We just got back from a trip to Colorado with my family and before amnesia sets in I wanted to get this down...
Flying with a toddler is the worst.
Sure, I’ve been on planes with kids and I’ve heard the screams. But lately so many of my friends have had plane successes i thought, “Hey, maybe I have a unicorn baby too!”.
More like “uni-can’t make it off this flight without a migraine”.
The flight to Colorado was exasperated by the fact that our plane was delayed 6 hours. Oh and the airline made us check our stroller so we didn’t even have a place for him to chill.
We tried to make it work... we rode the tram around the airport. Of course when I tell him this story when he’s older I’ll tell him it was a Disney World ride because I’m cheap and I’m not sure the emotional trauma of this flight will have worn off in 5 years.
Lucky for us, by the time we were in the air, we were next to a grandmother and the couple in front of us had triplets so we scored major empathy and understanding.
But Grandma wasn’t as empathetic after Jase chunked his sippy cup at her... 🤦🏼♀️
Then, great news - bad weather in Colorado - we’ve got to circle for an extra 45 minutes.
The next half hour was spent sweating thinking I’ve done something awful in my life for such a karma-rific payback but finally we landed. Amen!
The trip itself was awesome - a big thanks for my parents giving us such an amazing time as a family.
But as the days wound down toward the flight home, we knew what we had to do.
You may be wondering, “Did I drug my kid?”
*raises hand*
But in my defense I only used Benadryl. I’m sure my fellow passengers would have quickly offered up a Xanax had I asked.
And, again, in my defense - this massively backfired.
Turns out Jase is a unicorn... he doesn’t get drowsy with Benadryl. He gets hyper.
So now we’re locked and loaded for 2 hours of hell of our own making and let me tell you, our fellow aisle mate was NOT digging Jase.
I felt awful.
Then irritado dude gets up and goes to complain about us! I was shocked. It wasn’t like we were letting Jase run down the aisles... We were trying everything - movies, food, I mean I was about to give the kid the pin to my bank account so he could just take it all.
From there I went into mental mama bear mode... “You let it out baby. We’ve got 30 more minutes I know you can scream that long - go for it.”
Needless to say, Jase took me up on the offer.
And while I definitely had a headache afterwards it was worth it... worth it for an amazing trip with my family... and because nobody messes with my kid. 😈
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