Our first airplane ride as parents occurred in October 2009. We only had one child at the time and we would be flying home on his 2nd birthday.
Reason for the flight was we, along with my mom, step-dad, step-sister, and BIL, were flying to Edmonton for Thanksgiving. Although we were all flying from Ontario to Alberta, we were on 3 separate flights.
I booking our flights there are many things you need to take into consideration, what time is nap, will we be in the air during a meal time, and because we were going to be encountering a 2 hour time change, what could we do so the affect wouldn't be felt so badly when we landed. Once I found flights that met our timing requirements the next thought was how many seats.
Since our return flight was going to be on our son's 2nd birthday we knew he was going to require a seat, but what about the flight out west? After looking at prices and remembering how little room there is between the rows of seat, we decided it was well worth the money to just get our son his own seat. (Side note: My husband is 6'2" and I am 6' so there is already no leg room without even adding a child.)
On the plane I was so happy he had his own seat. For the life of me I will never understand but people must recline their seat when the person behind them has a child on their lap. I see it on every flight, and even after the flight attendants ask them to put their seat back up, they still refuse.
We also chose to take our son's car seat with us, not only on the trip but onto the plane. Now I will admit it was a *&%^&% to get installed and even worse to get it uninstalled when we reached Edmonton, but he slept amazing, and I left a lot better knowing he was safe no matter what. It did help the decision we needed a car seat when we reached Edmonton and the rental companies couldn't guarantee they would have them for us.
Final recommendations when travelling with a child:
1. If you can afford it get your child their own seat and bring their car seat with you
2. Plan according to nap and meal times
3. If possible get your seats directly being the emergency row as they cannot recline
Reason for the flight was we, along with my mom, step-dad, step-sister, and BIL, were flying to Edmonton for Thanksgiving. Although we were all flying from Ontario to Alberta, we were on 3 separate flights.
I booking our flights there are many things you need to take into consideration, what time is nap, will we be in the air during a meal time, and because we were going to be encountering a 2 hour time change, what could we do so the affect wouldn't be felt so badly when we landed. Once I found flights that met our timing requirements the next thought was how many seats.
Since our return flight was going to be on our son's 2nd birthday we knew he was going to require a seat, but what about the flight out west? After looking at prices and remembering how little room there is between the rows of seat, we decided it was well worth the money to just get our son his own seat. (Side note: My husband is 6'2" and I am 6' so there is already no leg room without even adding a child.)
On the plane I was so happy he had his own seat. For the life of me I will never understand but people must recline their seat when the person behind them has a child on their lap. I see it on every flight, and even after the flight attendants ask them to put their seat back up, they still refuse.
We also chose to take our son's car seat with us, not only on the trip but onto the plane. Now I will admit it was a *&%^&% to get installed and even worse to get it uninstalled when we reached Edmonton, but he slept amazing, and I left a lot better knowing he was safe no matter what. It did help the decision we needed a car seat when we reached Edmonton and the rental companies couldn't guarantee they would have them for us.
Final recommendations when travelling with a child:
1. If you can afford it get your child their own seat and bring their car seat with you
2. Plan according to nap and meal times
3. If possible get your seats directly being the emergency row as they cannot recline
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