Carseat in airport
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Topic: Carseat in airport
Posted By: siowl
Subject: Carseat in airport
Date Posted: 04 December 2010 at 11:14pm
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Anybody has experience carrying car seat in auckland aiport? We'll be traveling with DS to Singapore in few weeks time and decided to bring our car seat along as we gotten him a seat on the flight.
Help is much appreciated 
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 04 December 2010 at 11:48pm
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How old is your DS? We have never used our car seat on board, and have checked it in instead. But I personally think it would be a PITA if you have a toddler. And if you have a baby, a bassinette may work better for you. You just have to ask when you're checking in for one.
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Posted By: siowl
Date Posted: 05 December 2010 at 2:02pm
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Son is 16 months old. Still not walking yet.
We booked a bassinet for him when we booked the flight (months ago, when he was about 10months), But we decided to book him a seat as we thought he might be too big for the bassinet and hopefully he will be able to sleep in the car seat as it is a more familiar environment for him. Will be flying from Welly to AKL then to SG. Just wondering what's the best way to carry the car seat around in the airport. |
Posted By: Gardengirl
Date Posted: 05 December 2010 at 2:35pm
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The problem I experienced with the bassinet was that DS was only 7 months but crawling, and that meant I couldn't really have him in the bassinet unless he was fully asleep. As soon as he woke he would try to get out of it, so that meant I couldn't really get any sleep in case he woke up (but then I was travelling alone with him). Your DS may well be too big for the bassinet and I don't think they confirm the actual booking of them anyway until you check in, giving preference to younger babies on a first come first served basis. I guess that may vary from airline to airline. I think your getting him his own seat with the carseat is by far the better way to go. However the pain in the butt part would be having to carry it and having no trolley once you go through departures.
I found the bassinet really useful for stashing stuff in during the flight. Not much good for anything else though 
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Posted By: NandC
Date Posted: 06 December 2010 at 10:37am
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It will be a bit of a pain to carry around TBH - you probably need to put it on a trolley with other luggage but you cant take the trolley to the gate with you. Maybe try and get some strap on wheels for it so you can pull it behind you in transit? are you carrying a buggy as well?
one word of warning with the carseat in the airplane seats is be careful the person in front doesnt put their seat back suddenly and squash baby's feet - that happened to a friend of mine - one very unhappy 18 month old after that! |
Posted By: first
Date Posted: 06 December 2010 at 3:32pm
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I used a carseat with my two year old to travel and it was an absolute God send. Even all the attendants on the plane came to us throughout the flight and said what a fantastic idea to put him in his carseat and how lovely it had made the flight for him.
Carrying the carseat around the airport it a pain but worth it. What we did was keep our buggy till we got to the gate and then put the hood of the buggy out and rested the carseat on top of the hood. You had to be careful but it worked. Of course when DS wasn't in the buggy we sat it in the seat of the buggy. If there are two of you traveling then it shouldn't be too hard to manage. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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