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Old October 8th, 2003, 09:14 AM
Qansett
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I know this topic has been covered before, but I have and idea that I
know
I'm going to cop a lot of flak for, anyhow here goes:_

Its the typical scenario, travelling from Brisbane to Sydney on Virgin
Blue, with
this child persistantly crying and screaming, with the parent doing very
little to
rectify the situation. It was so bad that i really pittied the pax that
sat so close to it,.

I suggested to the pax beside me, that the parent should take the kid
into one of
the aircrafts toilets, to at least calm the child down and to isolate
his offensive
noise from those sitting close to him. The pax beside me agreed, but
getting the
parent to agree would be a major problem. I welcome any feedback on
this.

In the meantime a friend and I are desperately trying to invent a
special mask for
this situation, when if the mask is placed over the mouth of the infant,
it would
completely muffle out all the noise without suffocating the child in
anyway at all.

If this works, I will can retire a rich person.

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Old October 8th, 2003, 09:25 AM
Miguel Cruz
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Qansett wrote:
Its the typical scenario, travelling from Brisbane to Sydney on Virgin
Blue, with this child persistantly crying and screaming, with the parent
doing very little to rectify the situation. It was so bad that i really
pittied the pax that sat so close to it,.

I suggested to the pax beside me, that the parent should take the kid into
one of the aircrafts toilets, to at least calm the child down and to
isolate his offensive noise from those sitting close to him. The pax
beside me agreed, but getting the parent to agree would be a major
problem. I welcome any feedback on this.


Are you posting from the plane now?

miguel
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Old October 8th, 2003, 03:32 PM
Kenny
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Last year, I flew from Hong Kong back to New Hampshire. There were 25 two
months old babies on the plane ( a group of people went to China and adopt
kids). You should see the look on our faces ( the other 300 passengers ). We
are bracing for a 15 hours screaming flight.

To all our suprise, those babies were quiet all the way. May be they don't
want the pilot to turn the plane around and head back to China.

Kenny



"Qansett" wrote in message
...
I know this topic has been covered before, but I have and idea that I
know
I'm going to cop a lot of flak for, anyhow here goes:_

Its the typical scenario, travelling from Brisbane to Sydney on Virgin
Blue, with
this child persistantly crying and screaming, with the parent doing very
little to
rectify the situation. It was so bad that i really pittied the pax that
sat so close to it,.

I suggested to the pax beside me, that the parent should take the kid
into one of
the aircrafts toilets, to at least calm the child down and to isolate
his offensive
noise from those sitting close to him. The pax beside me agreed, but
getting the
parent to agree would be a major problem. I welcome any feedback on
this.

In the meantime a friend and I are desperately trying to invent a
special mask for
this situation, when if the mask is placed over the mouth of the infant,
it would
completely muffle out all the noise without suffocating the child in
anyway at all.

If this works, I will can retire a rich person.



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Old October 8th, 2003, 03:37 PM
Casey
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In the meantime a friend and I are desperately trying to invent a
special mask for this situation, when if the mask is placed over the
mouth of the infant, it would completely muffle out all the noise
without suffocating the child in anyway at all.


Besides the obvious technical problems, as the baby muffler would
be rather large to be effective, the only type of parent who would
use one would be the type of parent who has already tried her/his
best to have a quiet child. The really obnoxious parent would
never buy one.


Casey


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Old October 8th, 2003, 03:50 PM
Jenn
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In article ,
Qansett wrote:

I know this topic has been covered before, but I have and idea that I
know
I'm going to cop a lot of flak for, anyhow here goes:_

Its the typical scenario, travelling from Brisbane to Sydney on Virgin
Blue, with
this child persistantly crying and screaming, with the parent doing very
little to
rectify the situation. It was so bad that i really pittied the pax that
sat so close to it,.

I suggested to the pax beside me, that the parent should take the kid
into one of
the aircrafts toilets, to at least calm the child down and to isolate
his offensive
noise from those sitting close to him. The pax beside me agreed, but
getting the
parent to agree would be a major problem. I welcome any feedback on
this.

In the meantime a friend and I are desperately trying to invent a
special mask for
this situation, when if the mask is placed over the mouth of the infant,
it would
completely muffle out all the noise without suffocating the child in
anyway at all.

If this works, I will can retire a rich person.




I agree that a parent who is not trying to cope is highly annoying

BUT most planes only have a couple of toilets for the entire coach
class -- I sure don't want to have to stand in long lines while someone
monopolizes a toilet to isolate a child, nurse a baby, make love or
anything else other than a quick trip to do what needs doing there
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Old October 8th, 2003, 03:51 PM
Jenn
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In article ,
"Kenny" wrote:

Last year, I flew from Hong Kong back to New Hampshire. There were 25 two
months old babies on the plane ( a group of people went to China and adopt
kids). You should see the look on our faces ( the other 300 passengers ). We
are bracing for a 15 hours screaming flight.

To all our suprise, those babies were quiet all the way. May be they don't
want the pilot to turn the plane around and head back to China.

Kenny


I flew with my babies often when they were about 6 weeks old and on --
we never had a single incident of prolonged crying -- if you take care
of their ears and the baby is not colicky then most don't cry for
extended periods





"Qansett" wrote in message
...
I know this topic has been covered before, but I have and idea that I
know
I'm going to cop a lot of flak for, anyhow here goes:_

Its the typical scenario, travelling from Brisbane to Sydney on Virgin
Blue, with
this child persistantly crying and screaming, with the parent doing very
little to
rectify the situation. It was so bad that i really pittied the pax that
sat so close to it,.

