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Yes you'll be fine!
I traveled solo with DD when she was 18 months old and I was 20 weeks pregnant. She was on my lap too.

Take lots of snacks, iPad/favorite toys, crafts.

Our flight was 4 hours and 5 hours one way.

Good luck!

Of course you'll be fine! The fact that you care enough to worry about it indicates to me that you'll be as prepared as possible.

Look, no one likes a screaming kid on a plane, but as travellers and as parents, we have a right to be there just as much as anyone else. As long as you don't let bad behaviour go unchecked, people appreciate that you try to do something, even if you have no results. So don't worry!

Bring the ipad and load it with videos/shows/apps. And snacks he isn't allowed at home.

We have been flying regularly with our son since 14 months old and never bought him a seat even for looooong cross country flights. He is a mover, too. and does great. I still dread flights and they are by no means relaxing but we get through them just fine.

@Mrs. Beemer: You will do great! We just flew with 2 under 2. My older one loved playing peek a boo with the other people on the flight and he napped a lot! We brought the iPad but ended up using my phone to stream the pbs kids app. N doesn't get to watch a lot of TV so this was a great help!!

I should add that my boys are 20 months and 4 months.

I've never done two in a row but I've done several 5-6 hour flights and it was fine! Between 18-21 months we've done 4 of these flights (2 round trips) half with her own seat and half as a lap child. 2 of those flights were even delayed, one of them once we got on the plane! ("Only" 45-60 mins) We preloaded songs and little games (paint , pop the bubbles) onto our tablet. We also picked up food at the airport and brought it on the plane.

One thing I've learned is to not overpack. Certain things it's good to have extra in case of emergency, but they can drink drinks from the airline through a straw, they can eat out, they can be entertained with random stuff on the plane and running around the airport. Lugging a ton of stuff hasn't always been worth it once we got to toddlerhood.

One flight we also got bulkhead seats and put lo on a blanket on the ground in front of us for awhile with some toys. I realize that's not buckled in.

Oh, and sometimes using a carseat on the plane just makes it so the kiddo can kick the person in front of them.

But to answer your original question YES you will get through.

My very very active 17 month old did great on four flights last month! Having her at the window seat ( on my lap) helped ... There was a stranger in the aisle seat on the other side of dh which I think took away any temptation or want to go on the aisle. We just played with stickers, no mess markers, looked at the sky mall magazine a hundred times and read books. She wasn't interested in the iPad, but we had that too. Oh, and lots of snacks!! fingers are crossed for you!! Just plan ahead and if all else fails remember you'll never see those people again