2013 and kept sticking her head up and grinning at the large gentlemen beside me, leaving my breast exposed and me trying look like I regularly spurt milk up at emergency call buttons! Then the loud chattering started; fellow passengers smiled warmly at first, but I could see their tolerance start to diminish as her chuckles turned to tears. Toys on the floor, biscuit crumbs in my hair, and the worry that a dirty nappy was imminent made it feel like the longest flight of my life!\u00a0 When we finally landed in Rome, the plane was delayed on the runway for 30 minutes! And, just when I thought I\u2019d avoided the baby changing facilities, my daughter decided to void herself of three days worth of waste and stank out the entire cabin! Worse still it is when we were queuing to get off, and there had been some other hold up, so I couldn\u2019t move. \u00a0Forget the Trevi Fountain suddenly a log cabin in Dorset seemed a much better idea \u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From my experience flying with a baby or young children is a particularly stressful experience. It might seem like a good idea to take a holiday in the sun \u2013 you don\u2019t have to pay for a seat until they … Continue reading