10 Things to Remember When Flying with Young Children

1. If you even think your toddler might kick the seat in front of you, have someone else traveling with you (if there is someone else) sit in front of the kicking toddler. This way you won't have a mean, old British lady tell you to control your child and spy on you all flight with her compact mirror.

2. If your 3 year old went potty right before you boarded the plane, but still wants to go every 5 minutes mid flight, remember this may be a scam to go check the cool bathroom over and over.

3. Be prepared for blowouts in your toddler's diaper that may happen as soon as the plane takes off.

4. Be prepared for that blowout to stink up the whole plane until the flight attendant lets you get up to change the toddler.

5. Pack yourself a change of clothes in the diaper bag, so if a blowout happens to get all over you, then you can change and won't smell like poop until you can get to your luggage.

6. Pack a backpack/diaper bag for each parent, so if you happen to loose each other then at least you each have food and activities for the kid you are lost with.

7. If you travel with a car seat, security will most definitely think you have stashed bombs somewhere inside of it.

8. If you think you have packed enough underwear for your potty trained child, pack more so you aren't washing them in the sink and trying to dry them with the air dryer in the bathroom.

9. When security tells you no liquid, but you fill your kids' sippy cups anyway, be prepared to go off to a secluded place and have them tested for chemicals that may blow up the plane.

10. Pray for a nice flight crew that likes kids and will let your child sit in the cockpit.