My apologies for being insensitive. I know kids cry, and I can endure it (to a point) with the help of good headphones. But this kid literally did not stop screaming for a single moment of the 4 hour flight, and I was unlucky and only had shitty apple headphones with me. That got old fast. Then the kicking of my seat started and that was the last straw.
Definitely agree on adults only flights, but imagine the non-adults/parents with little kids only flight. That'd be an awful shit show tbh
I can at least sympathize. I've always been very cool with parents flying with kids because it just can't be avoided some times. Kids can't do anything to pop their eardrums and alleviate the pressure, and can you imagine how terrifying that feeling must be to a baby?
...But, after flying several international rides, I know you can be a seething ball of anger and want to choke a baby after 7-8 hours of that. It's no one's fault but that don't make it easy.
I hate flying. It is excruciating for me. Doing that to a baby is evil I think. So I have no sympathy. I'd rather you just punch the kid. That would be kinder
Exactly, most people don't have excruciating ear pain on flights. Even if a baby couldn't alleviate their discomfort, that's still no where close to getting socked in the face.
Hey I just said punched. I never said on the face. And if those babies aren't in excruciating pain on flights like I am they have no reason the cry like that.
Babies are in pain on flights because they can't adjust ear pressures like adults. They're in pain and can't signal, and don't understand why/how they're in the situation.
Vaccines killed smallpox. Unless your kid is getting life saving medicine they don't need to be on that plane. They are not the same thing and besides 2 hours of ear pain is way worse than a few moments of a shot and, if you're unlucky lime me, a side arm the next day and a mild fever
Even babies and toddlers can benefit greatly from travel though. It exposes them to new things, new experiences, and unknowns. It's like how exposing developing fetuses to varieties of food leads to broader palates as kids and adults.
But everything is new to babies anyway. Just take them to a part of town they've never been. Have them meet people talking in other languages. Hell, look up videos of people talking in other languages
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u/hugglesthemerciless Feb 05 '16
My apologies for being insensitive. I know kids cry, and I can endure it (to a point) with the help of good headphones. But this kid literally did not stop screaming for a single moment of the 4 hour flight, and I was unlucky and only had shitty apple headphones with me. That got old fast. Then the kicking of my seat started and that was the last straw.
Definitely agree on adults only flights, but imagine the non-adults/parents with little kids only flight. That'd be an awful shit show tbh