was that a typo i made or an error? didn't mean in my original text were love replaced by eat. Oh well if it was it's a late night typo
Oh, apoligies, no your English was accurate and fine. I was just making a not particularly funny joke, don't worry
My little girl is 2.5 and she's only been on a plane twice. The first time was 15mths ago for a 10 hour flight to Florida, and the second was in May for a 2hr flight to Catalonia. We had the same problem in both cases - she hates being strapped into her seat for prolonged periods of time, so taxiing and take-off were stressful. Landing wasn't a problem because she had become used to the environment by then, but when you are just setting off, there is a lot of excitement and stress for them. On the way back from Florida, we had to wait (belted up) on the runway for 2 hours before we started taxiing - by this time, my less was going mental. If felt sorry for the other passengers who had paid a premium (like us) to fly in the posh seats, but there was little we could do. Well, we could have drugged her of course. but personally, I think that is obscene. Drugs are regulated for a reason. You should be taking them - or giving them out - like they were sweets. Human rights are all the rage at the moment - what about preserving the human rights of these two?? If the (mother or) baby was out of control, and were liable to be a danger to themselves or others, then it's justified to stop the plane, but short of that, the stewardess and other passengers should simply muttering under their breath like other reasonable people do.
You shouldn't hold your head back when your nose bleeds. As you experienced first handedly, blood then flows into your stomach, and your stomach can only stomach so much blood, since it's extremely hard to digest, excuse the pun. Instead, you should lean forward. This is one of the basic things they teach you when you're training to become a lifeguard since it's the thing that most people do wrong. They do it wrong in every movie, and in every soap opera as well. Someone should get a clue sometime... Also, I do not feel that there is much wrong with sedating your kid for a little while. It's not like it's hard-drugs, it's just to make them a bit sleepy. Do you go to the dentist expecting him to work on your kid without (locally) sedating your kid? No. There's a reason why it's regulated, and not just forbidden: it can't hurt in small doses or with infrequent usage. If you do it once in a while, it shouldn't bother them, and especially not kids, since they are naturally very resilient. However, the consequences of not doing it can be dire. 8 hours on a plane with a child crying and yelling at the top of their lungs could cause serious stress for the other people on-board, which is possibly very detrimental to their health and could cause death in certain situations (people with heartconditions, for example). So instead of being the arrogant parent whose child is the little angel who can do everything he wants, and not thinking about anyone else, either raise it correctly and smack it if it's old enough, or stop being a wuss and sedate it for everyone's sake. EDIT: It sounds as if the kid in the newspost was just talking though, and there's nothing wrong with that. Saying "bye bye plane" sounds like a very normal thing a kid would say, even if his mother wasn't a terrorist with fifteen kilos of semtex strapped to her body.
A doctor was onboard that flight and told me to lean the head slightly back while closing my nasal passages front and rear. The problem is genetic, as the arteries in my nasal area appear to be closer to the nose's wall than normal, so they are more prone to burst. Leaning back slightly prevents blood from settling in the facial regions from tilting the head forwards, causing higher blood pressure and complicating the nosebleed further. I'd never sedate my child. I'd be firm with him/her, but not drug them.
they should change the class's in planes from first, business and standard to sound insulated compartments in the following sections, Singles (for those looking for a holiday fling), Couples (to loved up to do anything but stare into each others eyes, or on the return journies too angry at each other to speak) Families with older children, familes with young children, open class (for anybody else) and a super exec (for those with £££££ so the airhostesses can see who the should flirt with more easily).
Interesting idea, but not sure if it would catch on. For the record, my recent trip to Spain was with Ryanair - they had two passenger groups on-board: cattle-class and crew. As for flirting with the stewardesses on this flight... I'd rather kiss a bulldog. Olga, the Senior Flight Attendant, looked more like a Bernard or a Malcolm. You get what you pay for, I guess.
the best question would be, why, when asked by the stewardess (I presume she was asked more than once), that she attempt to silence her child... the child didn't listen and/or the mother never did it? i for one know, that as a child, if my parents told me to be quiet, i was quiet until they told me I could do otherwise... whatever happened to firm parenting?
QUOTED FOR MOTHER ****ING TRUTH! Although, the baby in this story didn't seem to be doing anything too annoying. I'm sure she played it down. I mean, if the kid was screaming "BYE BYE PLANEBYE BYE PLANEBYE BYE PLANEBYE BYE PLANEBYE BYE PLANEBYE BYE PLANEBYE BYE PLANEBYE BYE PLANEBYE BYE PLANE!" I'd want it to shut the hell up too. Edit: That video was gold.
I think the key to this story is the toddlers age. He's 19 MONTHS (not years) old. If you can't deal with this kind of irritation, your gonna find it hard later in life with work/family. A little tolerance please peeps.
^^^ What he says. I mean, get a grip already people. Can't a bunch of (supposedly) mature, intelligent adults cope with a 19 month old toddler without resorting to sedation? Why not break out the tranquilliser dart gun (no, Spec, I was just being sarcastic )? This is pathetic. We complain about bad and indifferent parenting but we can't master a bit of tolerance that is the cornerstone of a child-friendly society. You deserve the chav's that vandalise your cars.
