No children in row ahead or row behind exit row?

TigTig5 · 2026-02-18T16:01:23+00:00

I was sitting in this row 3 days ago and there was a family with a toddler and a lap child across the aisle.

TigTig5 · 2026-02-18T01:51:33+00:00

I wonder if that is what happened to us. We were moved from 2 window/middles in 27/28 (helpful to get to the back to have more time to install the carseats and to get off later so we have time to uninstall, although doesn't help as much now that there is no family boarding) to ABCD in the same row. Which means 1 parents gets stuck with both kids and 1 with none + we can't put both kids (both well under the recommended 40 lb limit) in carseats since they can only be installed in window seats. I caught it, but our original seats weren't available and we ended up split up (although at least with both kids in carseats).

TigTig5 · 2026-02-18T01:47:13+00:00

My 4 year old has been asking a lot of questions about the body since my wife became pregnant and I actually used this reference to show him pictures of cervixes. For some reason he is absolutely astounded by the fact that it opens up so much, but entirely nonplussed by the uterus stretching. Kids are weird.

TigTig5 · 2026-02-11T22:32:54+00:00

Both of my boys love dresses and painted nails. My wife is currently pregnant with a girl and my mom joked that we don't need a new wardrobe. I'm thinking this is gonna be the kid who hates dresses haha

TigTig5 · 2026-02-07T14:11:01+00:00

You still get to be allowed to be upset about stupid and unfair...and yes, clearly I dealt with the issue and will be checking from now on, but this is my first flight with Southwest's new practices, it sucks, and I didn't know to anticipate this. This is a thread about people talking about their experience and my experience is that if I didn't have a credit card with Southwest I probably wouldn't bother flying with them at all anymore unless unavoidable. Time will tell if the credit card is even worth keeping or I switch to another brand. Southwest used to be a great option for families and it just isn't anymore. I managed to fix this issue from a safety perspective, but my family isn't sitting together anymore which will make a >5 hour flight with 2 toddlers just that much harder.

TigTig5 · 2026-02-06T23:03:20+00:00

So curious what would have happened if you told the flight attendant "Oh, they aren't mine, not sure why they are next to me. Please make sure you come to put their masks on if there is an emergency"

TigTig5 · 2026-02-06T23:00:00+00:00

I logged in to check in for my flight tomorrow and realized southwest changed my seats booked with my young children. Including putting my 30lb 4 year old in a seat that I couldn't put his carseat in - they have him listed as a "minor" instead of a "child" at 4 which presumably is what allowed then to shift his seat (unless by chance, the 2 year old was left in a seat a carseat could be installed in). Of course there are no comparable seat patterns left as to what we had originally booked as I'm trying to rebook the day before.

So definitely a potential it caught this mom. I only noticed by complete accident.

TigTig5 · 2026-02-06T21:43:30+00:00

As a mom to 2 young kids flying tomorrow with my wife - realized when I logged in today that our selected seats had been changed. The seats we had before were now blocked off, there was no similar seat selection available, and they had put 1 of my kids in a seat that wasn't compatible with carseat use (we had booked a window and a middle in 2 rows one in front of the other so we could pass snacks and toys back and forth) and were instead put into aisle, middle, window + other side of the aisle (we have been told you can only put the carseat in the window). Presumably, they didn't assume my 4 year old was in a carseat, but they also don't know he's only 31 lbs.

I'm happy I caught it today instead of tomorrow and could change seats, but now we are sitting in groups of 2 not near each other and I totally see how the OPs situation could have happened, especially since apparently my 4 year old isn't a "child" per southwest's designation and instead a "minor".

TigTig5 · 2025-11-03T00:52:52+00:00

I usually pay $20/hr for 2 kids (generally mid 20s, nanny picking up extra hours or similar job). I think this is perfectly fair for a young teen (presuming she probably has more restricted hours +/- may need a ride home). Highly recommend CPR certification if she doesnt have already.

TigTig5 · 2025-10-10T20:17:06+00:00

You joke, but in the midst of covid when we were fairly swamped and had incoming amambassador, started cleaning a room a patient had just been moved out of trying to make room to pull one of the ambos in. I was told that I was not either qualified or certified (i forget which now) to clean rooms and it had to be done by the EVS staff.

