Travelling with a baby isn’t always the most pleasant experience.
But to help anxious new parents cruise through their next flight, Australian pilot Jimmy Nicholson has offered his simple ice cube trick to stop the tiny passengers from crying on board.
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“I’ve done the research for you, I asked a ton of mums and apparently these work,” the pilot explained.
If your youngster started to weep, he suggested giving the child an ice cube to suck on as this can help the pressure in their little ears.
“Ask your flight attendant for an ice cube, give it to your baby and try to get them to suck on the ice cube and this will help unclog their ears,” he explained.
Parents are advised to only offer pieces of ice cubes that don’t pose a choking hazard — and adult supervision is essential.
Most passengers experience a little discomfort or pain in their ears when there’s sudden changes in pressure during flights.
But it’s worse for babies because they are too young to understand how to pop their little ears — causing them to cry.
“Aircraft increases altitude, gases in the body expand like when you release a balloon. Descend, the gases need to leave your body, your ears, nose or… your bum,” Nicholson explained.
“As adults, we can swallow, chew gum or do the Valsalva that helps get rid of the gases in your body.
“Babies are a little bit more difficult.”
The Valsalva maneuver is a breathing technique that can be used to unclog ears when air is blocking them. The technique involves closing your mouth, pinching your nose shut while expelling air, as if blowing up a balloon.
Nicholson said breastfeeding them can ease the pressure in their tiny ears.
“Breastfeed on descend,” he said.
“Apparently it works, it helps the baby do like a Valsalva. The sucking and swallowing motion gets rid of the trapped gases in their ears and sinuses.”
Nicholson concluded the video, saying: “There you go, hopefully this helps you on the next flight. Fly safe.”
His video has been viewed more than 75,000 times — with some mums sharing their own tips on what they do to prevent their child from crying.
“Bottle milk on take off and landing works every time,” one shared.
Another revealed: “Dummies worked for mine.”
Meanwhile, one nurse warned against giving a baby an ice cube as it can lead to a choking hazard.
However, one mum suggested popping the ice cube in a silicone food feeder to prevent choking.
Earlier this year, a former paramedic warned everyone about the dangers of giving ice cubes to young kids.
“Ice cubes have the qualities that make something a high risk for choking — it’s slippery, it can be round in shape and it can get stuck inside the mouth,” the Aussie ex-paramedic said.
“But I’ve had parents ask me whether it’s safe for children since it will melt anyway if they do choke on it.
“When people say ice isn’t a choking hazard for kids because it will ‘just melt’. Yes ice melts. But how long will it take before it stops blocking off a child’s airway?
“At one to three minutes, they lose consciousness. At three minutes, there is damage to the neurons in their brain. At four minutes, permanent brain damage is likely. At 10 minutes a coma is likely.”
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