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mommy2be716
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lap seat or pay for an extra?
DD will be 2 weeks shy of turning 2 years old. Where we are going (chicago), we won't need a car seat. Everything is gonna be by train and we aren't renting a car or anything. If we were bringing the seat, then i would definitely have considered getting the extra seat and just bringing the carseat onto the plane.
Should we do the lap seat and take advantage of not having to pay, or should we just get the extra seat?
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LuckyStar
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lap seat or pay for an extra?
Personally I'd get the seat. My DD is that age and there is no way she would sit on my lap for 3 hours.
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| Posted 12/7/17 8:26 PM |
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Bebelove
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
We have flown with my LO 4 times as a lap child. After the last flight, never again. We hit terrible turbulence and I was so terrified and my husband was hanging on to him so tightly. I had the worst thoughts while it was happening , scariest time ever 
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| Posted 12/7/17 8:47 PM |
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lap seat or pay for an extra?
I would pay. My kids will be 1 next month and I think they would be terrors on the plane unless we fed them the entire time. Also, I feel for safety reasons that a car seat is best. I would bring a car seat regardless of age
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| Posted 12/7/17 9:01 PM |
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mommy2be716
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lap seat or pay for an extra?
Just wanted to add we've flown twice with her already this past summer and she did OK on the plane (flights were to jamaica and NC so they weren't very long). She gets a little car sick, so she threw up one way from jamaica and one way for the NC trip. But at 1 year old, I will still able to give her some formula and get her to take a nap on the plane. I am not sure that will be the case with a 2 year old haha
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| Posted 12/7/17 9:24 PM |
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babyfever24
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
DS will be 18 months in february when we go to florida and we got him a seat....easier to strap in the car seat and let him sleep.
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| Posted 12/7/17 9:30 PM |
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Wishes1111
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lap seat or pay for an extra?
I would sit her on my lap. I feel like she may end up there anyway so I wouldn't want to waste money on a seat if I didn't have to.
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| Posted 12/7/17 10:36 PM |
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nycgirl
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
I’ve done both.
No right answer.
With more kids, I lapped til the end to save the $ on that ticket.
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| Posted 12/8/17 7:55 AM |
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EricaAlt
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
It's not a long flight at all and as you said she's been fine on your lap before. I say save the money one more time and sit her on your lap.
We sometimes book the window and aisle seat and lucked out that no one sat between us and were able to get 3 seats. Doesn't always work out that way, but you never know.
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| Posted 12/8/17 8:09 AM |
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bunnyluck
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lap seat or pay for an extra?
Only you know your child but I will say Chicago is such an easy flight I'd probably do lap. Its like a 2 hour flight. during rush hour The taxi ride into downtown chicago is longer than the flight.
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| Posted 12/8/17 9:04 AM |
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JandJ1224
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
Its a quick flight, lap seat for sure.
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| Posted 12/8/17 10:48 AM |
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evrythng4areason
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lap seat or pay for an extra?
Chicago is such a short flight i would do lap
But, i will only do lap under 2 to save the money lol
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| Posted 12/8/17 10:48 AM |
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mommy2be716
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
Posted by EricaAlt
It's not a long flight at all and as you said she's been fine on your lap before. I say save the money one more time and sit her on your lap.
We sometimes book the window and aisle seat and lucked out that no one sat between us and were able to get 3 seats. Doesn't always work out that way, but you never know.
That's a good idea I will probably do that.
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| Posted 12/8/17 12:17 PM |
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Katareen
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lap seat or pay for an extra?
My DD would be on my lap anyway so I’d save the $$
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| Posted 12/8/17 1:00 PM |
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LInMI
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
My LO sits well for me and since Chicago isn't a long flight, I would probably do a lap seat.
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| Posted 12/8/17 2:09 PM |
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ChristinaM128
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
I will never ever have my child on my lap. They always have their own seat and are either in their own car seat or the CARES harness when a little older. I think the faa is making a huge dangerous mistake allowing lap infants.
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| Posted 12/8/17 10:37 PM |
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pumpkinmom
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lap seat or pay for an extra?
I'd buy a seat for safety.
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| Posted 12/9/17 2:57 AM |
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ElizaRags35
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
Posted by ChristinaM128
I will never ever have my child on my lap. They always have their own seat and are either in their own car seat or the CARES harness when a little older. I think the faa is making a huge dangerous mistake allowing lap infants.
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| Posted 12/9/17 10:36 PM |
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Katareen
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
Posted by ElizaRags35
Posted by ChristinaM128
I will never ever have my child on my lap. They always have their own seat and are either in their own car seat or the CARES harness when a little older. I think the faa is making a huge dangerous mistake allowing lap infants.
I think if you look at the statistics of people injured by turbulence each year...it’s about 50. Over half of which are flight crew.
About 1.5 million people fly every day. So the odds of injury are statistically so so so small. Our kids are more likely to be injured playing on the playground.
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| Posted 12/10/17 9:49 AM |
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pumpkinmom
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Re: lap seat or pay for an extra?
Message edited 12/10/2017 3:55:57 PM.
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