My point is that my son is a very active 4 year old and some people do not tolerate children at all.
I flew to Europe with him this year, plus he has flown all over Australia. Now I do what i can to be respectful of others but others should be a little more understanding of people with small children. hence my original post that you should be able to see where kids are sitting and if you do not like it choose another seat.
Here is my list of things I do to keep my child occupied during a long haul flight:
#pack a toy bag full of new and interesting toys.
#keep painstop and other drugs on hand incase he has any pain and starts crying.
#Place him in a window seat so he can not get out and run around.
#keep lollie pops in his bag to suck on if his ears get blocked.
#He has his own iPAD with all his favourite movies loaded.
#I keep a zip locked bag with a nappy, nappy bag & wipe so that when I need to change him I am not getting a bag out of the overhead locker.
#I pack books & other things to keep him amused.
#If he gets upset I sing quietly to him.
#I keep bottled water and a bottle for him with me at all times.
#I pack his favourite snacks incase he does not like the food on the plane.
#I make sure he is in comfortable clothes.
#Where ever possible I fly during his sleep times or over night.
#before the flight I get to the airport and allow him to run around to wear himself out so he will be quiet.
#I try to only take 1 back pack between him and I so I am not taking up over head locker space.
#I ask for a baby seat belt attachment for him so if he wont sit still during take off I can put him on my lap.
If you can add suggest anything else I could be doing to make life easy for everyone let me know!!!
So as you can see I am doing everything I can to make sure he and others around him have a good flight but in return maybe others should think ok he is a small child and he will act as such which does bug the cough out of some people.
I am happy to sit in the back rows or away from others if it makes their flight more tollerable with us on it but my point is let others know when they are choosing a seat.
Here is a few things people did to be rude to me when we were flying to and from Europe with him:
#tried to move my 1 and only carry on bag with all his things and nappies to another overhead compartment as they had 5 bags including all their shopping (we were on first as we had a small child and placed them in our own locker.
#when the childrens food was brought out refused to move their seat to the upright position so that he could eat.
#kept on leaning over and pulling down his window blind even though it was in no way affecting their sleep.
#told us we should be the last off as we had a small child and other people were in more of a rush than us and we would get in the way.
