Depends on reason. I had to air travel with my under 1 year old son for a family emergency, follow protocols and do as best you can everything came out fine.
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Would you do air travel with a toddler (under age of 2) right now?
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I wasn't going to post details but this right here, see my post above.
I did it once with my son because we had to travel to Poland for a funeral. My god. It was the worst 120 mins of my life. An absolute hell. Don't do it if you can avoid it.
Fuck no. I wouldn't travel with my toddler even pre-covid apocalypse.
My girl gets shitty going on a long car ride. Airplane travel would just be a nightmare for all involved.
My girl gets shitty going on a long car ride. Airplane travel would just be a nightmare for all involved.
I wouldn't do air travel with myself, a toddler, a kid, a teenager, an equally aged adult, a parent, a grandparent, an uncle, or a cousin. I wouldn't do air travel at all unless it was a situation that absolutely demanded it, and if I had to, I would take as few people along as possible.
Personally I wouldn't simply because it would be very hard to keep the kid from touching everything, keeping a mask on, and not getting extremely antsy either on the plane or in the terminal, causing you to chase and corral the kid before they lick a seat. Also, flights are getting randomly changed/cancelled often, so your kid would have to be able to deal with a potential multi-hour delay. It's hard under normal circumstances to fly with a child under 2, and covid makes it harder.
All that being said, I'd never fault someone for traveling right now, depending on where you live and where you are going. Would I fly from Florida to Arizona - hell no. Too many cases in both places mean a higher likelihood of being on a plane with someone with covid. Would I fly from Boston to Seattle - yeah, maybe. I'd also be very sure that I was isolating two weeks before the flight so as to not introduce covid to anyone on the plane, and I'd be very cautious once I got to my destination. I certainly wouldn't fly to see grandparents....
All that being said, I'd never fault someone for traveling right now, depending on where you live and where you are going. Would I fly from Florida to Arizona - hell no. Too many cases in both places mean a higher likelihood of being on a plane with someone with covid. Would I fly from Boston to Seattle - yeah, maybe. I'd also be very sure that I was isolating two weeks before the flight so as to not introduce covid to anyone on the plane, and I'd be very cautious once I got to my destination. I certainly wouldn't fly to see grandparents....
I wouldn't do air travel at all. If you do, you should probably be more worried about your own health risks than the childs, assuming the child has no pre-conditions of course.
You should ask yourself how necessary it is to fly with a toddler in normal situations, if you fly now with your kid you're a straight up moron unless it is some kind of emergency.
Uh, no.
I actually have a 23 month old right now and there's no way I would take her (or myself) on a plane unless it was a necessity.
I actually have a 23 month old right now and there's no way I would take her (or myself) on a plane unless it was a necessity.
Obviously I wouldn't now, but last year my wife and I flew with a 4 and 2-year-old and it went perfectly fine. Switch + snacks = easy flight. Plus they were fascinated by the entire process.
Stay off of planes. We are still in a pandemic. The kid may not get as sick as elderly people but there is a possibility that they will have long term health effects: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...ovid-19-s-lingering-problems-alarm-scientists
The biggest reason not travel though is that most people are asymptomatic with disease. Kids cough and sneeze and yell and touch all kinds of shit with their slobbery hands and mouth. They will spread it everywhere they go.
Why is it so hard for people to understand we are still in a pandemic and its still basically out of control in the united states. Its out of control because people wont stay the fuck home.
The biggest reason not travel though is that most people are asymptomatic with disease. Kids cough and sneeze and yell and touch all kinds of shit with their slobbery hands and mouth. They will spread it everywhere they go.
Why is it so hard for people to understand we are still in a pandemic and its still basically out of control in the united states. Its out of control because people wont stay the fuck home.
Yeap out of the question. Maybe if i was paid handsomely for it and I got to travel in emirates first class in a A380 lol.
I would wait a few years if I had kids until I travel with them, at least until they're 6 or 7. They won't have any memories anyway of those travels so no point of bringing small kids tbh. At least you form sense of memories when you're around 7.
All research and information on the topic seems to be saying the opposite though, that flying is relatively safe regarding COVID.
Not a chance in hell. It was hard enough taking a six hour flight with my two year old in pre-covid times. I can't even imagine the difficulty right now. Trying to get a toddler to keep their mask on for a flight sounds awful, not to mention they will touch everything.
Please tell me they didn't literally haven't left the house since the end of March.
Probably, yeah. It's not just the plane though. There's the question of how you get to the airport, the waiting areas and TSA line, public toilets, food court, then when you arrive at your destination where are you going, who is there, and have all of them been as careful as you have?
Just spent a week in Pittsburgh with my wife and 3yr old. Flew in from Florida
Donno if I would have done it with a 2 year old.. but that doesn't have anything to do with COVID. The flight already tested my 3yr old's patience, donno if a 2yr old would have made it without throwing an absolute fit.
Donno if I would have done it with a 2 year old.. but that doesn't have anything to do with COVID. The flight already tested my 3yr old's patience, donno if a 2yr old would have made it without throwing an absolute fit.
I flew a 20 hrs flight with my 9 months old baby before. I hope I will never have to do that again in my life.
Wouldn't be my first choice but if the situation demanded it, yes.
Parent of a soon to be 3 year old and a one month old.
For the record, we are not planning on flying anytime soon.
Parent of a soon to be 3 year old and a one month old.
For the record, we are not planning on flying anytime soon.
I personally wouldn't even travel myself during pandemic, would never travel with a 2 year old regardless, and DEFINITELY would not travel with a 2 year old during pandemic
We have a huge yard, a pool, trampolin. They have not left the property once no, i live in Tabasco, one of the worse hit states in Mexico, we are still basically on lockdown.
My pregnant sister was planning on flying cross country to visit in September. It is absolutely not happening now.
