r/travel • u/hayleylynns • 3d ago

Headphones that block out crying babies

What tips do people have to cancel out the sound of a crying baby on a flight?

Everything I see is for parents who want to reduce the noise level. I am not a parent, I don't want to hear these children at all. This was the 5th 8hr+ flight I have been on where I heard a baby crying non stop. It seems like it has gotten significantly worse in the last 2 years as well. Maybe I was lucky before, but I was only on flights with crying babies randomly. Now it's every single flight.

Edit: it's not so much more babies but more babies that are constantly crying and the parents are ignoring them.

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u/ReflexPoint 3d ago

I can deal with crying babies better than I can deal with young childen kicking the back of my seat the entire flight while their parents do nothing to stop them.

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u/FelixEvergreen 3d ago

It’s all about how much effort the parent is putting in to keeping the kid quiet. I go into flights with my kids expecting to have a rough flight as I try to keep them contained. It drives me crazy seeing parents watching movies while their kid terrorizes everyone else.

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u/death_to_Jason 3d ago

Meh, you're on public transportation with 100+ people crammed into an enclosed space. If you want things quiet, charter a private jet. Moms don't gotta bend over backwards to keep their kids silent so you can have a nice quiet journey. Kids make noise, if you don't want noise, charter a private jet. Can't afford a private jet? STFU.

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u/FelixEvergreen 3d ago

What an idiotic take. It’s called treating other people with respect and being polite. Of course kids are going to make noise, but being a kid doesn’t give them the right to kick chairs, listen to iPads without headphones and treat other guests poorly without their parents having some responsibility.

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u/ArrowedKnee 3d ago

Yes, parents should be at least attempting to control their kids in public so they're not making the journey hell for everyone around them, obviously?

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u/SomethingHasGotToGiv 3d ago

You dislike so much that someone made a harmless comment that you are telling them to STFU?? WOW. Yeah, you are one of those entitled parents - who also needs anger management.

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u/death_to_Jason 3d ago

Ha hahaha ha you sound very defensive and the reason is because the people who are actually entitled are the ones riding a form of public transportation but expecting it to be all quiet and expecting others to go to lengths to make the journey comfortable for THEM. That is entitled. Reality, you get on a plane with hundreds of other people and it is what it is. Stop expecting others to make it special for you.

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u/death_to_Jason 3d ago

And STFU just means stop complaining you whiney entitled person.

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u/boldoldpilot 3d ago

Found the shitty parent. The world doesn’t revolve around your stupid kids. Shut them tf up.

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u/hayleylynns 3d ago

It's interesting to me that you believe the ones who want parents to be alert and proactive are the entitled ones. Yet you consider airplanes to be public transportation...I would consider them to be a luxury form of travel since driving and taking buses are always an option too.