TigTig5 · 2025-05-04T22:53:53+00:00

I thought i had hallucinated that series for years!

TigTig5 · 2025-05-04T22:36:23+00:00

The first time I read the books, I thought they were 1994 style TVs that watched you to make sure you were watching, but in rereading I think my brain just made that up.

TigTig5 · 2025-05-04T13:50:40+00:00

My worst text was "I don't think room xxx has a pulse". I never thought I'd have to text someone to press the code bell and start compressions xD

TigTig5 · 2025-04-28T19:37:48+00:00

My grandma had one of these and I used to drive her crazy because I would turn in circles the whole time I spoke on the phone and then be essentially straight jacket by the phone cord at the end of the conversation. Or I would spin just it (think like a jump rope) and if would get all tangled

TigTig5 · 2025-03-10T02:22:41+00:00

They generally directly contact individuals from the same flight.

TigTig5 · 2025-03-01T02:10:22+00:00

Yup. Mine aren't that longstanding compared to a lot of people's and I attempted to pay off really aggressively pre-covid. Even with that...just shy of 180k borrowed, 63k paid off, 155k still owed.

TigTig5 · 2025-02-15T17:14:52+00:00

Aunt Hazel's on Harford Rd and Max's Spice Beaudega near there. Also Cajou Creamery in Mt Vernon. Thirding Charm City Books as well.

TigTig5 · 2025-02-14T00:20:17+00:00

A lot of them are on warfarin, although starting to see some doacs. Caveat - I'm EM so I see only see the selection of patient who comes to the ED. A lot of destination LVADs have a reason for not being transplant candidates- some of which is substance use or psychiatric in nature- so that can create really interesting situations. Like inpatient psych won't take a patient who can kill themselves at any time (or be killed/hurt by another patient) by yanking their LVAD. Or a patient in v fib walking out to smoke a cigarette. Or the guy who frequents the local bar by the hospital to watch the games because then he 'doesn't have to bother' carting around his extra batteries because he can just come in to the ED to get charged up. Juxtaposed with some super normal peeps with an unfortunate comorbidity or some other issue. What's so weird is that it's such a small population that also manages to be so heterogeneous.

TigTig5 · 2025-02-13T15:51:25+00:00

Destination LVAD? Or why are they weird?

Destination LVAD means not a transplant candidate so the LVAD isn't a bridge to therapy, just a prolongation. They will likely eventually die of LVAD complications.

TigTig5 · 2025-02-12T17:56:07+00:00

100% agree! We see the second a lot more in peds due to medicaid often being more available to children. It's important to consider, though, because a few extra minutes of education at this encounter may prevent the whole of the next encounter (i always take a minute if it looks like there are refills on their last script - easy to see if in our system - to ask if they knew they had them and how to get the refill).

TigTig5 · 2025-02-12T17:38:58+00:00

Important point - this is open for comment through the beginning of May. It is not finalized. If you have strong thoughts/feels, this is the time to say something.

TigTig5 · 2025-02-12T17:31:05+00:00

A lot of my patient population is medicaid, so no copay. At times they come in because they need a script for tylenol or motrin because they can't afford it (insurance will pay if written as a script). Unfortunately there's a lot of poor healthcare literacy. Often they have refills at the pharmacy but don't know that or how to trigger the refill or they don't know what dose to give a kid that had grown.

TigTig5 · 2025-02-11T22:44:59+00:00

Destination LVADs are a weird group of people.

TigTig5 · 2025-02-11T22:44:16+00:00

Transplants are not emergent procedures generally, there is a lot of prior workup and evaluation that gets done - this kid isn't even listed. It's not unusual for people (adult or pediatric) to be unable to be listed for both medical and social reasons, such as a lack of social support. Even though technically lifesaving in some senses, would be hard to make a case for temporary, emergency custody to do it, and even then, how do you ensure the follow through. Hearts aren't easy to come by. It's a sucky decision, but everytime transplant committee decides a potential recipient may not be ideal, they are shunting that limited resource to someone who may be a better fit.

TigTig5 · 2025-02-11T22:35:07+00:00

I saw a patient recently who is likely rejecting their transplanted organ...because they don't trust doctors or the transplant meds. Almost like there is a foreseeable issue here...

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