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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why in the world would you bother to lug it through the airport only to gate check it?  It will still be handled the same (if not a worse rushed toss from the jet way in a hurry vs getting on the conveyor belt at check in). Eithe check it in when you check in or get a cosco scenera & hang it from the handles of an umbrella stroller to get through the airport. We only do this when its a long flight so our kids can sleep on the plane. Also, any sort of tossing around for a car seat is minimal compared to what they're designed for. I am sore TSA is annoyed that your using a bag designed for check in & slowing up the line. [/quote]
^^^This. You are way overthinking this issue and also seem to really want to complicate things for yourself.  Relax.

I would have gone insane using the process even once that you're currently using, and there's no way I would have repeated it after the first time.  Why do you make things so hard on yourself?  It's also ok to buy baby food at the store sometimes, you aren't a bad mom if you don't make it yourself each and every time.

I'm a safety nut when it comes to car seats (rear facing until after 2 year old etc blah blah) and still I always check carseats with luggage. I've done it more times than I can count and I've never had a problem.  I just throw caution to the wind and watch the guys toss it onto the belt, latch belts swinging in the wind, ready to be ripped off by...whatever.  I always think there's no way the cover will make it, or the little padded inserts, or the shoulder covers etc... but so far they always have.  And if any action of the baggage handlers were to crack the seat in any way... well, I'd assume that I'd bought the wrong car seat and thank god that I found out at that time instead of after a car wreck.  I sure as hell wouldn't want my kid sitting in it in a car crash where forces are much greater than whatever force some hungover baggage guy created by throwing it into airplane storage and then tossing a guy's samsonite on top of it.

There's a chance that something could happen to the seat (lost, damaged irreparably) and I'd have to make other arrangements at the destination airport, but I'll take odds on that very slight chance in a heartbeat if it makes my airport travel with a child or children easier on me.  [/quote]

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