by FlyingCarp » Thu Mar 23, 2017 12:47 pm
I keep thinking about Pinback's upcoming big day. I'm sharing in his excitement and, I'm sure, nervousness. The thing I was thinking about this morning is the stark contrast between your two flights: going and returning. I think that return flight is really when it's going to hit home that your lives are forever changed. Of course, changed in a million great ways, but long distance flights with children are no picnic, even for those of us who have had our children for many years before we take them on board a trans-oceanic flight.
My guess is you'll have plenty of distractions for little Mina on board, but you can never have too many. I remember flying with my older daughter on a trans-Atlantic flight where we could not keep her occupied by any one thing for longer than five minutes and that went on for six hours. At one point, a stewardess was bringing around ice cream. My wife and I looked at each other, realized it would occupy our "kiddo" for 10 minutes at least, but that we would pay the price when the sugar rush hit. We gave her the ice cream and then buckled our seat belts for the next hour or two of extremely bumpy flight...not due to external turbulence. Needless to say, that was a trying experience. But, at the same time, those are memories that I'll always look back on fondly. Those kinds of trying times really do solidify a family.
Seriously wishing you and Mrs. Pinback all the best!
I keep thinking about Pinback's upcoming big day. I'm sharing in his excitement and, I'm sure, nervousness. The thing I was thinking about this morning is the stark contrast between your two flights: going and returning. I think that return flight is really when it's going to hit home that your lives are forever changed. Of course, changed in a million great ways, but long distance flights with children are no picnic, even for those of us who have had our children for many years before we take them on board a trans-oceanic flight.
My guess is you'll have plenty of distractions for little Mina on board, but you can never have too many. I remember flying with my older daughter on a trans-Atlantic flight where we could not keep her occupied by any one thing for longer than five minutes and that went on for six hours. At one point, a stewardess was bringing around ice cream. My wife and I looked at each other, realized it would occupy our "kiddo" for 10 minutes at least, but that we would pay the price when the sugar rush hit. We gave her the ice cream and then buckled our seat belts for the next hour or two of extremely bumpy flight...not due to external turbulence. Needless to say, that was a trying experience. But, at the same time, those are memories that I'll always look back on fondly. Those kinds of trying times really do solidify a family.
Seriously wishing you and Mrs. Pinback all the best!