Originally Posted by
tylerdurden4543
As a father of a newborn (you'll see my of most recent posts have all been in the middle of the night), I find myself totally clueless about what makes my daughter cry. If she's hungry or needs changing, those are easy, but sometimes...no clue. I can assure you that in those cases I'm just as desperate to get her quiet as you would be.
I don't know why your newborn cries at home, but on the airplane, I can take a pretty good guess. If the newborn is crying while the airplane is boarding, they are tired and cranky. If they start to cry while the airplane is ascending, during flight, or descending, they could be tired and cranky, or else they are unable to equalize pressure of their middle ear to the cabin air pressure. Their eustacian tubes sometimes don't work as well as those of adults. As a scuba diver, I have experienced eustacian tube block, and it feels like someone is driving an ice pick through your eardrums. Infants change pretty rapidly, and just because an infant doesn't cry on one flight doesn't mean they will not cry on the next flight.
I feel so sorry for infants on airplanes that appear to be experiencing this severe pain.