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Flying with 5 month old--does he really get his own seat?
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Anonymous
| Does anyone know if a Chicco Keyfit30 fits in a plane seat? |
Anonymous
| The Keyfit should fit fine on a plane seat. Its a small base. We have a small convertible and we RF it with no issue. I think its better to have a seat, but it depends on cost. We didn't buy a seat when we flew - son was 10 months - he flew as a lap child in my lap in a harness I bought at Buy Buy Baby - they don't offer any. On the trip home, there were a few extra seats, so they let us take the car seat on board and it was much easier and more comfortable. Over 2 hours, I'd try to buy one. Just be warned, the infant seats are just as much if not more, so plan on buying a full adult ticket. |
Anonymous
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If it's an international flight, on most airlines you can request the bulkhead seat and they will provide you with a bassinet to you in-flight. You'll still hold the baby during landing and take-off. Did this with DS for a flight to Europe when he was 3 months old and it worked great. He had a lot more room to stretch out than in a carseat or in my arms the whole time, and I was certainly more comfortable than holding him the whole 8 hours.
Took another international trip when he was one and we purposely found a flight that wasn't full and then selected the back row of the plane and the aisle seat for me and window seat for DH. No one took the middle seat (surprise, surprise!) and we got the extra space for free. Still didn't take the car seat on board. |
aprilmayjune
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| I flew when DD was about 9 months old, she sat in my lap and we were fine.. |
Anonymous
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have you tried walking in with the carseat without paying for the seat? what are my chances?
flying to chicago with 1 stop in philly... us airways. |
Anonymous
| My best friend's husband is a pilot with a major airline and he has always told her to use car seats when flying with their children. FWIW, we've flown without a car seat (on a 14 hour flight too! Won't be doing that again.), but from now on, will always pay for the extra seat. |
Anonymous
| I have flown with our DS multiple times, he is now 6.5 months old. Unfortunately he hates his car seat and screams in it, hence why we fly to see relatives since it is only an hour flight. We use the baby bjorn. No one has told us we couldn't keep him in it. I feel pretty comfortable with him strapped into the baby bjorn on me. I do take him out to nurse him. Most people flying with infants hold their babies. Like PPs you are more likely to have problems driving than flying. But it is a chance. Like all things. |
Anonymous
There's no way to predict, although because of the economy, fewer people are flying, but airlines have correspondingly cut back on the number of flights. I think I heard on a news program that flights are more full now than they were previously, but obviously whether your particular flight will be full isn't predictable. Before you buy tickets, you could try looking at the same route for the days and times you want to go and see if the flights tend to be full. But if you're traveling on a Friday or around a holiday, I'd guess it's going to be very unlikely. |
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The risk wasn't acceptable to me, so I bought a seat. (The risk of a crash is very low, I know, but the risk of bad turbulence was what I was more worried about.)
I doubt you'd be able to get an empty seat w/o paying for it--the flights I've been on recently have all been absolutely packed. But I suppose you could always try! |
Anonymous
| I think it depends a lot on your baby too - all risks aside, if you have a reflux baby and will nurse on takeoff/landing, you won't be putting him in his carseat very much on a one-hour flight. Plus my first would scream blood murder if strapped down for more than 15 minutes. Some babies prefer to be held/constantly entertained/move around, and for the parents who have easy babies who tolerate the car seat - lucky you. But it just wasn't worth it to me and I made the decision to bring him on as a lap baby. It never even crossed my mind to buy him a seat (that's how difficult he was). |