A screaming sprog on a flight - and it hasn't even left the ground.
A screaming sprog on a flight - and it hasn't even left the ground.
at first no but if it was a long flight and a long scream well then it would,but then again sometimes the mother or father cant cope when they know its bothering others so it gets worst, nothing worst then some idiot shouting for the baby to stop crying
How about 5 hours?Originally Posted by stevewool
Difficult one.
Put my grumpy old man hat on and I'd be incredibly irritated, but it's a baby we're talking about here and parents who are probably doing their best in tough circumstances. Imagine how they must feel.
Turn up those headphones and drown the noise out or drink yourself into not caring ?
Nothing we could do, so just have to be philosophical.
Similar to having 7 dogs barking all night long next door in the Phils.
Either get really stressed out or become accustomed to and accepting of it.
I hope our babies dont play too much up when we fly out in October(ill give flights details to anyone flying to Philippines that month, as to avoid
)
Im not known for holding back, though...if we start getting verbal..well, death before dishonour and all that...that's me to a tee
Perhaps ill slip in slug of gin during babies feeding times..I hear it works wonders
Or plan C - go round, shoot them - dog adobo?
Similar to having 7 dogs barking all night long next door in the Phils.
Either get really stressed out or become accustomed to and accepting of it.
As for babies on flights, well I'm torn between two camps. The real me who doesn't really care that much (It always seems to be the case that a long distance flight HAS to have a screaming baby on board, it's just one of those laws of physics)
And the other hand which says that any parents taking a baby on a long distance especially night flight are incredibly selfish, and can't they just take their holidays in Mablethorpe for a couple of years.
Ordinarily, I would wholly agree with your last sentence Ian.
But, for us this is a whole lot more than just a jolly in the sun..(those days are well gone)
For most in same situations as us, its a hard worked opportunity to see family who haven't been seen, as in my wife's case for nearly a couple of years...many go for decades b4 they go back.....its a chance for family to meet there cousins grandmother aunts..you name it..its gonna be a massive event for all concerned
Plus a double Christening to boot
Hardly comparable to A 2 weeks 'larding it' on a costa beach.
Believe me, if we could get there via a magic carpet, we'd jump on
and can't they just take their holidays in Mablethorpe for a couple of years.done that many many times before i new the world was round
Some babies cry more than others; it just seems to be that way. Little babies soon sleep but a child in the "terrible twos" can keep it up for hours!
I hope I'd have the decency to realise that no parent(s) take small children on long flights for fun.
Besides, what difference would complaining make - the unfortunate parents can hardly smother the brat in mid-air!
I thinks it's just human nature to find it hard after a time.
But nothing to do. Can't blame the baby, and can't blame the parents. They're surely feeling pressured too. That's life just have to smile and put some headphones on, or if you're sitting close maybe help.
One time going to Japan I was sitting up front right next to a very long and loud crying baby. Foolishly I offered to hold the baby.
Funny thing was it stopped crying almost immediately and just stared at me. Maybe scared to see my green eyes and fair hair.
The unfunny thing was the parents didn't seem too eager to take the baby back again
Then there was odd smell
2 years ago i got 3 kids on my lap..youngest is 1 and half years second was 2 years old both on my lap for 18 hoursthose where the days
A place for everything, everything in its place.
Then there was odd smell, are you on about the baby
its might not be a baby to consider stevewoolThen there was odd smell, are you on about the babybut wait until youll have your own on your own time and glory age lolz..and youll know what it feels like lolz
A place for everything, everything in its place.
Totally hear what you say gWaPito. Like I said, personally it doesn't really bother me, not sure why, perhaps it's because planes aren't quiet anyway and a baby is just another noise.
I MIGHT be annoyed if I needed to try sleep on the flight - or I might not. I've had more problems with fellow adults on flights, one arrogant sod in particular who felt the need to elbow me every so often, but that's another story.
I wish I could sleep on planes, I can manage if I get a window seat and sort of stick a blanket over my head, but how do people do it sitting up? Must be a trick to this
As I see it, if you are taking a baby on a plane from either here to Phils or Phils to the UK, you will be flying through the night anyway. You can't choose your flights these days when the cost is (for me) is the main factor. Selfish? no!
I hope to bring my little son here to the Uk at some point within the next year, but if he cries what can you do. Babies cannot be expcted to suck on a boiled sweet to relieve the pressure in their ears can they....?? Sometimes it just happens. If my son cries all I can do is try to comfort him (or give him back to mummy
What gets my goat, is young kids who are jumping about with no regard for others. This to me is the fault of the parents who need to control their brood and keep them in order.
If you want your dreams to come true ...... first you have to wake up
My boy was always quiet as a mouse on planes.
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is that a plane seat there graham, if so what class, 1st i think
No, but he HAS travelled first class that time I sent him home unaccompanied from the Phils when he was 9.
I can only dream of such things.
Like this?What gets my goat, is young kids who are jumping about with no regard for others. This to me is the fault of the parents who need to control their brood and keep them in order.
yes... just like thatLike this?
If you want your dreams to come true ...... first you have to wake up
I think that babies that cry for long periods on longhaul flights are the exception, rather than the norm.
With my two children from my previous marriage, my ex wife was always aware of the potential for it to happen to us so she planned meticulously to prevent it. Normally by taking things that the babies would have at home, in her hand luggage. Anything that the baby used as a comforter at home was taken with us. And favourite food etc. Seemed to work. Like Steve alluded to, the trickiest bit was potentially the landing and the ears popping but by then the flight was virtually over anyway.
I bet these are the same types running riot in starbucks and tesco's week in week out ...not just planesLike this?
Steve's right, its the parents fault.
It all depends on the parents in my eyes. If they are trying their best to calm the little brat(s) down then fair play, not much you can do. If they are ignoring, or just shouting/smacking etc, then I have issues, but usually with the parents rather than the kid
On flying with rugrats.......
http://www.flyingrugrats.com/on_the_...op_topic10.htm
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/tra...tips_families/
I think Malasia Air segregate them now.
as a mum it wouldn't bother me at all. Its normal for kids to get bored and entertain themselves. If you dont want this on the plane better book a first class or get your own plane.
They sure doI think Malasia Air segregate them now.
I think you will find tht with good parenting, children will do what they are told and behave. If the parents care enough they will have thought forward and provided them with thingd to occupy them during the flight. There is no need for them to be jumping around and peeing off everyone around them
If you want your dreams to come true ...... first you have to wake up
I agree.
My kids were always quiet and well-behaved in any situation...just as my own siblings and I were.
Parental discipline.
Of course now it's all blamed on Attention Deficit wotsitname...seems half the kids in the country have it in one form or another nowadays.
Perhaps if they also had some parental attention instead of being shoved off to be looked after by strangers in a nursery full of screaming kids from practically birth it would help.
I agree.
My kids were always quiet and well-behaved in any situation...just as my own siblings and I were.
Parental discipline.
Of course now it's all blamed on Attention Deficit wotsitname...seems half the kids in the country have it in one form or another nowadays.
Perhaps if they also had some parental attention instead of being shoved off to be looked after by strangers in a nursery full of screaming kids from practically birth it would help.
If you want your dreams to come true ...... first you have to wake up
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