Comments on: Are We There Yet? http://theredneckmommy.com/2009/03/27/are-we-there-yet/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:11:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nikki http://theredneckmommy.com/2009/03/27/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-2/#comment-23996 Nikki Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:24:17 +0000 http://theredneckmommy.com/?p=954#comment-23996 I'm a long time lurker but just had to comment! I've been on a few trips with the kids by myself. The first major one was when I just had my oldest. It was pretty smooth. 20 hours on a flight from San Antonio, Texas to Frankfurt Germany. He was only 4 months old at the time. However, the airlines miss placed my reservation on the connecting flight. Luckily they found it before the plane left. The second was when I left Germany and traveled to Detroit. He was 2 1/2, I was 3 months pregnant and the connecting flight was in Paris. I managed with the help of a fellow American. I only had 1 hour to find my next gate. Oh and we had to travel the length of the airport, going through about 6 security checks. Oh and I had a stroller...because I thought that would make it easier...2 carry on bags and 2 cats that had to be taken out of their carriers to go through security at every freaking check point. The weirdest part of the flight was that I had an Arabic guy in his 50s hitting on me in front of his 4 kids, wife, and mother in law offering to get me a small bottle of wine. He also asked for my phone number right before we landed. The last major trip I took was from Detroit to San Antonio. This time I had 2 kids. Ages 4 and just under 2. It was a smooth take off but the kids were scared. We sat next to an older lady that seemed to take up 2 seats but was very sweet and understanding. A lot of turblence. And during the landing my youngest decided it was best to loose his lunch. I'm considering traveling by car next time. I’m a long time lurker but just had to comment! I’ve been on a few trips with the kids by myself. The first major one was when I just had my oldest. It was pretty smooth. 20 hours on a flight from San Antonio, Texas to Frankfurt Germany. He was only 4 months old at the time. However, the airlines miss placed my reservation on the connecting flight. Luckily they found it before the plane left.
The second was when I left Germany and traveled to Detroit. He was 2 1/2, I was 3 months pregnant and the connecting flight was in Paris. I managed with the help of a fellow American. I only had 1 hour to find my next gate. Oh and we had to travel the length of the airport, going through about 6 security checks. Oh and I had a stroller…because I thought that would make it easier…2 carry on bags and 2 cats that had to be taken out of their carriers to go through security at every freaking check point. The weirdest part of the flight was that I had an Arabic guy in his 50s hitting on me in front of his 4 kids, wife, and mother in law offering to get me a small bottle of wine. He also asked for my phone number right before we landed.
The last major trip I took was from Detroit to San Antonio. This time I had 2 kids. Ages 4 and just under 2. It was a smooth take off but the kids were scared. We sat next to an older lady that seemed to take up 2 seats but was very sweet and understanding. A lot of turblence. And during the landing my youngest decided it was best to loose his lunch. I’m considering traveling by car next time.

]]> By: Amy S. http://theredneckmommy.com/2009/03/27/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-2/#comment-23982 Amy S. Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:34:10 +0000 http://theredneckmommy.com/?p=954#comment-23982 We make a five-hour trip to see grandparents regularly with 3 kids. Once when they were 3, 2 and about 6 months we thought we'd drive after dinner so they would sleep--we'd arrive at the hotel around 1 a.m., we thought, and "transfer" them one by one to the room, and maybe they'd sleep through. Well, you know where this is going. We fed them a nice big dinner, packed them up, they slept beautifully for hours, we pulled up at 1 a.m. as planned, my husband goes inside to register and then looks back to see me waving at him madly. When I went around to open the car door on the three carseats, the 6-month-old woke up just enough to start projectile vomiting copiously all over the car, herself, me, brothers. . .all that great macaroni and cheese from dinner . . I couldn't even get near her to help. Naturally once she stopped puking she started to howl. Nobody slept till 4. We make a five-hour trip to see grandparents regularly with 3 kids. Once when they were 3, 2 and about 6 months we thought we’d drive after dinner so they would sleep–we’d arrive at the hotel around 1 a.m., we thought, and “transfer” them one by one to the room, and maybe they’d sleep through. Well, you know where this is going. We fed them a nice big dinner, packed them up, they slept beautifully for hours, we pulled up at 1 a.m. as planned, my husband goes inside to register and then looks back to see me waving at him madly. When I went around to open the car door on the three carseats, the 6-month-old woke up just enough to start projectile vomiting copiously all over the car, herself, me, brothers. . .all that great macaroni and cheese from dinner . . I couldn’t even get near her to help. Naturally once she stopped puking she started to howl. Nobody slept till 4.

]]> By: Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com http://theredneckmommy.com/2009/03/27/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-2/#comment-23885 Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:22:50 +0000 http://theredneckmommy.com/?p=954#comment-23885 Good luck!! I hope Jumby enjoys the weekend =) Good luck!!

I hope Jumby enjoys the weekend =)

]]> By: DawnMarie http://theredneckmommy.com/2009/03/27/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-2/#comment-23882 DawnMarie Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:37:18 +0000 http://theredneckmommy.com/?p=954#comment-23882 You know, a true redneck doesn't need a "device" to piss when a bathroom isn't available. Trust me, I have peed everywhere from the midwest to the east coast and back (and even once on a drunk bender in vegas, but that's another story) You know, a true redneck doesn’t need a “device” to piss when a bathroom isn’t available. Trust me, I have peed everywhere from the midwest to the east coast and back (and even once on a drunk bender in vegas, but that’s another story)

]]> By: HeatherN3Boys... and a girl! http://theredneckmommy.com/2009/03/27/are-we-there-yet/comment-page-2/#comment-23881 HeatherN3Boys... and a girl! Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:32:43 +0000 http://theredneckmommy.com/?p=954#comment-23881 When I was... maybe 10? my step-mom took me to Ohio from North Carolina to see family. We'd made the trip before and I considered myself a pretty good child-traveller. Anyway, we stopped for gas and munchies and my oh-so-cool mom let me pick my own snack. Being 10, I chose Cooler Ranch Doritos and Yoo-Hoo... You know, the nasty not-milk chocolate milk... At this point in the trip, we were in the mountains... Not long after devouring my tasty snack, said snack was, um, revisited, all over the car, the roadside, and probably me and Mom. Awesome, huh? I totally need to call my mom.. ;-) When I was… maybe 10? my step-mom took me to Ohio from North Carolina to see family. We’d made the trip before and I considered myself a pretty good child-traveller. Anyway, we stopped for gas and munchies and my oh-so-cool mom let me pick my own snack. Being 10, I chose Cooler Ranch Doritos and Yoo-Hoo… You know, the nasty not-milk chocolate milk… At this point in the trip, we were in the mountains… Not long after devouring my tasty snack, said snack was, um, revisited, all over the car, the roadside, and probably me and Mom. Awesome, huh? I totally need to call my mom.. ;-)

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