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Baby Flying With an Ear Infection
Flying can be stressful enough, but flying with a crying baby takes the stress to another level. It can be difficult to ascertain who is most stressed–you, the baby or the people around you. Whichever it is, you want to make the flight as smooth as possible for everyone involved. Pay attention to your baby’s ears because they are one of the main culprits for causing discomfort to babies on planes.
Airplanes, Kids and Moms Stuck in the Middle
You see a bedraggled, pinched-face mom struggling to placate small kids in an airport. What’s your immediate reaction? You may have heard the United Airlines horror story of New Jersey mom Elit Kirschenbaum. I’ve known Elit for years. She is a generous, kind, smart, extremely dedicated mom -- the kind of woman we all want to…
Why is Everyone Getting Kicked Off Airplanes?
I don’t think I’m alone when I say this, but what’s the deal with airline food? Wait, wrong decade. Sorry Seinfeld. But seriously, I think the new joke is, “What’s the deal with airlines kicking off passengers?”Don’t they want our excess baggage fees?
Holiday Shopping: Are You Buying Toxic Toys?
You know the card you get in your childs toy package that you are supposed to fill out and mail back to the company so you can be notified of a safety recall? I have shamefully never filled one out in my 18 years of parenting. Not one.
Turbulent Times
I dont like airplanes. You can lecture me on vertical velocity all you want, but it just doesnt make sense. Balloons float. A 200,000-pound hunk of metal falls.