Watch out for the 'how could you drug your child patrol' But I would plan on things to help Em sleep esp if she is sick and fussy.
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
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beth b - Jul 02, 2006 7:33:14 pm PDT #2836 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
DavidS - Jul 02, 2006 8:14:01 pm PDT #2837 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Watch out for the 'how could you drug your child patrol'
::shrugs:: That was my pediatrician's recipe. There are plenty of times when everybody getting enough rest is the most healthful thing you can do.
Aims - Jul 02, 2006 8:29:50 pm PDT #2838 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Watch out for the 'how could you drug your child patrol'
To them I say, "Fine. You hold her for 4.5 hours on the way to Detroit."
billytea - Jul 02, 2006 9:27:33 pm PDT #2839 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Watch out for the 'how could you drug your child patrol'
I imagine this like a mobile library, giving out helpful hints and free samples. "Ever wondered how you could drug your child? Read our free brochure!"
Volans - Jul 02, 2006 10:07:06 pm PDT #2840 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Raq to please be giving advice on matter.
They have liquid Benadryl, but it's a bitch getting it into an unhappy toddler on a plane by yourself. I recommend doing it beforehand in a restroom if you think you will need it (I only had to dose Mal on the last of 8 flights, so I wasn't expecting it and had to do it in the plane bathroom with Mal rocking out at 100 decibels). It seemed to take about 20 minutes to kick in.
Um, some kids have a paradoxical reaction and it makes them hyper, so if you have time to test it first that might be good.
Make sure she's sucking on something for takeoff and landing (I'm sure you know that one, but with a cold, doubly important).
If she doesn't conk out, the safety card is practically indestructible and you can make up stories about the people and planes. Armrest UP! Armrest DOWN! was a huge hit with Mal, as was windowshade UP! (tho I think that one bugged my fellow passengers). Lots of walking the aisles. Kindness of strangers.
And it will be more difficult to go through security, so allow time. There's just more stuff to scan, and if you've got her in a stroller you'll need to get her out, collapse it, then reset everything on the other side.
May the Force be with you.
(Oh, and those little bottles of vodka are child-size, IJS)
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2006 10:07:26 pm PDT #2841 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cuba Gooding Jr. winked at me in traffic a couple months ago. That's so much the anti-celebrity sighting that it eats into the good ones and makes a couple of them smell funny.
Pix - Jul 02, 2006 10:18:10 pm PDT #2842 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Aimee, you've been through the plane thing with Em a ton of times already...I bet you can make it look easy. Even sick, for lo you are mighty like unto an Empress.
Emily - Jul 03, 2006 12:54:59 am PDT #2843 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Speaking of this, one of the things I'm Really Looking Forward To is taking my cat through airport security. That'll just be the Funnest!
Anyway, good luck, Aimee. As much as I'm dreading flying alone with the cat, flying alone with a sick kid would scare me much more. But you will face the challenge, and overcome it! We do not press this point, we waive it. We look over it. Er, or something.
Laura - Jul 03, 2006 3:37:10 am PDT #2844 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Um, some kids have a paradoxical reaction and it makes them hyper, so if you have time to test it first that might be good.
Brendon is like this. And caffeine calms him. Our chemistry is a strange thing.
sj - Jul 03, 2006 4:43:08 am PDT #2845 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
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