to take a baby in First Class on the train?

[Galena]

Going to a meeting tomorrow and am able to take my 18mo daughter (She was born at 27 weeks and so is still tiny and not yet walking, so equivalent to about a 9-12 month old).

First class tickets were £2 more than Standard class each way. So I booked them.

I know I'm entitled to have her in there, but I can't help but worry that some poor business man/woman who has booked First Class so they can have peace to do some work on the train will see us walk in and feel that IABU.

I'm a lready feeling defensive, despite the fact no-one's said anything and I know I'm in the right.

Should I just have slummed it in Standard?

11-12:15 and 4-5:15.

If a slightly older child were talking or singing loudly I guess I'd try to get them doing something quieter. However, if they weren't amenable to that, we might go on an explore for a few minutes to give others a break - and possibly change the subject!

YANBU I took my dd in first class age 9 months and age 12 months
both times were fine, when she became unsettled I just took her for a walk or waited in the bit between the carriages.
First class is usually quite empty

Not allowed to travel First any longer due to the deficit, so have a lovely time, and wave at us poor people on the platform!

YANBU I have done this since DS1 was 5 months. He also gets a plate of food so the service staff don't really mind. I take him into corridor if he acts up, or to get him to sleep when very little.

To be honest, it's easier in first class as the food distracts him for the first hour and a half of journey, and most people are very friendly.

Virgin train staff are brilliant by the way!

Just be careful they don't open the toilet on you when you're having a wee as open door is toddler height and the huge wide door opens very quickly compared to the speed at which it closes!

I only had one incident in the corridor away from the carriage where someone came out to make a phone call as I was settling him and gaveme daggers for him crying. As soon as his call had finished I challenged him and pointed out that we were in the corridor to avoid other passengers being disturbed, and perhaps it would have been easier for him to have walked to the corridor at the opposite end and continued his call there. He didn't say anything and just looked like an angry person.

I have done it and nobody minded at all! Two seperate men in suits helped me with my pram and luggage...twas great!

YANBU You're not a 2nd class citizen because you're travelling with a child.

You've paid the same as the other passengers and are more in need of the extra space and table service than most of them.

Hope you have a great trip.

The key here is that "First class tickets were £2 more than Standard class each way" so no one in the first class carriage has paid over the odds for a bit of peace and quiet. It would be different if someone had paid £50 more for a bit of peace and quiet to work. Of course people who work on trains are self important twats anyway.

If anyone is bothered by the inevitable noise they should take it up with the rail company.

It would drive me conkers though which is why I never use public transport.

YANBU!
Enjoy your journey.
I took my 2nd DS first class when he was under 2. It was great - more seat space, less crowded carriage. We were both relaxed and he behaved perfectly. If he had been screaming I would have taken him into the corridor for a while.

In Germany they have these fab family "rooms" on the long distance trains - with fold up seats, play areas, glassed off so you don't annoy other passengers, and designed so you can actually sit on the floor (if you want) and play with toddlers - on a train!!! Imagine that!