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July 2012 Moms
zyas
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Back from our trip
zyas
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We made it safely back home yesterday. Our first flight left at 5:25am so I was up at 3 and had to get Ava up at 3:45.
Our first flight was short and went great, she sat on my lap the whole time willingly (it was only 20 minutes). Then we had a 2 hour layover until our next flight and of course she fell asleep the moment I put her in the stroller. She slept through customs and then onto security. They gave me a choice and said I could either take her out and carry her through or I could push the stroller through and they would pat her down.
I think they were all surprised because I chose the pat down. But I know my kid and she was much more likely to sleep through that. The lady was very gentle with her and she slept right through! Then when I clipped her soother back onto her collar, I must have accidentally pulled her hair and she woke up! Ugh
I let her run around before our flight as much as possible and they had a play area for kids so she went down the slide a lot. (Her new favorite thing).
The flight was packed and we had an aisle seat in row 10 so near the front. She actually slept for about 30 minutes and was quiet and sat on my lap for another 30 minutes. The rest if the time (3 hours) she was up and down constantly but she never tried to run off. She was happy to stand in the aisle and even sat right at my feet playing with her flash cards. She almost got run over by the drink cart as they came so quick I didn't notice and they didn't see her. I grabbed her just in time but the flight attendant literally backed right into her. She felt so bad!!! And so did I.
She had several small tantrums which is a daily occurance now when I don't let her do something or have something that she wants.
But what really sucked was when I had a major coughing spell and couldn't stop. I hurried back to the bathrooms but there were like 7 people in line. Ava was crying and I was coughing up a lung standing in line. It was awful. I've been really sick the last few days and cough until I throw up. I can't get in to my dr until tomorrow morning.
But overall the flight was ok. We were exhausted though for the rest of the day. Ava was so happy to see my H when he picked us up. I think she had had enough of me as from that moment on she only wanted him the rest of the day/ night.
Our first flight was short and went great, she sat on my lap the whole time willingly (it was only 20 minutes). Then we had a 2 hour layover until our next flight and of course she fell asleep the moment I put her in the stroller. She slept through customs and then onto security. They gave me a choice and said I could either take her out and carry her through or I could push the stroller through and they would pat her down.
I think they were all surprised because I chose the pat down. But I know my kid and she was much more likely to sleep through that. The lady was very gentle with her and she slept right through! Then when I clipped her soother back onto her collar, I must have accidentally pulled her hair and she woke up! Ugh
I let her run around before our flight as much as possible and they had a play area for kids so she went down the slide a lot. (Her new favorite thing).
The flight was packed and we had an aisle seat in row 10 so near the front. She actually slept for about 30 minutes and was quiet and sat on my lap for another 30 minutes. The rest if the time (3 hours) she was up and down constantly but she never tried to run off. She was happy to stand in the aisle and even sat right at my feet playing with her flash cards. She almost got run over by the drink cart as they came so quick I didn't notice and they didn't see her. I grabbed her just in time but the flight attendant literally backed right into her. She felt so bad!!! And so did I.
She had several small tantrums which is a daily occurance now when I don't let her do something or have something that she wants.
But what really sucked was when I had a major coughing spell and couldn't stop. I hurried back to the bathrooms but there were like 7 people in line. Ava was crying and I was coughing up a lung standing in line. It was awful. I've been really sick the last few days and cough until I throw up. I can't get in to my dr until tomorrow morning.
But overall the flight was ok. We were exhausted though for the rest of the day. Ava was so happy to see my H when he picked us up. I think she had had enough of me as from that moment on she only wanted him the rest of the day/ night.
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