Do you buy your baby an airline seat?

amaite · July 2013

For those of you who have flown, or plan to, did/will you buy an extra airline seat for lo, so you can use the car seat?

MommyMelRN · July 2013

No, but I really wanted to

CRey13 · July 2013

MommyMelRN:
No, but I really wanted to

Same here.

sdlaura · July 2013

Yes, we've flown on like 20 flights with DD, and we buy her a seat. It's safer to have the baby strapped in during take-off and landing, she naps better in her seat, and it's more convenient to have the extra space.

Then I don't have to worry about the carseat getting banged up either by checking it, or having to rent one from the car rental company when I don't know where it's been.

lady_tytah · July 2013

I didnt Nene sat in my lap till she was 2. This was also when airplane companies werent packing their planes and would have empty seats.

alake · July 2013

Eryn has been on fifteen international flights, heading on 16th on Saturday. She has always had her own seat. Her first flight back to Canada was at five weeks. She has been to Ireland and we are heading to Italy. The cost of the seat is worth her safety. Lap child is not an option for my clan.

Cbarajas08 · July 2013

No! We didn't take her carseat though!

JAO2011 · July 2013

CRey13:
MommyMelRN:
No, but I really wanted to
Same here.

Me too! It's so hard to have a wiggle worm in your lap.

LoveLo2010 · July 2013

nope. if the ticket hadn't been almost 2k then I would've considered it but she did fine in my lap or with a blanket thrown on the floor (we had the bulk head) and it was 12 hours.

fastcarsandfreedom3319 · July 2013

No we can't afford to. I'm kind of scared for our flight cross country next month...

BluepointToasted · July 2013

No way. We have flown a couple of times, and honestly the flight attendants have helped us out if they could, but he sat on our laps anyway. I don't anticipate him tolerating being in his carseat very well, and I'm not paying all that money for him to sit in my lap anyway.

my philosophy for flying has always been if we crash I'm pretty certain we are all going to die anyway. DH holds him during takeoff and landing. I'm probably going to get flamed, but oh well. We are going to Italy in April and I probably won't get him his own seat for that either, not sure yet.

alake · July 2013

It is not just about plane crashes. It is if you hit turbulence, it is like being in a car accident. A child can be thrown during turbulence, and be killed or seriously injured. My aunt and uncle were in a plane that hit an air pocket and lost 5,000 feet in a matter of seconds. Their kids were strapped into car seats and were fine, if not, I don`t want to imagine what would have happened to them.

sdlaura · July 2013

Alake is correct. There have been cases of extreme turbulence where lap children were killed. The carseat lady mentions a case in this post:

https://www.thecarseatlady.com/airplanes/airplanes.html

CLeigh03 · July 2013

No. B has on 8 flights now and I've held him each time. It wasn't just about cost, he falls asleep easily in my arms with a bottle.

He's getting to the point (ok past it) of being too large and wiggly though. It's a workout. Our next flight we will book him a seat.

BluepointToasted · July 2013

I get it that it is the turbulence. I just honestly have to wonder how many cases of this happening exist. There are so many what ifs. I feel like I go above reasonable measures to keep my kid safe, but you can't prepare for every possibility. Like I said, I expected to be flamed. I have flown probably ten times a year (round trip, so probably twenty flights) for the past ten years or so, and have never experienced turbulence where I have even dropped my book, let alone my kid. Because it "has happened" to a few people out of the millions and millions that fly every day does not make it a concern of mine. If I thought that way I would never pull out of my driveway.

allardr · July 2013

We're flying end of this month, and didn't buy her a ticket. Don't have the money too plus she gets fussy being strapped in and will want held anyway.

*I totally agree with post above this too!

BluepointToasted · July 2013

Scout2005:
BluepointToasted:
I get it that it is the turbulence. nbsp;I just honestly have to wonder how many cases of this happening exist. nbsp;There are so many what ifs. nbsp;I feel like I go above reasonable measures to keep my kid safe, but you can't prepare for every possibility. nbsp;Like I said, I expected to be flamed. nbsp;I have flown probably ten times a year round trip, so probably twenty flights for the past ten years or so, and have never experienced turbulence where I have even dropped my book, let alone my kid. nbsp;Because it "has happened" to a few people out of the millions and millions that fly every day does not make it a concern of mine. nbsp;If I thought that way I would never pull out of my driveway.
Well but by that logic, why bother with cars seats in car? Or seat belts? It's for the random, rare incident. I'm not really flaming, I just think your logic is kind of off. Honestly, we got the seat because we figured it would make the flight more pleasant. It did. Kids happily zoned out with snacks and toys on their seats. DS slept most of both flights. The safety was a bonus.

i know it's not sound logic, but I guess it's just probability thing for me. Dying in a car crash is fairly common. Off the top of my head I can think of 5 people I have known personally, and dozens of people that know people I know....

I have never known someone to die in a plane crash. ( great, now I said it out loud and am probably cursed). Therefore, I am more scared of car accidents.

BluepointToasted · July 2013

But, I am still on the fence about the flight to Italy. On one hand, 7 hours is a long time for a kid to sit on your lap. But $1300 is a lot to waste if he won't stay in his seat.

alake · July 2013

I don't know if this will be a clicky. This is a story about a plane crash, where the only person killed was the baby who was a lap child.

https://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/na...service=mobile

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