If I had to do it again, I'd do non direct flights because I think maybe a layover would give him time for new stimulus.

I kind of think that for myself, after my last trip!

Sure! It takes longer, but stretching my legs and his might not be a bad thing. I think of this because in the Spring we might travel to see my parents.

Sixteen weeks until pitchers & catchers.

See, I've been debating that for Christmas. 1 stop makes flights much cheaper, but I fear weather delays.

For Vegas, it turned out that the nonstop I took was cheaper than the one-stops I was looking at. I think it was just some weird fluke.

I will make a point of never flying through Memphis in the evening, or Chicago in the winter, if I can help it at all, though.

msbelle, yeah. 1 stop is different than an unexpected overnight or an unexpected 6 hour layover.

I saw two other mothers travelling with a passel of kids and they were on a layover between NJ and CA in Ohio. They were the ones who pointed out how good a stop is.

I read a book called "Rockabye" that infuriated me for exactly the "You just integrate your kid into your life! They are flexible!" And sure, that's true for some kids and some parents. But it's not true for me and not true for Noah and not true for Grace for sure.

I think of how selfish it is to assume that my kid will just adjust to me without thinking about what their specific needs are. Like, Noah will be happy entertaining boy all night but honestly, he is much happier the next day if he actually sleeps at 7 PM the night before. So sure, he could adjust to my personal life of going out if I had one, but frankly, it's not worth it to me in the long run.

And Noah, bless him, is an easy baby. He does self entertain and we go out to eat with him at least one meal a week. He is actually a dream in restaurants. But frankly, that's an oddity. I would never expect him to self entertain on a long car ride (though he made it between CA and Idaho twice in a 4 month period and he also does okay between LA and Vegas or LA and SF) or on the plane.

When I fly cross country, multi t der. Tyoe what I think, not what I type -stops are always cheaper. However, I'm often flying to nowheres, so... I can't recall my last non...oh wait! To B'ham. All of 90 minutes away.

Speaking of flying, I am currently on a heavy-duty stealth campaign to get my #2 to go to a meeting she'd have to travel to. And we're on a travel freeze. I would love to go to the meeting as well, but I really think it's vital that my colleage go. I have totally been pulling out all the stops in my campaign, so am hoping for the best.....

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