Dad Makes Baby Girl 'Apologize' to Every Passenger After 8-Hour Flight

Newsweek

7 hours ago

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.
Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content.
A family has gone viral after playfully getting their baby daughter to "apologize" to passengers after a long-haul flight.
Hannah Chestnut, originally from London in the UK, and her husband Joseph, from Ohio, are proud parents to five-month-old twin baby girls, which can make family life slightly chaotic.
Despite this, Chestnut told Newsweek: "We've decided we're going to travel with them and not be deterred by the fact that we have young babies."
Traveling with babies can be stressful for the parents, but after a recent trip with their daughters, Chestnut captured a sweet moment between her husband, daughter Ava, and the other passengers—as the baby girl apologized "face-to-face" to her fellow travelers.
Five-month-old Ava smiles at disembarking passengers after a flight.
Five-month-old Ava smiles at disembarking passengers after a flight.
Instagram @themumcrew
Posted to Chestnut's Instagram page @themumcrew on May 28, the video showed Joseph holding Ava, dressed all in pink and with a grin on her face, as passengers disembarked the eight-hour flight from London to Atlanta.
Ava faces the queue leaving the aircraft, as some of them shoot smiles back at her, with Chestnut writing over the clip: "We told her she had to apologize to everyone face-to-face for what she put them through on the flight."
The sweet video racked up more than 67,000 likes, as one commenter joked: "She look at everyone like 'and I'll do it again. Watch this.'"
Read more
Texas man, 72, flying with disabled brother silences 'entitled' passenger
Texas man, 72, flying with disabled brother silences 'entitled' passenger
Another wrote: "And did she [apologize]? No. She just smiled that gummy little heart-melting smile and everyone just forgave her."
And one recalled a story from when her own daughter was a toddler, and once "tried to take a bite out of a stranger's burger on our flight to Cancun. Still amazed at how gracious our fellow passengers were!"
Chestnut explained to Newsweek that on this particular flight, their daughters had not been "too fussy," but while waiting for their stroller and car seats "Ava kept smiling at all the other passengers as they got off the plane. So I decided to film it as her apologizing to all of them."
She added: "Ironically, on the flight right after the one we got off of in the video, Ava was super loud and upset, so that was the flight we actually should've filmed the video after!"
While flying with babies can be difficult, there are things parents can do to help it go as smoothly as possible. Booking an evening flight can increase the chance of the baby sleeping through the journey, and opting for longer layover times between connecting flights can help the baby or young child expend energy before the next flight, according to Pampers.
Ava with her father Joseph, who is holding her as they wait for their stroller and car seats.
Ava with her father Joseph, who is holding her as they wait for their stroller and car seats.
Instagram @themumcrew
Sharing a sweet detail about her family of four, Chestnut revealed she and her husband were born on the very same day in 1992, "on opposite sides of the Atlantic, only hours apart."
"And then 32 years later we had twins, which means our family of four only has two birthdays between all of us."
Reacting to the huge online response to her video, she added: "It's been so fun to see the video go viral, and we never expected such a silly moment to reach so many people so quickly."
Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures you want to share? Send them to [e-mail] with some extra details, and they could appear on our website.