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[quote=Anonymous]I'll be making a six hour flight at the end of this month with our 16 mo. old.  It will be just me and him and I'm 7 months pregnant (what are we thinking, you ask?!  We're actually moving to the west coast and me and DS are flying while DH drives).   We bought a seat for DS, but now I don't know if I want to take his carseat on or not.  Logistically, I'm trying to figure out how I'd get the big Britax seat, DS and his stroller, and our carry-on bag through security and to the gate by myself.  I also don't know how, once I drop the stroller at the end of the jetway, I'd get DS, our bag, and the big heavy carseat onto the plane.  DS has yet to master following any sort of directions when he's walking and when I try to hold his hand and guide him, he usually gets upset and just sits down.  I'd like to think I could put him down and have him walk onto the plane and down the aisle but I foresee that not working out very well. I'm also imagining DS escaping and running back up the aisle while I am trying to maneuver my preggo belly in the small confined airplane space,  around his carseat to get it belted in.   Additionally, we have to change planes halfway through so I'd have to do all of that twice!  I don't feel I can count on help from flight attendants.  Many are great with kids but we've flown quite a bit already and have found quite a few who are un-friendly to little travelers. If we take the seat, then  I know we have to put it by a window which then puts me in a middle seat and makes it more difficult for us to get out to walk the aisles, use the bathroom (pregnancy bladder), etc... I'm just wondering if DS would do just as well without the carseat and just having the seat to sit on, climb on, lay on my lap, etc....  Up until this flight we've always just had him as a lap child.  Thoughts???[/quote]

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