I'm still in swoon-over-Critter mode over here. She is just super-cute and fun these days. She has two small bottom teeth, and I think she is chewing away to get one of those top ones moving. I can't be sure though, as the Critter does not let me see her top gum line willingly. I catch glimpses when she laughs or smiles, but she is coy with that upper gumline. And her other new thing is she loves to scream/screech as loud as she can - it is like she discovered she can control the volume of her voice. And loud is fun.
I think the ear-piercingly-loud screeching practice is in preparation for her first plane ride, which will be next week. We are going Back East to see my family for 5 days. The Critter's first plane ride...I have to admit, I'm a bit scared. Mr. P says it will be karmic payback for him - as he is well known to get very aggravated and annoyed by travelling families. He is one of those business travelers that are all business, and get annoyed when others slow him down.
All I can say is, "Welcome to your new life, buddy!" He is preparing to buy drinks for everyone on the plane.
Anyone have any words of wisdom they've heard/done/read about travelling with young kids? I'll take anything I can get. We did buy her her own seat (ouch, in the wallet) so she'll be travelling in her carseat.
And on other topics - Zucchini! I sauteed up some zucchini coins in butter til they got GBD (golden, brown, delicious) and soft, then into the processor. I did them a little more chunky this time, just to see how she'd fare. She liked the zucchini, but the larger chunks she did not like. Which is ok, I'll stick to the more pureed stuff for a while longer. I never did those green beans from last week, we ended up eating them ourselves in a stir-fry. Sorry, Critter. Maybe next time.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one with a loud little girl! She and her brother just had their second trip via airplane and the return flight home didn't go as well as the first times they flew. Baby girl decided to use her voice! Fearing this in advance, I went to the dollar store and bought 18 pairs of earplugs to hand out. I offered them to a few people when she got loud, but they declined. I think I should have just passed them out at the beginning of the flight. On each flight we did bottles on takeoff and landing (actually it was a short flight so I filled the empty takeoff bottle with a little bit of water for landing). Oh, I've learned that aisle seats are great for flying with a baby. That way you can get up and pace, get to your carryon bags, etc. Hope this helps a little bit! Have a great trip!
ReplyDeleteWell, we flew with two infants for 16 hours straight...it was not fun in the least. So I am sure you will not be on that long of a flight, ha! Make sure she has a bottle or pacifier on take off and landing, lots of toys (duh) and worst case scenario you can walk her up and down the aisles. We didn't sit down for most of our trip! Of course, our babies were sick and didn't know us from Adam so it was quite a bit of a different situation.
ReplyDeleteYou'll be fine, I promise!
I flew east with mads about 10 days ago and will fly home on thursday. Dh didn't come with us, which adds to the adventure, but also makes it a little easier because he's like your husband, very sensitive to kid-disruptions.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had advice. Mads went into the flight pretty tired. Considering all of thar, she was pretty good, partial meltdowns but no real ones. About 25 people around us might not think it was ok, but what are you going to do? She only slept about 20 minutes of the 5 hour flight because she isn't a big fan of her car seat. But I was really glad that i'd bought that separate ticket for her. The extra space was extremely helpful. She would have totally lost it if we'd been more confined. AND that would have been scary for the entire plane. It was a stressful trip. And it was hard not to get pissed at the people who came up to lecture me about her ears...
No advice, but good luck on the plane.
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