Sam Faiers has shared how a comment from a fellow passenger on a flight almost saw her burst into tears after suffering a nightmare journey with her son. The former The Only Way is Essex star recently headed jetted off to Dubai with her partner Paul Knightley and their three children.
But after a fabulous stay in the UAE, the family's return home was a challenge for Sam and she was left "at the end of her tether" with her youngest child, 11-month-old Edward, who she wasn't able to settle.
Speaking with her sister Billie Shepherd on their podcast, The Sam & Billie Show, Sam recalled: "In the end, I resulted in locking myself in the toilet with him. It was going so mad that it was the only thing. I was playing with the tissue, the taps on and off, we were soaked but that gave me half an hour of him entertained and I did that twice."
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The 32-year-old went on: "I managed to get him back to sleep right before we landed and then he kicked off again when we got off. This woman turned round to me and she went 'you've had a really tough time haven't you'. I promise you, I thought I was going to burst into tears.
"I held it together but it was true. Everyone could see. How I kept it together I don't know and when we got off the flight I felt so sorry for him, because he is just a baby. I had a good cabin of people because no one actually said anything, you do worry though," she added.
Billie then replied: "You do but I would say most of the people on the flight might actually be parents themselves, but also there's nothing you can do. They can see you are trying to console him."
It comes after Billie previously blasted plane companies for not having enough bassinets for babies onboard – saying she had to hold Margot in her arms for 12 hours when the only one on the plane broke. Detailing the experience on a flight home from the Maldives, Billie said: "I had a nightmare.
"So we get on the plane and going out there we had the bassinet for Margot, which is what you get when you have a young baby. Going out, it’s great because where the bassinets are you get the leg room as well, so you know with a baby you’ve got all the stuff and you’re always in and out of the baby bag."
The 33-year-old added: “She’s at the age now – she’s five months – she doesn’t want to be restricted in my arms for 12 hours, but we had no choice."
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