19 month old, Garren and his mother were recently off a continental express flight kicked The reason. Nope, not breastfeeding this time. The little boy kept saying “bye, bye, plane” and wouldn’t quiet down. The flight attendant asked the mother to give him medication to quiet him down and the mother refused. So they were kicked off the plane!

I understand that flying with little kids can sometimes be an annoyance to the passenger, but that is the chance you take. In no way do I agree a little 19 month old saying “bye, bye plane” should have been a) asked to be medicated and b) kicked off the flight.

I say, good for you Mom for standing up for your son and not making him resort to being doped up simply because he was speaking to the plane. I don’t know what is going on with the treatment of mothers and their little kids on flights lately, but I sure hope it doesn’t happen often and the only reason it seems that way is that the press is picking up on the stories.

I’m sure there are those rare few cases when a child is out of control, hysterical, and can’t be calmed down when flight attendants and passengers might want the family to catch another flight when things are calmed down, but this does not seem like the type of situation that would warrant that