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[quote=Anonymous]You'll be fine! If you fly with both parents, it's not THAT bad of an adjustment to do it on your own (I've done it a lot!).

You can put her car seat on the plane. Or you can get a CARES harness instead. Or occasionally I had a seat for DS and didn't bring the car seat. Since she's still of an age to be a lap child, you can hold her for take off and landing and then let her play more freely in her own seat during cruising.

You can check the car seat at the gate or curb-side. Very strict car-safety people will tell you to never check a car seat because of the risk of damage. I've done it occasionally, but only with our cheapo travel car seat (it didn't even come in a box when we bought it from wal-mart, so I imagine the baggage handlers can't be that much worse than shipping it from China and loading it into a warehouse and store etc).

I would only check the stroller curbside because the main useful time for it is hauling across the long terminals past security, but I try to avoid bringing it whenever possible. It's just much easier to throw the toddler in a carrier and wear them through security -- even if it's just for a few minutes, give you free hands to unpack all your crap. Big strollers often don't fit through the xray maching, so they'll pull you out for extra screening. Kid can't stay in the stroller through security, so you're going to have to pick her up and carry/walk her through anyway. [/quote]

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