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“It Stunk Like Hell”: Toddler Keeps Throwing Fits And Making Messes, Passenger Has Had Enough
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“It Stunk Like Hell”: Toddler Keeps Throwing Fits And Making Messes, Passenger Has Had Enough

Flier Suffers Through A Mom Changing Her Kid’s Nappy Three Times, Wants Childfree Flights“It Stunk Like Hell”: Woman Sits Next To A Mom That Kept Changing Her Toddler’s Diaper“Childfree Flights Should Be An Option”: Woman Balks After Mom Kept Changing Diapers In The SeatMom Turns Her Plane Seat Into Nappy Changing Station, Disgusted Passenger Calls Her Out Online“Mom Changed His Diaper Three Times, In The Seat”: Woman Calls For Childfree FlightsPerson Calls For Childfree Flights After 4-Hour Flight From Hell Leaves Them Reeling“It Stunk Like Hell”: Toddler Keeps Throwing Fits And Making Messes, Passenger Has Had Enough“Mom Changed His Diaper THREE Times, IN The Seat”: Passenger Calls For Childfree FlightsWoman Rants About Kids On Flights After Mom Changes Her Toddler's Diaper In The Plane Seat 3 Times
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When we think about flying near a child, the first thing we tend to imagine is screaming and crying. Not without good reason, being trapped on a flying metal tube for hours with a kid whose lungs seem to never tire is hell.

But one woman had her own flying horror story when she was seated next to a mother and toddler who had to be changed three times over a four-hour flight. After, thankfully, surviving, she turned to the internet to share her tale and ask why aren’t there childless flights as an option. Netizens debated the touchy subject in the comments.

Flying can be stressful enough as it is, without a child screaming for the entire flight

Image credits: wirestock (not the actual photo)

But one woman ended up sitting next to a toddler who needed their diaper changed constantly

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Image credits: karrastock (not the actual photo)

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Image credits: TheTallestLeah

Flying can be pretty stressful already

While opinions and experiences may vary, flying has a whole list of things that can be annoying or downright ruin the experience. Just imagine the lines at security, the lack of legroom, the everpresent noise, and that dry air in your nose. It’s no wonder that some fliers chose to splurge hundreds of dollars more to have what is ostensibly a slightly better seat.

The result is that people feel enraged and aggressive, while all being trapped together. It’s no wonder that cases of so-called “air rage” are on the rise. This is before you add children to the mix. Now, obviously, a toddler has no idea what is happening and can’t really be blamed for screaming, the ear pressure alone can be quite painful.

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Of course, in OP’s case, the child can’t be blamed for needing to use the bathroom, but the mother is absolutely at fault for choosing to change the diaper then and there. Airplanes do have space in their bathrooms to change a baby, so this mom seems to have gone out of her way to be disgusting.

The mom in OP’s story seems to have no regard for other passengers

While perhaps one time would be “permissible,” even though it’s still nasty, three times is just too much. The air in an airplane is a sort of shared resource, hence why air travel was so risky during COVID-19. As a result, this mother is disproportionately affecting other people just because she does not want to get up.

All in all, OP isn’t alone in wanting to have the option to perhaps not sit next to a screaming child or an open diaper. While some commenters suggested that a child-free flight doesn’t make sense (see below) there are, in fact, airlines that have started experimenting with allowing passengers to pay more to sit in a kid-free area.

Some airlines already offer semi-childfree flights

Corendon Airlines, out of Turkey, has announced a special extra cost that passengers can select, where they will be placed in a section with age limits. No one under sixteen can be seated in this area and the service will cost €45.

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While some have decried the decision as exclusionary to parents, it’s worth noting that the additional cost has been placed on child-free fliers, not parents. Time will tell if these sorts of options take off in other airlines, but OP is not the first and won’t be the last flier to make such a suggestion. And as nice as this idea sounds, the unfortunate reality is that some adults can make just as big of a ruckus as any baby.

People were disgusted at the mom and agreed that there needed to be childfree flights

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Others shared their own stories

But many readers pointed out that childfree flights are not that easy to implement 

Some netizens suggest that we still try to be a bit more understanding

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Ephemeral Mochi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay, but so many of the comments are ignoring that this woman changed her baby's dirtied diapers IN THE SEAT. RIGHT NEXT TO OP. That is a HUGE BIOHAZARD.

madbakes
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, I don't understand how a flight attendant didn't tell them they can't do that.

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Mark Fuller
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just wrong. Parent or non, no one should have to be exposed to your kids s****y nappy in a confined space. For the love of god, take some responsibility, acknowledge others around you and be a proper parent.

BrownTabby
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

r/childfree isn’t objective about subjects like this and it isn’t intended to be. It’s a support group for people who don’t want kids, and while they do have some great advice about things like getting a tubal ligation, their conversations about kids and parents are intended to be venting, not an objective discussion. So this can’t be extrapolated into a general statement about whether flights with no children should exist or not.

Ms.GB
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like kids but I don't want to smell your baby's s**t up close and personal. There should be a designated area for parents with small children. I feel like that would help a lot, everyone would be in the same boat and you're less likely to run into some person who can't stand kids. I think parents would be more comfortable as well as other travelers...might help a little bit anyway. They could stick an attendant close by to help out etc.....who am I kidding airlines aren't going to do any of this but I still think a baby section is a good idea.

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Ephemeral Mochi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay, but so many of the comments are ignoring that this woman changed her baby's dirtied diapers IN THE SEAT. RIGHT NEXT TO OP. That is a HUGE BIOHAZARD.

madbakes
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, I don't understand how a flight attendant didn't tell them they can't do that.

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Mark Fuller
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just wrong. Parent or non, no one should have to be exposed to your kids s****y nappy in a confined space. For the love of god, take some responsibility, acknowledge others around you and be a proper parent.

BrownTabby
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

r/childfree isn’t objective about subjects like this and it isn’t intended to be. It’s a support group for people who don’t want kids, and while they do have some great advice about things like getting a tubal ligation, their conversations about kids and parents are intended to be venting, not an objective discussion. So this can’t be extrapolated into a general statement about whether flights with no children should exist or not.

Ms.GB
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like kids but I don't want to smell your baby's s**t up close and personal. There should be a designated area for parents with small children. I feel like that would help a lot, everyone would be in the same boat and you're less likely to run into some person who can't stand kids. I think parents would be more comfortable as well as other travelers...might help a little bit anyway. They could stick an attendant close by to help out etc.....who am I kidding airlines aren't going to do any of this but I still think a baby section is a good idea.

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