So, your worst pre-flight fears have come true: you’ve been seated next to your baby again. But not just next to it, but right in front of it. You can still attribute the first five to ten kicks to excitement before takeoff (children are people too), but when they start walking in lines, it becomes clear: something needs to be done. Someone will prefer to enter into a dispute with the child’s parents, and someone, without saying a bad word, will immediately call the steward to influence the restless neighbors. But there are other methods of solving the problem.
Distract the child
Flight attendants are convinced that the best way to calm a child is to distract him. Moreover, not only parents can try to do this, but also those whose chair was attacked. A simple puzzle, book, or toy can occupy a child for a while. A simple game is especially good: wrap the toy in something and ask the child to guess what exactly is hidden behind the layers of fabric or paper.
Sometimes aromatic lavender oil, warm parental hugs, lollipops, or noise-canceling headphones help to calm the baby if the child is worried about earache.
Swap places
Those who are as altruistic as possible can offer the parents to change places for a while (if, of course, the child does not mind communicating with an unfamiliar adult). After such fortune-telling, you can occupy the child, for example, with the creation of a fairy tale about where and why his favorite toy travels. This will kill two birds with one stone: the child will calm down for at least half an hour, and the parents will be able to rest.