This baby’s cry in the sky wasn’t going to fly.
A mom has gone viral on Instagram after sharing a video of her husband making their 5-month-old daughter apologize to fellow fliers following a long-haul plane ride.
Hannah Chestnut posted the cheeky footage to her Instagram account, @themumcrew, following an 8-hour flight from London, England, to Atlanta late last month.
“We told her she had to apologize to everyone face-to-face for what she put them through on the flight,” Chestnut captioned the clip, which clocked up 4 million views and thousands of comments.
In the video, Chestnut’s hubby, Joseph, is seen cradling baby Ava at the aircraft’s door as other travelers disembark.
“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,” Chestnut told Newsweek.
On the flight from the UK, Chestnut alleged that Ava “did surprisingly well,” so the video was all in jest.
However, the family subsequently boarded a connecting flight in Atlanta, with the tired tot acting up on that journey.
“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,” Chestnut quipped.
To no surprise, the Internet had a lot to say about Chestnut’s jokey video. Replies under the Instagram reel ranged from pleasant banter to gushing baby fever to all-out rage.
“I never understand why people get pissed from a baby crying on a flight. It’s a baby, they cry. It’s some crying one day out of your life. Put some earplugs in. Grow up,” suggested one frank user.
“I would never be mad at that face,” agreed another.
“Babies and children deserve to exist in public spaces without needing to apologize,” stated one compassionate commenter.
However, others were less impressed.
“Saying this as a new mom of a 4-month-old… NOBODY cares about your baby. Let them board the plane without you bothering them for social media attention,” one fellow mother commented.
“What is it with parents thinking everyone wants to look at their baby,” agreed another jaded viewer.
However, Chestnut has taken the criticism in her stride.
“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,” the mom concluded.