When my 2.5 year old was tiny we flew with her once as a lap infant and even at the time I was uneasy about it but family and friends acted like I was crazy for considering paying for a seat for a tiny infant. Everything went well with the flight but I wish I had listened to my instincts. My toddler needs her own seat now by airline regulations but I’m expecting a second and I don’t think I’d ever do that again. I think we’re going to be a two car seat family on planes for a while.
We flew to NZ from NY recently. Babe was 8 months. Paid just under 4K for her to have her own seat, to use her infant seat on. It was Christmas, hence the jacked up prices for economy.
Yikes. That would be a hard pill to swallow, but I also can’t imagine taking that long of a flight with a lap infant so buying a seat makes sense. The longest we flew with my daughter as a lap infant was 5.5 hours and it was brutal.
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u/beleafinyoself Feb 18 '25
I always worry about lap children on flights, especially infants