Traveling with a child- not recommended!

Well we took our first plane trip with Liam today. In short.... it sucked!

Getting through security with a baby in crazy. They made me take his shoes off.... WTF! This is what we had: laptop with bag, diaper bag, backpack, stroller, car seat and purse. We fed Liam right before we boarded the plane, so we thought we were all set. They called early boarding for people with children and by the time we gathered all of our stuff the whole plane was in line in front of us. Our seats were in the very back of the plane, so basically, everyone in an aisle seat got hit with our car seat and possibly a diaper bag or two.

Liam was pretty happy in his seat and did fine when we took off. We were in the air about five minutes before he pooped. The flight attendant told me I could go in the bathroom and change him, "at my own risk", since the seat belt sign was still on. I risked it... and Bry took him out of the car seat and passed him to me. During the pass off, Liam puked all over my shirt and the floor. Once I got him changed, I went in the bathroom and cleaned my shirt in the sink. I spent the rest of the flight in a wet shirt. I'm not sure cleaning it helped. By the end of the flight I smelt like puke, bananas and spoiled milk. I'll be bringing a change of clothes for me on the flight home.

What I learned:

1. Don't over feed your child prior to a flight
2. Get your sh*t together before they start preboarding
3. Bring a change of clothes for me
4. Never fly with a toddler
5. Never fly with a toddler