Flight Attendant Goes Viral After Calming Baby

Any parent who's ever taken their baby out in public understands the stress involved with trying to calm their crying little one while dodging angry looks and unsolicited advice from strangers.

I guess that's why one Long Island mom wanted to make sure that to publicly thank and praise a Southwest Airlines flight attendant for sticking up for her and helping to calm her nine-month-old son as they traveled from Florida to New York after Christmas.

Heather Gooch posted a photo on Facebook showing the flight attendant, Anissa Charles, holding her baby boy and walking him up and down the aisle to not only help  keep him calm, but also give his parents a little breather.

Heather wrote on the Facebook page for Southwest Airlines:

Dear Southwest, I'm hoping you can share this post so that I can be sure that it finds its way to a very special Southwest flight attendant. All I know about her is that her name is Anisse. My husband and 9 month old son were flying from Fort Lauderdale back home to Islip, NY on 12/28. This was my son's first trip so we weren't sure how things would go. Anisse went above and beyond to make sure that the trip went as smoothly as possible. I have NEVER had a flight attendant as kind and as helpful as she was. My son adored her and kept looking for her as she passed by. At one point, she saw that he was looking for her and getting ancy so she came and picked him up and walked up and down the aisle with him while my husband and I ate our lunch. Although this may not be a story that stands out from the rest, I wanted to thank her and let her know how appreciated she is. We so often hear about the negative things going on so I wanted to share this story of a someone who made my trip a little brighter. Please help this get to her!

The post did find its way to Anissa who responded saying,

I tell adults all the time on my flights, children are doing exactly what they are supposed to do....make noise! Lol Think about it, the aircraft is completely boring to them(after takeoff) and there's nowhere to run! I would honestly rather hear them make noise and even cry than to hear an adult whine! Lolol They have soooooo much to talk about and mom and dad deserve a break!