Red alert
Daniel and I are flying to Boston this weekend to see his uncle Joe (my little bro'), who has an internship there for the summer. I have been to New England once before, but never to Boston, so I'm excited about visiting a new city. I'm looking forward to having little D visit his uncle, who's only met him once before, and I'm pumped about seeing my friend Pam, who will also be in Boston for the weekend.
Have the rest of you been listening to the news this morning, though? A major terrorist plot has been foiled in Britain, a plot that was to involve liquid explosives on international flights. Of course, I'm not flying internationally, but I will be flying into Logan airport, and I will have to deal with all the extra security measures and heightened anxiety surrounding this situation. I'm fine with the extra security, as long as they don't try to x-ray my kid. But I have to admit that even though I'm not taking any high-risk (re: trans-Atlantic) flights, I'm a little nervous.
I heard on NPR this morning that U.S. flights aren't allowing electronic devices or liquids of any kind in carry-on luggage. The exceptions are prescription medicine and infant formula (what if you're taking pumped breastmilk with you? I guess if you watch Michael Moore documentaries you know the answer to that one...) I guess I'll either leave my cell phone at home or pack it in the suitcase. Ditto Daniel's sunscreen, infant tylenol, bath soap and baby lotion. Thank goodness they're still allowing carry-ons here, unlike in Britain. I mean, what happens if you're stuck in Heathroe and your kid takes a big old crap in his pants and you weren't allowed to have a diaper bag with you and your next flight doesn't leave for 2 hours? I guess I'm as anxious about Daniel taking a poo in public as much as I'm anxious about anything else.
Have the rest of you been listening to the news this morning, though? A major terrorist plot has been foiled in Britain, a plot that was to involve liquid explosives on international flights. Of course, I'm not flying internationally, but I will be flying into Logan airport, and I will have to deal with all the extra security measures and heightened anxiety surrounding this situation. I'm fine with the extra security, as long as they don't try to x-ray my kid. But I have to admit that even though I'm not taking any high-risk (re: trans-Atlantic) flights, I'm a little nervous.
I heard on NPR this morning that U.S. flights aren't allowing electronic devices or liquids of any kind in carry-on luggage. The exceptions are prescription medicine and infant formula (what if you're taking pumped breastmilk with you? I guess if you watch Michael Moore documentaries you know the answer to that one...) I guess I'll either leave my cell phone at home or pack it in the suitcase. Ditto Daniel's sunscreen, infant tylenol, bath soap and baby lotion. Thank goodness they're still allowing carry-ons here, unlike in Britain. I mean, what happens if you're stuck in Heathroe and your kid takes a big old crap in his pants and you weren't allowed to have a diaper bag with you and your next flight doesn't leave for 2 hours? I guess I'm as anxious about Daniel taking a poo in public as much as I'm anxious about anything else.
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Love you and be careful! Have fun!
Suze, getting through security with a baby is tough. The diaper bag goes on the belt, baby comes ouf of the stroller, the stroller goes on the belt, the car seat goes on the belt, and baby goes through the machine thing with you.
If you use a Snuggli instead of the stroller, same thing. And don't bother putting shoes on Daniel--they'll have to come off.
People will make faces and mumble when they see you in line because it takes time to get that stuff cleared. Ignore them. And make sure when you go through security you have everything you need--you don't want to go through that process any more than you need to. Give yourself plenty of time. We just went through Logan last month, and they're pretty strict, but the TSA people there seemed to understand the frustrations that arise. It was one of the better experiences I've had going through security.