tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257329400308008151.post3090844180828876337..comments2016-05-03T10:17:28.474-07:00Comments on Crouching Child Hidden Vegies: Time for a rantEleanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826543078126611636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257329400308008151.post-53024675841601166392011-02-02T06:30:29.276-08:002011-02-02T06:30:29.276-08:00Wow -just revisited my post - and my response is ...Wow -just revisited my post - and my response is more ranty than your rant - I didn't know I felt so strongly! Ha!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383410095341069034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257329400308008151.post-382591577493673562011-02-02T03:24:58.332-08:002011-02-02T03:24:58.332-08:00A rant worth having! I have found this to be true ...A rant worth having! I have found this to be true but the only people who actively sneer tend to be 20 - 40 yo professionals without kids. <br /><br />Other than the odd sneer and 'tssk' people have been generous and kind. At Heathrow a sweet man in his early 70's offered to walk Imogen up and down the aisles if she cried, and in truth most people were falling out of their seat to blow her raspberries, make funny faces and in was a delightful flight because of it. <br /><br />The one couple who loudly hummphed and protested were a professional young couple sat at the bulkhead of the plane. Why sit at the bulkhead of the plane and then complain? Families are forced to sit there. You are not. <br /><br />All I can say to the naysayers that tut, moan and groan about crying babies/children is that 1) It is invariable worse if it your child, you feel twenty times more helpless and hopeless and the tssking and disapproval only make it worse. 2) Wait till you have a baby before you moan to loudly. The harder you rage against the 'baby on the plane/tram/footpath or in the cafe/shop/pub' the more humble pie you'll be swallowing if you plan to leave the house, ever. <br /><br />I do plan to book my baby (who cries) on planes for no justifiable reason. We plan to recklessly visit friends in Switzerland and France in March - with a child - on planes and the Eurostar and I refuse to feel guilty about it - even if she cries because, at the end of the day, I have lots of other things to feel guilty about; after all, I am a parent.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383410095341069034noreply@blogger.com