She is a good sleeper so I think I should aim at night flights outbound from MEL or SYD.
Did you get her her own seat Boris spatsky?
Yep, but on the night flights she couldn't sleep so once she got over-tired it was game over...
I actually couldn't give one hoot what others thought, his little bum paid just as much fort that seat!
I took our then 2 year old to Europe a few years back. I wanted to go J on points but she was a bad sleeper, so we booked Y in case she lost the plot - which she did.
Happy i was not in a Premium cabin. Dealing with a hysterically tired child was bad enough in Y, let alone with others in higher cabins judging you. Ultimately, a bigger seat with her would have made little difference.
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Yep, that's right. If you pay, you can behave any 'ol way you like. Who are these annoying other people who think they can tell you what to do? I mean they hand out decent noise cancelling headsets in J. Why aren't these other passengers using them?
Guess what, a J cabin is still a shared space on public transport. If you can't deal, get your own plane or take the bus
I think it depends on the child. Our children have only ever travelled in First or, if that wasn't available, in Business on long-haul flights from a few months of age. That's because we could afford it and were reasonably confident that we wouldn't be annoying fellow travellers.
You need to be sensitive to the fact that people may have paid around $10K each for their seat, mostly so they can sleep, and so you do need to ensure that your child isn't the sort that screams in the middle of the night. We've never had a problem with that though. When ours were very young the occasional cry is impossible to avoid but we were always prepared to jump up and take them for a walk down to whY... Mostly we receive compliments when travelling with the children and some of the nicest comments we've recieved include things such as "we didn't even realise you had a baby over there". That's when you know you've done a good job.
Lastly I'll just add that as a parent you often feel judged by others. At least I know I do. I've escorted the family into a First cabin and imagined the glares I must be receiving from other pax thinking that they were in for a rough flight. But what I've found is that the stereotypical wealthy old woman who I assumed had long forgotten how wonderful children are and was judging me is, in fact, usually kind, patient and not at all bothered by the presence of children. Whereas the childless young "executive" who upgraded into First on points or via an op-up and has no experience of children is very quick to glare and looked annoyed at you even if the child is merely speaking in a normal voice. This is the same guy who speaks loudly to his colleague during the flight; laughs so loud while watching a bad comedy that everybody can hear him and then snores like an animal all night; all far more annoying than the voice of a little person.