Why do you fly with your infant on your lap if you can afford another seat?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the person who hadn’t heard of lap infants being injured:

3 babies suffered broken spines due to turbelence on a flight last year. https://www.mommyish.com/three-babies-suffer-broken-spines-severe-turbulence-flight/

And over 3,000 infants die annually from unsafe sleep- I’m assuming you never once let your baby sleep in a swing or rock n play, bedshared, put a blanket in the crib, etc. I didn’t, even though I’ve flown with a lap infant- because it’s impossiblw to prevent every possible tragedy so I focus on the statistically common ones. I bet if a hidden camera recorded your parenting for a week we could find plenty of instances of supposedly perfect parents making less than perfect choices. Because that’s how real life works.

You don’t understand stats. Just because unsafe sleep deaths are slightly more common doesn’t make them statistically common. Plus, the research suggests most of those deaths are the result of underlying conditions unrelated to how the infants were sleeping.

Slightly more common? There have been 3 lap baby deaths over a 32 year period, vs about 100,000 cases of SIDS.

[Anonymous]

So unless you can’t afford to live as close to school and work as possible, why do you do it? Don’t you know the risks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh and to the PP who said we’ve never flown with a child or in turbelence: my kid is 21 months old and has been on 10 flights, including 4 transatlantic ones. She had a seat every time.

TURBULENCE. Jesus, if you’re going to use that word so much, at least spell it correctly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So unless you can’t afford to live as close to school and work as possible, why do you do it? Don’t you know the risks?

Not an analogous situation. Buying a plane seat is unequivocally safer. The area where you work is not necessarily the safest area to be in. You’d have to weigh the safety of that neighborhood against the risk inherent in having a longer commute. You’d also have to weigh it against whether you could commute via public transit, which is safer than driving.

[Anonymous]

Oh god OP is a parent to ONE very young child and thinks she has the understanding of being a perfect parent.



Good luck as your child gets older. You’re an idiot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So unless you can’t afford to live as close to school and work as possible, why do you do it? Don’t you know the risks?

Not an analogous situation. Buying a plane seat is unequivocally safer. The area where you work is not necessarily the safest area to be in. You’d have to weigh the safety of that neighborhood against the risk inherent in having a longer commute. You’d also have to weigh it against whether you could commute via public transit, which is safer than driving.

Actually you’re wrong. Minimizing driving trumps everything else when it comes to safety. No DC neighborhood is more cancerous than driving. Concede about pubtrans but only if your CHILD is doing pick up/drop off via bus/train.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So unless you can’t afford to live as close to school and work as possible, why do you do it? Don’t you know the risks?

Not an analogous situation. Buying a plane seat is unequivocally safer. The area where you work is not necessarily the safest area to be in. You’d have to weigh the safety of that neighborhood against the risk inherent in having a longer commute. You’d also have to weigh it against whether you could commute via public transit, which is safer than driving.

Actually you’re wrong. Minimizing driving trumps everything else when it comes to safety. No DC neighborhood is more cancerous than driving. Concede about pubtrans but only if your CHILD is doing pick up/drop off via bus/train.

*obviously dangerous, not cancerous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh god OP is a parent to ONE very young child and thinks she has the understanding of being a perfect parent.



Good luck as your child gets older. You’re an idiot.

When did I say I only have one kid? You’re making assumptions. Also, I never said I’m a perfect parent. I’m talking about one decision. I think your defensiveness speaks volumes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh god OP is a parent to ONE very young child and thinks she has the understanding of being a perfect parent.



Good luck as your child gets older. You’re an idiot.

I'm not OP, but I agree with her about lap infants.
And I'm a mother of four chldren, the oldest is now an adult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh and to the PP who said we’ve never flown with a child or in turbelence: my kid is 21 months old and has been on 10 flights, including 4 transatlantic ones. She had a seat every time.

If you really cared about your kid you wouldn’t go transatlantic with her. The j can’t is safest in your house!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If flying with a lap infant is no big deal, then why does the FAA and the AAP strongly recommend against it?

You all can call me a sanctimommy all you want, but you’re still choosing the less safe option for no good reason.

Can you imagine this lady's poor children. Being raised by a completely neurotic mother has to be 1000000000X worse that any of the risks listed in this thread.

My thoughts exactly.
For her own kids’ sake, I hope this is a troll post. But I fear it is not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If flying with a lap infant is no big deal, then why does the FAA and the AAP strongly recommend against it?

You all can call me a sanctimommy all you want, but you’re still choosing the less safe option for no good reason.

Can you imagine this lady's poor children. Being raised by a completely neurotic mother has to be 1000000000X worse that any of the risks listed in this thread.

My thoughts exactly.
For her own kids’ sake, I hope this is a troll post. But I fear it is not.

Yes because following FAA and AAP recommendations must mean I’m neurotic about my kid’s safety to the point where I don’t let her do anything ...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, do you always make the safest choice for other things?

Driving your kid to school in 7 times more dangerous than riding a school bus (both are way more dangerous than flying with a lap baby), and yet I know parents who don't think twice about picking up their kid on the day they have soccer practice. Do you write posts about how horrible those people are?

I never said they are horrible people. I said they’re choosing a less safe option for little discernible reason. It’s not analogous to driving in a car because we often have no other choice. If you can afford a seat for your infant and don’t buy one, you’re choosing the less safe option. My question is why. Most of your answers seem to be that the risk is worth saving the money. The FAA and AAP strongly disagree.

You are insufferable. I hope you are sitting in a different row from us!

And your kid will turn into a projectile if the plane experiences bad turbelence. You will not be able to hold onto him or her.

If my kid/projectile takes you out with her, at least all won't be lost.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, do you always make the safest choice for other things?

Driving your kid to school in 7 times more dangerous than riding a school bus (both are way more dangerous than flying with a lap baby), and yet I know parents who don't think twice about picking up their kid on the day they have soccer practice. Do you write posts about how horrible those people are?

I never said they are horrible people. I said they’re choosing a less safe option for little discernible reason. It’s not analogous to driving in a car because we often have no other choice. If you can afford a seat for your infant and don’t buy one, you’re choosing the less safe option. My question is why. Most of your answers seem to be that the risk is worth saving the money. The FAA and AAP strongly disagree.

You are insufferable. I hope you are sitting in a different row from us!

And your kid will turn into a projectile if the plane experiences bad turbelence. You will not be able to hold onto him or her.

If my kid/projectile takes you out with her, at least all won't be lost.

Oooh, PP, I have found my people!!

[Anonymous]

I always bought my kids seats, but the $200 or $300 extra wasn’t a big deal. It is for some people. And when weighing the cost against a very small increase in risk, I understand why not everyone buys a seat for an infant.