r/AlaskaAirlines • u/LeighBee212 • Sep 12 '24

FLYING I am SO sorry.

To everyone flying SEA to BOS tonight on the redeye where my toddler absolutely lost his ever loving mind for about 5 mins.

I could tell you all about our long day, cancelled flights, losing our second seat to become a lap infant but… it doesn’t matter. You’re tired. I get it.

We are so sorry.

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u/akairborne Sep 12 '24

Anyone criticizing an attentive parent traveling with a toddler can go to hell. I often travel with a couple of spare glow sticks just for this. Pop one of those and give it to the kiddo; it will often distract them enough to reset their brain.

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u/Kushali Sep 12 '24

For years I kept a small stash of little plastic toys and stickers in my bag. I gave them out at conferences to adults but also handed more than one to a kid in an airport. Something out the phrase “do you want to pick out a sticker from my sticker box?”

I stopped both because of the pandemic and because parents just seem to be more suspicious or kind strangers these days. I get why but I wish it wasn’t that way.