I have nothing against babies. I do have a near-autistic response to sharp noises. People should have every right to take babies or toddlers to public events, as the Gayfords did with Neve. This should be coupled with an obligation to immediately remove the infant if it starts to create a disturbance. Unfortunately, this is not possible on aircraft, which has been a source of real pain to me in the past. I think people who do this kind of thing, unless forced to by a genuine emergency, are selfish inconsiderate cretins. Not everybody wants to have someone else's screeching offspring imposed on them just because it is a baby.