Aussie influencer Em Davies' travel warning to parents after 'traumatising' ordeal with Qantas
An Aussie influencer has relived her 'traumatising' and exhausting ordeal while travelling on her own with her baby girl for the first time.
The nightmare began when Em Davies, 30, arrived four minutes late to the Qantas bag drop counter at Brisbane Airport, where staff advised that she and nine-month-old Isla Sue wouldn't be able to board their flight home to Perth.
Desperate to get home, she asked staff if she could still fly on the original booking and book her luggage onto the next flight.
Davies' request was declined and was told that she would have to take the next available flight, which was due to depart four hours later.
'As a first time mum travelling alone for the first time on her own, I am a little bit traumatised,' she told her 147,500 followers on TikTok.
'The fact that like I was four minutes late to check in my bags while travelling alone with a baby and they still couldn't let us on the flight?'
The ordeal only got worse after they finally boarded the plane for the five-and-a-half hour long flight.
Davies was walking down the aisle trying to soothe her unsettled baby during the flight when Isla Sue started 'projectile spewing and choking'.
'I grab her out of the carrier and I'm doing back blows on her in middle of the plane,' Davies said.
'And the flight attendant literally says 'sorry love you're gonna have to get out of the way, I need to clean the spew.
'Thankfully other passengers on the plane helped me.
'I've actually never experienced anything like that and it was so traumatic.'
Davies hopes the ordeal will be a learning experience for herself and other mothers travelling with babies.
'Highly recommend allowing an extra three hours for unexpected delays (you never know when there'll be a highway incident,' she captioned the video.
Davies stressed that she didn't want point the finger and blame Qantas.
'Qantas have always been so accommodating, I think I just had a bad run,' she said.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Qantas for comment.
The Qantas bag drop for checked-in luggage closes 30 minutes prior to flights.
Viewers agreed that travelling with children was a challenge and shared their own horror parenting stories while flying.
'Oh Em this is so beyond scary and stressful. I'm so, so sorry. Hope you're both ok,' one wrote.
Another added: 'I get the worst anxiety going anywhere with my babies without my partner. This literally sounds like my worst nightmare.'
A third shared: 'My seven-month-old projectile vomited all over me 30 mins into our flight Perth to Brisbane in December. She also rarely vomited, and I had no change of clothes for myself.'
'What a stressful time for and bub. I've heard babies can spew from their ear pressure in the air,' another said.
A flight attendant who commented on the video said she would have handled the situation differently.
'I am a serial babysitter on my flights and majority of us love taking bubs for a walk through the cabin to give the parents a break so you'll always be in good hands with us. I'm so sorry for your terrible experience!' she wrote.
Davies married her long-time partner Joel Gambin in February, six months after welcoming Isla Sue.
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