Donna Metler wrote:
We're supposed to fly to DC for a job interview for DH and a family visit
later this week, which, due to scheduling will involve a plane change in
Atlanta. Unfortunately, DH broke a bone in his foot Friday, and is on
crutches. Does anyone have any suggestions on managing the logistics of an
active 2 1/2 yr old, a carseat, and the various carryons, plus an adult on
crutches? Usually we bring the stroller and one adult handles toddler while
the other handles the stroller piled with bags (or, if toddler's in the
stroller, the other carries the carryons that don't fit in the stroller
basket-but that's with 2 able bodied adults) I have NO clue how we're going
to get into the airport in the first place, either, since that usually takes
every hand we have available.




Why the stroller? I've never traveled with a spouse with a broken
foot, but I have traveled alone with a 2.5-year-old. Checked baggage
was checked in at the curb. I put any (minimal) carryon items in the
backpack I carry everywhere (I don't use a purse). I held the carseat
in one hand and my daughter's hand in the other. If my husband had
been with us, on crutches, either he would have taken care of himself or
we'd have gotten a wheelchair and let him hold my daughter. (My kids
didn't use a stroller at that age, but even if they had, they'd have had
to do without it on a plane trip. I'd have checked the stroller.)

Clisby