I suggested to the pax beside me, that the parent should take the kid
into one of
the aircrafts toilets, to at least calm the child down and to isolate
his offensive
noise from those sitting close to him. The pax beside me agreed, but
getting the
parent to agree would be a major problem. I welcome any feedback on
this.

In the meantime a friend and I are desperately trying to invent a
special mask for
this situation, when if the mask is placed over the mouth of the infant,
it would
completely muffle out all the noise without suffocating the child in
anyway at all.

If this works, I will can retire a rich person.



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Old October 8th, 2003, 05:08 PM
DALing
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usually small kids cry on descent (ear blockages). It's those 3-to-5 YO's
that tend to scream the most particularly when they don't get their way for
whatever reason. Most of the time smaller kids only cry when they have a
REASON to cry. (wet, hungry, etc etc)

"Kenny" wrote in message
et...
Last year, I flew from Hong Kong back to New Hampshire. There were 25 two
months old babies on the plane ( a group of people went to China and adopt
kids). You should see the look on our faces ( the other 300 passengers ).

We
are bracing for a 15 hours screaming flight.

To all our suprise, those babies were quiet all the way. May be they don't
want the pilot to turn the plane around and head back to China.

Kenny



"Qansett" wrote in message
...
I know this topic has been covered before, but I have and idea that I
know
I'm going to cop a lot of flak for, anyhow here goes:_

Its the typical scenario, travelling from Brisbane to Sydney on Virgin
Blue, with
this child persistantly crying and screaming, with the parent doing very
little to
rectify the situation. It was so bad that i really pittied the pax that
sat so close to it,.

I suggested to the pax beside me, that the parent should take the kid
into one of
the aircrafts toilets, to at least calm the child down and to isolate
his offensive
noise from those sitting close to him. The pax beside me agreed, but
getting the
parent to agree would be a major problem. I welcome any feedback on
this.

In the meantime a friend and I are desperately trying to invent a
special mask for
this situation, when if the mask is placed over the mouth of the infant,
it would
completely muffle out all the noise without suffocating the child in
anyway at all.

If this works, I will can retire a rich person.




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Old October 8th, 2003, 05:43 PM
Peter L
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You don't have kids, do you?

"Qansett" wrote in message
...
I know this topic has been covered before, but I have and idea that I
know
I'm going to cop a lot of flak for, anyhow here goes:_

Its the typical scenario, travelling from Brisbane to Sydney on Virgin
Blue, with
this child persistantly crying and screaming, with the parent doing very
little to
rectify the situation. It was so bad that i really pittied the pax that
sat so close to it,.

I suggested to the pax beside me, that the parent should take the kid
into one of
the aircrafts toilets, to at least calm the child down and to isolate
his offensive
noise from those sitting close to him. The pax beside me agreed, but
getting the
parent to agree would be a major problem. I welcome any feedback on
this.

In the meantime a friend and I are desperately trying to invent a
special mask for
this situation, when if the mask is placed over the mouth of the infant,
it would
completely muffle out all the noise without suffocating the child in
anyway at all.

If this works, I will can retire a rich person.



  #9  
Old October 8th, 2003, 06:28 PM
Peter L
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"DALing" daling43[delete]-at-hotmail.com wrote in message
...
usually small kids cry on descent (ear blockages). It's those 3-to-5 YO's
that tend to scream the most particularly when they don't get their way

for
whatever reason. Most of the time smaller kids only cry when they have a
REASON to cry. (wet, hungry, etc etc)


There is always a REASON when someone (kid or otherwise) does something. No
one does anything for no reason. No apparent reason, maybe, but not for no
reason (is that even grammatical?).


"Kenny" wrote in message
et...
Last year, I flew from Hong Kong back to New Hampshire. There were 25

two
months old babies on the plane ( a group of people went to China and

adopt
kids). You should see the look on our faces ( the other 300

passengers ).
We
are bracing for a 15 hours screaming flight.

To all our suprise, those babies were quiet all the way. May be they

don't
want the pilot to turn the plane around and head back to China.

Kenny



"Qansett" wrote in message
...
I know this topic has been covered before, but I have and idea that I
know
I'm going to cop a lot of flak for, anyhow here goes:_

Its the typical scenario, travelling from Brisbane to Sydney on Virgin
Blue, with
this child persistantly crying and screaming, with the parent doing

very
little to
rectify the situation. It was so bad that i really pittied the pax

that
sat so close to it,.

I suggested to the pax beside me, that the parent should take the kid
into one of
the aircrafts toilets, to at least calm the child down and to isolate
his offensive
noise from those sitting close to him. The pax beside me agreed, but
getting the
parent to agree would be a major problem. I welcome any feedback on
this.

In the meantime a friend and I are desperately trying to invent a
special mask for
this situation, when if the mask is placed over the mouth of the

infant,
it would
completely muffle out all the noise without suffocating the child in
anyway at all.

If this works, I will can retire a rich person.






  #10  
Old October 8th, 2003, 07:54 PM
The Bill Mattocks
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Qansett wrote in message ...
I know this topic has been covered before, but I have and idea that I
know
I'm going to cop a lot of flak for, anyhow here goes:_


I agree that screaming babies are the worst - and parents develop a
special sort of deafness that makes them not seem to hear it whenever
it would be inconvenient for them - but I've been through this fight
on r.t.a. before and I lost! The solution is earplugs or headphones
for you, not a muffler for the kid.

Although frankly, the thought of duct tape, cling wrap, and cargo
holds for crying babies make me smile a bit inside...

Bwahahahaha!

BTW, parents who are immune to babies piercing screams are also often
not able to SMELL the little pooper's special qualities, either. Only
the rest of the plane is aware of Junior's lumpy surprise.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 




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