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Anonymous wrote:I never have this problem. I just fly in my private jet so I don't have to deal with society.

Wish I was rich like u

Well I don't spend any time complaining about children on airplanes, that's for sure.

Why you here?

Where, on Earth? Or on DCUM? Or this thread? I actually don't have a private jet, believe it or not, but I understand that babies and small children are part of society and have as much right to be on an airplane--and to act their age--as I do. I fly a lot, and I have NEVER been annoyed by a screaming baby or child. Usually I feel bad for the family. I've never seen a kid having a meltdown while his parents refuse to intervene or act like everything's fine. I'll take "misbehaving" children over obnoxious drunks any day.

I have flown a lot in my life, and I find the drunk, fat, antsy, must-recline-my-seat-in-coach, leg-shaking, and loud adults to be far more annoying than any kids or babies I have encountered.

I am typing this from on air wifi on United. We sat on the tarmac for 2 hours before we took off. The airline locked the bathroom and no one could get out of their seat while we waited. The lady behind me took her bare feet and put them on the arm rest on top of the arms of my son before I politely asked her to move her feet. So babies aren't the problem. It's just how the airlines are these days. Get a life.

It's a fact of life, babies are screaming for a reason. Ever offer to help? Ever buy some noise cancelling headphones. Ever have some emphathy? Jesus. It's a commercial airline, not a private jet. Sure, there are parents that don't control their kids, and they isn't just in coach. I've seen police enter the plane at Dulles to remove a family from first class about 10 years ago whose 10 year old just went ape shit and destroyed his seat.

But babies? They can't talk. They can't tell you if their ears hurt or their diaper is messy or whatever. The parents are probably uber stressed out. OP's attitude just sucks. Grow up or pony up the money to get that private jet. Geesh

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Anonymous wrote:Why don't you spring for first class?

If you fly coach you are going to run into fussing babies and toddlers.

My babies and kids fly first class. So much better behaved than yet another boorish businessman drunk.

My 2 year old does better in first because there is more room and he can sleep more comfortably.

Anonymous wrote:If a parent is not doing anything, it's reasonable to ask them to at least try and soothe the child.

+1

Lazy - not parenting at all. No excuse.

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Anonymous wrote:I never have this problem. I just fly in my private jet so I don't have to deal with society.

Wish I was rich like u

Well I don't spend any time complaining about children on airplanes, that's for sure.

Why you here?

Anonymous wrote:Flying on a commercial airline is not a pleasant experience. You are packed in like sardines, have only a tiny bag of pretzels given to you and share a toilet with 100+ people. There are drunks, rear seat kickers, back of chair grabbers, the shoe/sock removers, the people who rush from aisle 44 to 14 as soon as the fasten seat belt sign gets turned off before deplaning and yet, it is the baby that "ruins" the experience for you.

Do yourself a favor. Take a xanax and put on your Bose noise cancelling headphones and try to deal with it.

But do you have to be THAT person? The whole plane knows who you are, and hates you for it.

Anonymous wrote:Why don't you spring for first class?

If you fly coach you are going to run into fussing babies and toddlers.

My babies and kids fly first class. So much better behaved than yet another boorish businessman drunk.

Keep the babies awake before getting on the plane and deal with the fussiness for a short time before boarding
Give the bottle during take off and landing
Give a few drops of Piptol
The baby will sleep through the flight

Screaming babies can be very annoying, especially on long flights.

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Anonymous wrote:Flying with my two year old over the summer I was literally in tears because she was screaming. I tried to mitigate the possibility of this happening on our recent transatlantic flight by giving her a full dose of Benadryl - to no avail. I really don't know what I can do for people like you, OP. She is two and we fly. That's how it is right now.

Well, you kind of suck. Please stay home or figure out a way to keep your kid from crying.

OP here....I get that people sometimes NEED to take long flights with little kids (funeral, visit family overseas, etc) but why would you take a little kid who you KNOW is awful on flights on a transatlantic flight if it's just for a vacation? Not saying that's the case here, but it blows my mind people are so inconsiderate. Your two year old won't appreciate Europe or wherever anyways.

Just stop it with this dumb argument. You don't know why the PP is traveling. She's clearly not one of those parents who blithely gets wasted while her kid freaks out. You don't have a right to a totally serene uninterrupted flight. You just don't. Get over yourself.

Never said she was, genius, and I pointed that out in my post. Your reading comprehension sucks.

Your attitude sucks. Are you the OP? The OP's attitude also sucks.

You are definitely one of those people who thinks everyone on a plane wants to hear their kid loudly read a picture book or some shit. Way too defensive.

NP, but would you rather the kid loudly read Brown Bear Brown Bear, or listen to them whine? I'll take the picture book any day.

"brown bear brown bear looking at me..." Oh, the memories. My kids didn't cry much, but they have puked a few times, mostly due to watching electronics too much and getting airsick. Now I make them take a break from electronics every hour or so. They are 12 and 8 now. I've been complimented on how well behaved they are on the plane. I have used lots of threats of "when we get to x destination you will get no y" if you misbehave on the flight, or if you misbehave they will kick us off the plane and we will miss our vacation. Of course, this doesn't work on toddlers/babies. It is very hard to travel with very young kids, so we didn't travel much when kids were younger even though my spouse's family live overseas.

I've seen a poor kid all stressed out about flying 1 time. Luckily it was a short flight- 2 hours or so, but there was a crazy yelling at the parents and the 1-year old and that was annoying and scary.

Flying on a commercial airline is not a pleasant experience. You are packed in like sardines, have only a tiny bag of pretzels given to you and share a toilet with 100+ people. There are drunks, rear seat kickers, back of chair grabbers, the shoe/sock removers, the people who rush from aisle 44 to 14 as soon as the fasten seat belt sign gets turned off before deplaning and yet, it is the baby that "ruins" the experience for you.

Do yourself a favor. Take a xanax and put on your Bose noise cancelling headphones and try to deal with it.