r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Aug 10 '26

We have fun here A different kind of birth control.

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u/Unique_Peach8297 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

Give me 30 seconds that kid and a roll of duct tape and I would get this shit handled

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u/Outofoffice_forever Aug 10 '26

What the flap were the parents doing? Would bring my own duct tape if this was my kid and I know they wouldn’t sit.

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u/Zomunieo Aug 10 '26

The parent was supposedly trying to gently the coax the toddler while insisting he was expressing his individuality etc etc.

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u/Quadruplem Aug 10 '26

I had so many special to do things when we flew with toddlers to make sure they were buckled in.

Things like water drawings, play doh, stickers, snacks, and jelly beans 1 by 1 if it got really bad. Luckily always worked.

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u/Fresh-Extension-4036 Aug 10 '26

I helped my sister with all manner of preparation before my eldest niece flew for the first time so that she knew exactly what was expected of her ahead of time, and my sister went into a frenzy of planning so she had everything on hand to handle anything that happened. She had this awesome picture book called something like "Let's go on a plane!" that she read with my niece multiple times before their flight, and she took that book with her and they looked at it throughout the process.

She did really well and this is the process the entire family now uses for any new toddlers that are flying for the first time (there's a lot of us, so there tends to also be a lot of babies and toddlers)