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Flying with the Big Boys
It’s Christmas vacation, and Kirk and I are on the plane to Costa Rica with Ethan, age six, and Alex, three.
“Free at last!” I say. We’ve arrived. No more travel with diapers. Gone are the days when we schlepped a stroller, Bjorn, car seats, and diaper bag. My husband and I have finally made it to travel with Big Boys. It seems like the only things we bring for a long airplane flight now are DVD players.
This morning, as we waited in the security line, I spotted a poor mommy who woke her sleeping baby, wrestled him out of his shoes, hoisted him from his stroller, and shoved his transportation through the machine. I smiled at her reassuringly. It wasn’t long ago that I was in her position, trying to dump formula while simultaneously shouldering a diaper bag and a screaming baby.
By Mindy Uhrlaub
