Attending Directly After A Flight

[rosieteddy]

Why not just send note.I would say under the circumstance you feel child will be to tired.That as you offer the day free and parent and sibling will be home child should not attend.As parent has stated child will be extra tired and you feel this is the best option.See you on Thursday.I would not give a choice as they will pick send him.Then you are on the spot to send home if child is not able to go along with your program.Good luck sometimes parents make it so hard.

[TheMisplacedMidwestMom]

BTW I do totally agree with you about not packing little kids around when it's rough on them. I didn't take DS to Australia til he was nine. But my brother and SIL have hauled toddlers everywhere, including Australia. How do they even make it work? Dope them?

I've done multiple 13-20 hour flights (with layovers) by myself with my 2 kids. The first time they were newly 1yr and 2.5years old. You just plan as well as you can and then gut it out. 3 years later and having made the same trip several times I feel like my kids are pretty great travelers. That being said, I still can't imagine sending them to daycare after an overnight flight.