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We flew internationally with LO in a middle seat as a lap infant. He was 20 months and we had the two middle seats in a row of four. He did great!

Yes! Airlines hold a certain amount of seats for assignment at the gate. Get there early and ask if they can accommodate you all together

I second calling the airline. They will have to shuffle something for you as car seats are not generally allowed in middle seats (blocks the window passenger in an evacuation), and as mentioned above infants cannot be alone anyway. I would also emphasize that you really need to be seated next to your husband to help with the babies.

Just be prepared that if they do open something up for you it will probably be at the back - where they often block rows for crew breaks until there is a need for them.

Just an FYI you will be separated from your husband if your two are lap infants. There is a limit to how many o2 masks are in a row.

Yeah they definitely will not separate the infant from a parent. So you'll at least get two seats together, but maybe not three. But if you're each alone with a baby it shouldn't be bad! Not too long ago I flew alone with a 4 month old and a 3 year old and we were totally fine. So one baby to one adult shouldn't be an issue.

As others are saying, there's no concern over your baby with the seat being alone - it just won't happen. Most likely they'll negotiate something for you at the gate, or the purser will do it on the plane before takeoff. And actually, I suspect that if you get on the plane and try to sit holding one baby on your lap in the seat next to you, chances are that either (a) the person next to you will be a decent human being, and will swap just to help you out or (b) the person next to you will want to avoid sitting in a row with two babies at all costs, and will happily swap your DH for his middle seat elsewhere on the plane!

I realize you might not be booked this way, and you (with the lap infant) will be the one "Looking" for the seat...but no one has to know that. :). The only possible hitch is that you need to be in a row with an extra oxygen mask b/c of the lap infant. On smaller planes, not every row has this, so if it happens that DH and the baby with the seat are in a row that only has three, the flight attendant will know and will tell you. I've gotten moved on several flights for this reason!

How long is the flight? The shorter it is, the more likely I think people will be more than happy to swap to help you out!

I hope you'll have nice people on the plane I think that makes all the difference!

@bluestriped bee: Awesome! Thats great!

Great! I was gonna say they are mostly accommodating and its in nobody's best interest for a baby to sit alone!