Travelling with a toddler

We are now in the great USA after having made 4 plane trips with our 3 little rascals.  The girls being older were fine on the plane but the little man was a nightmare!!! Our first flight started at 11pm (bad idea) he was tired and grumpy as he is usually in bed by 5pm.  He screamed blue murder for the 30 minutes we were boarding the plane I was sure we were going to be asked to leave the plane, so I kept praying they would shut those doors.  Then he continued to cry for the next 30 mins as more and more bells were pressed around us with people asking for ear plugs.  The stress was unimaginable knowing you are disturbing everyone on the plane, no one would meet our eyes!! Then the over dressed extremely posh lady asked us if she could try settling him down, are you kidding me! I am not inept he was just not going to settle until he went to sleep. Hubby laughed when she asked me in the condescending tone, I told her to step off and let me handle my business.  The little one probably would have ripped her much styled curls out and slapped her a good  one, later as he slept peacefully I contemplated  how easy the trip would have been without a screaming toddler but looking at him all peaceful and gorgeous in hubbys arms I thought Nah, the other passengers can just suffer in their jocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!