https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 08:33:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1552764 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 07:47:06 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1552764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>depends on the child. charile i bought a seat when he was 1. olive was a lap child at 22 months (for 8 flights including international). But she was still nursing so that made a big difference.</p> <p>for a one hour flight i'd just do lap if it were me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1552713 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 07:24:29 +0000 kml636 1552713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's a short flight, I would wing it without a seat and pray there was an extra empty one, assuming my husband was there. If I was by myself, I would buy her her own seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1552629 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:33:39 +0000 LulaBee 1552629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've flown with DD a handful of times (she's now 20 months) and we have always done lap. But I started doing research and it's so much safer to have them in their own seats. So for our flight next month, she's got a seat. It's more expensive, sure, but if there was really bad turbulence or an emergency landing... I mean, they don't let you keep your purse on your lap but you can have your baby there? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1552328 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 21:21:57 +0000 sarac 1552328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lap. I did a cross country flight at that age alone, and it was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551962 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:12:40 +0000 bpcmarj 1551962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: I am flying with DD a week shy of her 2nd birthday, too.</p> <p>I figure the lap infant because she will probably want me to hold her anyway! And I am cheap. She will be 23 3/4 months when we fly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551767 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:25:44 +0000 HabesBabe 1551767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm cheap... so I would always do a lap infant until I had to pay for LO at 2 years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551697 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:49:04 +0000 googly-eyes 1551697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: for that short a flight with dh, I wouldn't pay for a seat! Although I don't have a second LO yet. Still, it's short! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551668 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:35:29 +0000 Ree723 1551668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: Thanks! Yes, we've requested a bassinet seat for the long flights (we're on Qantas and British Airways respectively) but if it's a choice between the bassinet or a row of three with an empty seat, I think I'd take the empty seat. Our infant is perfectly happy to sleep on us and I'd rather the extra room for our toddler. Ideally, there would be an empty seat in the bassinet row, but I doubt we'll get that lucky, lol! Glad to hear your flight went well! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551667 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:34:58 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1551667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd have a lap seat if it's 5hrs and under. I'm cheap. I figure it's my last opportunity to not get charged for a seat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551659 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:29:51 +0000 sunny 1551659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: I don't know if you know this but you can request a bassinet for your LO as well. The nice thing is you'll be able to sit in the bulkhead seats which tend to have more leg room. Good luck on your flights! We just did a flight that was 9 hrs and that was scary but we survived. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551584 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:10:08 +0000 Ree723 1551584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely a lap infant for that short of a flight! I'm cheap though and will always go with a lap infant as long as I can. We're heading to England from Australia via the US, starting next week, and my 21.5 month old DD and my two month old will be lap infants all the way. A 4 hour flight, 14 hr flight, 4.5 hr flight, and a 7.5 hr flight, although we are breaking it up with some breaks between flights. DD will be six days shy of her second birthday when we take our last flight.</p> <p>The way I see it, toddlers aren't going to be easy on a flight regardless, so the thought of spending an additional $3000 for her to probably not use the seat very much anyway didn't make sense to me. Also, unless the flights are fully booked, the airlines are generally pretty good about giving parents with lap infants a row with an empty seat, or so our experience has been. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551485 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:50:34 +0000 bushelandapeck 1551485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For just an hour I would say skip the seat. We had a 3 hour flight with our 19 month old last month though and I was incredibly grateful that we bought him his own seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551459 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:45:23 +0000 sunny 1551459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just do lap for 1 hr! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551444 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:43:33 +0000 lilyann 1551444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would not buy a seat for a flight under 3 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551432 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:41:43 +0000 Freckles 1551432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do a lap seat for 3.5-4 hour flights. I can't justify the costs. Most times i've been able to get a seat with a free seat next to mine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551419 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:39:55 +0000 birdofafeather 1551419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>one hour flight, i wouldn't buy a seat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551413 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:36:41 +0000 littlek 1551413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: I change my answer.. for an hour flight, I would not buy a seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551408 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:36:00 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1551408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Seat. I just did lap child with my one year old. Never again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551405 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:34:44 +0000 tinyperson 1551405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Seat! Much safer for everyone to have their own seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551393 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:31:56 +0000 matador84 1551393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: dh is flying with me so i don't think it will be too bad, i think i'd be mad if i bought a seat! i'll have the baby, he'll take the toddler! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551388 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:31:10 +0000 matador84 1551388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: only about an hour, change planes midway through! i don't want to pay for a seat. he is well behaved so it helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551382 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:29:45 +0000 Weagle 1551382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew with LO as a lap child at 20 months and she did great! I was really glad I didn't buy a seat. The flight attendants were super helpful and on one leg moved me to where there were two empty seats next to each other. She sat there like it was her job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551371 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:27:24 +0000 littlek 1551371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Seat, no question. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551369 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:26:58 +0000 looch 1551369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends, if you're flying alone, and it's less than 3 hours, I'd do a lap child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551368 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:26:57 +0000 kiddosc 1551368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, it would also depend on if I was flying alone, or with DH. I could definitely do a lap child for a short (2-2.5hour flight) with DH, but would prefer another seat if I was going alone. The toddler is going to want to move around and I'd prefer he wasn't trying to climb up into a stranger's space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551362 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:25:16 +0000 MamaMoose 1551362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: Totally depends on the length of the flight. Most of our flights are 2-2.5 hours so I'm taking her for free as long as they let me!! But anything over 3 hours I would probably get a seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-a-22-month-old#post-1551358 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:23:06 +0000 matador84 1551358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>would you book as a lap child or buy a seat? </p>