This was our third round of flights with a baby/toddler. We've been trying to do a big family vacation once a year and so far, so good.
2012 - Oregon - Noah was 7 months old and the worst part about flying with a baby was lugging all the needed items around: Car seat, bassinet, etc. Most of all was the car seat situation. I paid $50 for one of those Brica car seat carriers/covers. It has wheels and you can wear as a backpack. Neither function worked comfortably whatsoever. Needless to say, it was a pain.
2013 - New Mexico - Noah was 19 months and Aaron was 6 months. After the Oregon fiasco with the carseat, I decided to RENT a convertible seat thru our car rental company for Noah. We brought Aaron's bucket seat, checked it at the gate, and then carried him around it in. Still lots to lug around but we got through it. However, the rental agency's car seat for Noah was disgusting AND it was the $40 Cosco seat that you can buy at Walmart. So we paid the rental agency double what we could have paid for a brand new seat. The hubby thought we could have just ran to a local Walmart to buy one, but the logistics of making that happen weren't possible. Plus, you can never guarantee that the store will have one in stock.
2014 - South Carolina - Noah is 2 1/2 and Aaron is 19 months. I decided to do a whole lot more research. I did NOT want to rent (because of cost and germ factors). We already owned one Cosco convertible seat that belongs in grandma's car, so I went ahead and purchased another. Then I found this neat little gadget for $14 called the Traveling Toddler. Ordered it using my Amazon Prime account (free two-day shipping), and BINGO! Once you learn how to hook it up and take it apart, it was a cinch using it at the airport. No more having to lug TWO car seats around, just hook up to the carry-ons we had and we were good to go. Plus Aaron was able to ride in one of them the majority of our time getting around the terminals. We had so many positive reactions from other parents and random passengers on how convenient and easy that looked. Such a great idea!
So here's the info to the Traveling Toddler. We loved it! And yes, it came with a little extra finagling, but it cut down on so so so much time and energy we'd always used in getting our car seats to and from the airport.
Traveling Toddler (link)
(Hint: Your car seat must have the three anchors to be able to work...top and sides. Although I'm pretty sure that all seats now have these as regulation.)
Pictures of our Traveling Toddler and suitcase/carseat:
2012 - Oregon - Noah was 7 months old and the worst part about flying with a baby was lugging all the needed items around: Car seat, bassinet, etc. Most of all was the car seat situation. I paid $50 for one of those Brica car seat carriers/covers. It has wheels and you can wear as a backpack. Neither function worked comfortably whatsoever. Needless to say, it was a pain.
2013 - New Mexico - Noah was 19 months and Aaron was 6 months. After the Oregon fiasco with the carseat, I decided to RENT a convertible seat thru our car rental company for Noah. We brought Aaron's bucket seat, checked it at the gate, and then carried him around it in. Still lots to lug around but we got through it. However, the rental agency's car seat for Noah was disgusting AND it was the $40 Cosco seat that you can buy at Walmart. So we paid the rental agency double what we could have paid for a brand new seat. The hubby thought we could have just ran to a local Walmart to buy one, but the logistics of making that happen weren't possible. Plus, you can never guarantee that the store will have one in stock.
2014 - South Carolina - Noah is 2 1/2 and Aaron is 19 months. I decided to do a whole lot more research. I did NOT want to rent (because of cost and germ factors). We already owned one Cosco convertible seat that belongs in grandma's car, so I went ahead and purchased another. Then I found this neat little gadget for $14 called the Traveling Toddler. Ordered it using my Amazon Prime account (free two-day shipping), and BINGO! Once you learn how to hook it up and take it apart, it was a cinch using it at the airport. No more having to lug TWO car seats around, just hook up to the carry-ons we had and we were good to go. Plus Aaron was able to ride in one of them the majority of our time getting around the terminals. We had so many positive reactions from other parents and random passengers on how convenient and easy that looked. Such a great idea!
So here's the info to the Traveling Toddler. We loved it! And yes, it came with a little extra finagling, but it cut down on so so so much time and energy we'd always used in getting our car seats to and from the airport.
Traveling Toddler (link)
(Hint: Your car seat must have the three anchors to be able to work...top and sides. Although I'm pretty sure that all seats now have these as regulation.)
Pictures of our Traveling Toddler and suitcase/carseat:
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