Since I've been flying for as long as I can remember, planes are usually no big deal to me. I do freak a little during the landing. But with our 5-month-old son in tow, flying suddenly became a much bigger deal. No one wants to be the person with the screaming baby on the plane, and every new parent fears just that will happen for their child's first flight.
Trekking through the airport was business as usual. Bathroom pit stops were slightly longer due to diaper changes. Airport food was still excruciatingly overpriced.
Hubby and Caleb waiting in the terminal for our flight to board.Southwest allows families with children under the age of 4 to board before the majority of other travelers, which is a nice touch considering all the extra baggage we parents carry.
Hubby, Caleb, and I settled quietly into a window and middle seat, leaving the aisle seat open for any willing taker. Folks trickled in slowly with their carry-ons and hunted down the perfect seats for our short 1.5-hour flight. No one bothered to sit beside us. Not a soul.
We knew this was a full flight; someone would eventually be forced to sit beside us. But no one wanted to. These people avoided us like the plague. They saw our darling little boy and went running for the hills.
Here are Hubby and Caleb, empty seat to their right.Who wouldn't want to sit beside this little guy?
Our fellow travelers assumed the worst of our baby, as most people would I'm sure. But Caleb didn't cry. He proved them all wrong.Instead, he slept on my shoulder. Sometimes he nursed. Sometimes he stared out the window at the clouds. But our baby boy was well-behaved.
My angel sleeping, mouth wide open, on the plane ride to Nashville.Caleb was pleased with his behavior as well. He honestly shocked us all, and I am such a proud mommy that we survived our first flight with baby.
Now that is one happy post-flight baby! Way to go Caleb. You've put your parents on cloud nine.
2 comments:
What a great story and of course photos..my favorite reading.."grand reading"...if at all possible these should be put in a book for your son to have as "Caleb, from the beginning...stories of the best boy ever"...I vote yes!
Haha, I had the opposite experience on my flight home from Mass. The first leg of our trip was fine but on the flight from Seattle to Anchorage (a flight that arrived Anchorage at midnight) we were seated in the back (first flight I didn't change seats on pre-board - whoops) with a screaming child in front of my seat, directly to my left, and then a child behind who was a chair kicker. And the plane had problems with most of the seats not reclining. Worst flight ever! So glad Caleb was such a champ though, I kept thinking "my god, what would i do if that were my kid?!"
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