justhat
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We flew with my daughter at 3 months, 4 months, 5 months, 6 months, 7 months, and will be flying again when she's 10 months and she has had her own seat on each flight. She was exclusively breastfed till 6 months, so I pumped milk and gave her a bottle on landings, pacifier on takeoffs. Flights were basically the only times she had bottles, but she didn't seem to mind and has never had any trouble with ear pain. In fact, she has never slept on a flight for more than 10 minutes (including nonstop flights to Las Vegas and Anaheim from Washington, DC) and has cried for a total of about 15 minutes on all the flights combined. About 13 of those 15 minutes were on a flight back from Orlando when she was 3 months old and there was very bad weather and I kept her strapped in her carseat because of turbulence and she was hungry. As soon as I finished pumping and gave her a bottle she was fine. So even if you breastfeed, you can, and should, still get a carseat for your child. My daughter is still nursing at 8 months and definitely will be on our December trips (and probably next April at 14 months), but I will be prepared with a bottle and hopefully she'll be just as happy on those flights as she has been in the past.
Oh, and I should add that Madison HATES her carseat. From the time she was 2 weeks old until she was almost 7 months old, she would literally scream every time I put her in the car, from the moment she was strapped in till we reached our destination. I was really nervous on our first flight that she would scream the whole 2 hours, especially since I was with a friend and not my husband, but she was fine. I don't know why she never minded the seat on the plane, maybe cause I left the straps a bit looser, who knows, but she never complained about sitting in it.
We also have a Baby B'Air that my mom bought for us, but I've never used it since we get her a seat (usually at 50% of the price of my seat). I was told, however, by a FA that I could not keep her in the Baby Bjorn for any part of the flight. I didn't plan on it, but it was much easier to wear her in that to board the plane and carry the empty carseat so that's why I had her in it. Not sure how that compares to the Baby B'air, but just an experience I had. Again, this only happened on 2 of the 14 flights I took her on so not sure how it compares to all flights/FAs.
Oh, and I should add that Madison HATES her carseat. From the time she was 2 weeks old until she was almost 7 months old, she would literally scream every time I put her in the car, from the moment she was strapped in till we reached our destination. I was really nervous on our first flight that she would scream the whole 2 hours, especially since I was with a friend and not my husband, but she was fine. I don't know why she never minded the seat on the plane, maybe cause I left the straps a bit looser, who knows, but she never complained about sitting in it.
We also have a Baby B'Air that my mom bought for us, but I've never used it since we get her a seat (usually at 50% of the price of my seat). I was told, however, by a FA that I could not keep her in the Baby Bjorn for any part of the flight. I didn't plan on it, but it was much easier to wear her in that to board the plane and carry the empty carseat so that's why I had her in it. Not sure how that compares to the Baby B'air, but just an experience I had. Again, this only happened on 2 of the 14 flights I took her on so not sure how it compares to all flights/FAs.
