Carseat for Infant on Plane

monkey_love

I will be flying with my 9 month old and he is too big for his infant carseat, so bringing that on the plane is not an option. He currently sit in a Marathon, but when I posted a question about putting it rear-facing on the plane, it seems like it's pretty inconvenient and may be too large for a plane. I am thinking about purchasing the Cosco Scenera, but would prefer to not buy another carseat if I didn't have to. I'm perfectly fine with lugging the Marathon in the airport and all that, but I'm just concerned about it being too big on the plane. Per the instructions, it should be RF on a plane for a child that is less than 1 years old. Any suggestions?

darlene'smommy

I have an evenflo advanced which is just as big as your seat. I can fit it rear facing on a plane with no problems. I bought a suit case roller from target that I put the car seat on. That way I can roll it thur the airport behind me.

JOEBunny

I don't get why it would really need to be rear facing.  When I flew with DS, I held him on my lap for 5 hours, since I did not buy a seat and there were no extras.  I would not worry about it. 

goodheartedmommy

Well, it goes against the manufacturer's instructions to use a seat forward facing under 1 year AND 20 lbs...that means either in a car or on a plane.

It is still safer for the child to be rear facing. Imagine the force on his neck if you were to have a crash landing and he was forward facing. Yeah, no carseat, forward or rear facing, will help in an actual crash, but a rear facing carseat would be life-saving for him in a crash landing. 

Marathons can be installed crazy upright. put the pressure right buy the belt path while installing, and move the base back a little back on the seat--it will make it upright so it's not horribly intrusive. 

darlene'smommy

 

It is much safer to have a child in a car seat on a plane. The faa does rec you buy your child a seat but they dont make you do it untill age 2.  It is much safer to use a car seat on the plan.  I have never gone on a plane with my dd with out her being in a car seat.  When you have your child on your lap they are being a air bag if you were to go forward during takeoff, landing, or in case of turbulence.     

 

Yes indeedy, I just googled it and RF on a plane is what they say. However, what about the fact that the majority of infants under 1 year/20 lbs don't even get a seat to begin with???? How can they let babies ride on parents' laps if they're supposed ot be RF in their own seat??? 

I would imagine that it would be safer to be in a FF seat than in the arms of a parent. I guess this is one of those "calculated risk" issues we've all been discussing, sort of along the lines of leaving your kids in the car to drop a DVD in the return slot at Blockbuster? I dunno...we're flying to FLA in March and Ben will be in a wrap attached to me, he won't even have a seat