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‘Influencers’ taking newborns on holiday

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Coffeeandbourbons · 30/04/2023 09:47

I’ve noticed a lot of influencers taking their newborn or very tiny babies (under a few months old) on long haul holidays. AIBU to think this is a bit irresponsible? Long aeroplane journeys with all the germs, taking them to a very hot country when they’re so small with such fragile skin, mosquitos…

I can completely understand that sometimes people need to travel with small babies, or having a holiday when the baby is a bit older and more resilient. But it seems a bit irresponsible flying a 1 month old to Abu Dhabi seems selfish to me.

Prepared to be told IABU!

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Againstmachine · 30/04/2023 20:42

AbreathofFrenchair · 30/04/2023 17:59

I know?

The OP said she was getting photos done and hair and makeup but it wasnt the same holiday, that's all I was pointing out.

It was two different locations as detailed on her Insta when i had a look.

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Yeah but are saying she hasnt been on holiday when she has.

AbreathofFrenchair · 30/04/2023 20:45

Againstmachine · 30/04/2023 20:42

Yeah but are saying she hasnt been on holiday when she has.

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Sorry, you've lost me

ThisSingleMama · 30/04/2023 21:17

lost me too!!

Equalitea · 30/04/2023 21:45

I don’t have an issue with it. I’ve taken mine long haul when they’ve been under 6 months old.

adarkbarking · 30/04/2023 21:46

@Coffeeandbourbons "influencers" are twats. HTH.

adarkbarking · 30/04/2023 21:47

I've never heard of the people mentioned on here, btw, but my comment still stands.

TheEarlofButties · 30/04/2023 21:57

Incase you missed it, the OP has mentioned she has a one month old baby, you’re all jumping on a new mum.
She’s seen a bit of celebrity gossip and thought ‘I can’t imagine taking my new baby on a long haul trip’ and posted it for a bit of a chat.
Some of these comments are just horrible. Would you tell a 4 week post partum mum to her face she’s embarrassed herself?

Teder · 01/05/2023 08:58

TheEarlofButties · 30/04/2023 21:57

Incase you missed it, the OP has mentioned she has a one month old baby, you’re all jumping on a new mum.
She’s seen a bit of celebrity gossip and thought ‘I can’t imagine taking my new baby on a long haul trip’ and posted it for a bit of a chat.
Some of these comments are just horrible. Would you tell a 4 week post partum mum to her face she’s embarrassed herself?

OP is just as bad! She shouldn’t judge fellow new mums either. I am not talking about influencers but other ‘every day’ mums on here who may choose to take their tiny babies on holidays.

katepilar · 01/05/2023 09:19

Some people seem to have missed that OP was talking about newborns, not six- month-olds or older.

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Coffeeandbourbons · 01/05/2023 09:26

Teder · 01/05/2023 08:58

OP is just as bad! She shouldn’t judge fellow new mums either. I am not talking about influencers but other ‘every day’ mums on here who may choose to take their tiny babies on holidays.

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I haven’t called anyone a bitch or an idiot 🤷🏼‍♀️

If you feel ‘judged’ by somebody saying taking a newborn on a long haul holiday doesn’t sound like a great idea to the extent you need to launch such a vicious attack then you’ve got personality problems, frankly!

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TheKeatingFive · 01/05/2023 09:26

She’s seen a bit of celebrity gossip and thought ‘I can’t imagine taking my new baby on a long haul trip’ and posted it for a bit of a chat.

That very far from what happened

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Coffeeandbourbons · 01/05/2023 09:28

@TheKeatingFive what did happen then? Did I start a petition ‘no under 8 week olds to be allowed on planes’? Did I ask you all to sign a letter to said influencer instructing her not to take her baby away again? You lot are absolutely bonkers and the most thin skinned people I’ve ever encountered! Madness!

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TheKeatingFive · 01/05/2023 09:33

what did happen then?

You wanted people to pile on to mother making a perfectly reasonable choice. Not 'a bit of a chat' 🙄

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Coffeeandbourbons · 01/05/2023 09:36

How? Is she on mumsnet then? Did I tag her? Who even if she, because I haven’t named anyone.

Have you ever commented on someone else’s parenting decisions, or is it only outrageous and bitchy when someone else is doing it and your disagree with them?

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TheKeatingFive · 01/05/2023 09:41

Have you ever commented on someone else’s parenting decisions, or is it only outrageous and bitchy when someone else is doing it and your disagree with them?

I can honestly say I've never got as worked up as you about another mother doing something perfectly reasonable that isn't against any kind of advice. I don't think that makes me unusual either. 😉

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Coffeeandbourbons · 01/05/2023 09:42

The irony is, in all of your quest to stop me being ‘bitchy’ and ‘piling on’, that’s exactly what you’ve all done to me.

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TheKeatingFive · 01/05/2023 09:50

The irony is, in all of your quest to stop me being ‘bitchy’ and ‘piling on’, that’s exactly what you’ve all done to me.

If you think anyone's broken guidelines, report them.

if you don't like the tone of discussion on here, you don't have to post.

Tattle might be more what you're looking for.

Hesma · 01/05/2023 09:55

Get a life OP

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Coffeeandbourbons · 01/05/2023 09:55

TheKeatingFive · 01/05/2023 09:50

The irony is, in all of your quest to stop me being ‘bitchy’ and ‘piling on’, that’s exactly what you’ve all done to me.

If you think anyone's broken guidelines, report them.

if you don't like the tone of discussion on here, you don't have to post.

Tattle might be more what you're looking for.

If you don’t like the tone of my thread you didn’t have to reply 🤷🏼‍♀️

like I said, just so thin skinned and dramatic.

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TheKeatingFive · 01/05/2023 09:57

If you don’t like the tone of my thread you didn’t have to reply

Erm, that's not how Aibu works. Anyone can reply to anything within guidelines

Like I say. Tattle looks like a better fit for the material you want to talk about and the reactions you want.

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Coffeeandbourbons · 01/05/2023 10:00

Maybe you should join tattle next time you want to speculate on whether Paris Hilton was lying about being pregnant, Keating?

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Coffeeandbourbons · 01/05/2023 10:01

Worse than saying taking newborns long haul isn’t a great idea while naming no names, wouldn’t you say??

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TheKeatingFive · 01/05/2023 10:02

Maybe you should join tattle next time you want to speculate on whether Paris Hilton was lying about being pregnant, Keating?

maybe I did? 🤷‍♀️

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Coffeeandbourbons · 01/05/2023 10:03

My point being you’re happy to join in threads discussing famous mums and their choices when you disagree with them, but when anyone else does it’s a ‘bitchy pile on’. Something to think about anyway!

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TheKeatingFive · 01/05/2023 10:06

I'm not sure you can compare one throw away comment I made with the energy and ire you've invested into this thread.

But crack on, you're clearly have some big issues to work through 🫠

Anything else you've dug up during your advanced searches you want to use as a gotcha 😂