Just 4 hours with a wiggleworm is DAUNTING. Oddly, I'd rather drive to Ohio.

Oh, I'd rather have my fingernails yanked out than go with my kids on a plane! Not that my driving experience is that much better (although the kids are starting to get the hang of our 8 hour drive to Indiana).

Allyson, I totally would.

HMOG, the woman in line in front of me at the hospital cafeteria today asked for SEVEN orders of bacon. It was all I could do not to tell her "cardiac center is down the hall to the right."

HMOG, the woman in line in front of me at the hospital cafeteria today asked for SEVEN orders of bacon.

My theory is she's about to embark on a world cruise on a kosher ocean liner, and thus will be deprived of bacon for half a year....

HMOG, the woman in line in front of me at the hospital cafeteria today asked for SEVEN orders of bacon.

Maybe she was getting bacon for all her friends?

Happy birthday, VW! And happy anniversary, Barb!

HMOG, the woman in line in front of me at the hospital cafeteria today asked for SEVEN orders of bacon.

Well, bacon *is* goddamn delicious. Why not, if you've got a hankering?

I don't remember - have we talked about this?

e-MANcipate! is a project to accelerate the acceptance of male pantyhose as a regular clothing item.

Happy birthday, vw! Glad your new year is starting out well.

(BTW, my facebook status was totally directed at you)

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The worst experience I ever had traveling with a child, wasn't one of my own. I not-so-affectionately call that the "Jeffrey flight" after the infamous Cosby skit.

In terms of traveling with my own kids, I've either blocked out the memories or they weren't that bad-- the sucking on something is absolutely essential. You should also check ahead of time to see if the Benadryl experiment works on your particular kids. I had a friend of mind who was flying to Japan with two kids under the age of four and her pediatrician had recommended that she give the kids Benadryl to knock them out.

Good thing she did a test run beforehand, because her kids are among the small percentage who get hyped like crack monkeys on the stuff.

My flight home yesterday from Boise to Denver was FULL of littles, under the age of 2. I think I counted at least 8 as we were boarding - two of them ended up right behind me. And I never heard a squawk out of any of them.

People always compliment us on how well-behaved Annabel is on flights. And until I read Barb's story I didn't quite get it, because it's not like she's anything near perfect--like, there's no way she can handle a Seattle-to-Atlanta without a whining episode somewhere above the Great Plains. But we bought her her own seat from her first flight as an 8-month-old up, and we always have as many toys, books, and snacks as we can cram into a backpack to keep her from getting too bored and cranky.