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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because the odds are very, very long.  This study showed that over a 3 year period, with 7573 reported medical emergencies, 10 results in infant death.  That's about 3-4 per year.  And those are not necessarily due to lap children.  That's all deaths including unrelated medical issues.  How many children fly annually?  According to the CDC, in 2016, there were 3965 deaths of children under age 5.  The risks of infant death on an airplane are significantly lower than many other issues, including deaths in traffic accidents (even in car seats), number of deaths from infants left in a hot car, deaths from household accidents, deaths from guns, and so on.  You realize that putting your child in a car seat and driving out of your driveway is hundreds of times more dangerous than carrying your child in your lap on a plane?

There are far, far greater risks in this world for parents to consider than this very, very unlikely situation, but you go ahead and spend your money for the rare chance that your child will be killed on an airplane because it didn't have a seat.  I'm glad that you can afford to throw a few hundred dollars away on this over-cautious mentality, but I chose other safety options and concerns when my children (now 7) were small.

[url]https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/study-lap-infants-at-increased-risk-of-death-on-airline-flights-080414.html[/url]
[url]https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/child-health.htm[/url][/quote]

It’s not mutually exclusive. I choose to do everything to make sure my child is safe, including purchasing a seat. I don’t care if there’s only a small chance of its being an issue.[/quote]

You realize that by this logic, you shouldn’t be driving your kid or really leaving the house st all, right?  I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I call BS on the “I choose to do everything to keep my child safe” thing. You do not. All these decisions are calculated risks. [/quote]

You are making no sense. I choose to minimize the risk in the things we have to do. My kid will be in a rear facing car seat until she hits the weight limit for her seat’s rear facing setting. I choose to fly with her in the safest possible way. The answer isn’t to stop living, but there’s an option in between never going anywhere and knowingly putting your kid at greater risk—it’s called buying them a damn seat, which the AAP and FAA strongly recommend you do.[/quote]

Oh, I see.  You live close to the city center, so you can walk to everything and minimize the time your child is in a car?

Wait, what?  You live in the suburbs and have to drive any and everywhere?  Why don't you care about your child?  [/quote]

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