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Traveling By Air with an Infant

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A few weeks ago we took our maiden plane voyage as parents, with the little one in tow (I actually had some of my students at work ask if the baby would be joining us for the 2 week trip or not…). Anyway, when you are traveling by air with an infant, you are allowed to carry her in your lap free of charge. You are also welcome to purchase a seat for the child and simply put your car seat in the chair. I had better things to do with that $350, and frankly, if the plane was going to crash, the fact that my child would be in a car seat wouldn’t really be making much of a difference, I’m afraid. So Darah was going to be in my lap for the trip.

The problem with this, of course, is that I then really and truly would have to hold her for several hours (we had 2 flights; one was 1 1/2 hours long and the other was 3 hours long). Darah isn’t a crawler yet, but she is a squirmy worm. I knew this was going to be very challenging.

Then I learned about a really cool product designed just for families in the same predicament. Let me introduce you to FlyeBaby, created by a really cool mom named Kadie Flye (seriously, Flye is her last name!). From the website, “FlyeBaby is a portable, hammock-style, fabric seat that folds up and easily fits in a diaper bag. It creates a comfortable, secure place to put your baby on an airplane, at home, at a restaurant or at the beach or pool. It is machine washable and comes with a matching fabric storage bag.”

baby in a flyebaby seat on an airplane. traveling with a baby on an airplane The FlyeBaby was such a great thing for us to have on the trip. Darah actually slept for a majority of the time on the planes, and I attribute that to pure luck. When she wasn’t sleeping, however, she really wanted to play. At this age, playing to her involves having face time with mom and dad. The FlyeBaby gave us a way to comfortably put Darah right in front of us so that we could read to her, sing songs and make faces, all hands-free! I think this is a large part of the reason why this little one did not cry one bit on the plane. She was comfortable the whole time, and we were definitely more comfortable traveling by air with an infant with her having her own seat, so to speak.

plane travel with an infant I’m sure we’ll fly with Darah again before she turns two, but maybe only one or two more times. If you don’t fly that often, you may be wondering if this product is worth buying. It most definitely is, and I’ll tell you why: it has also been designed to hold your baby in a lounge or beach chair, as well as in an armless chair. This makes it a terrific thing to take along with you to the homes of others without having to lug around your high chair or your bouncer. Awesome! I know that we will be using our FlyeBaby frequently until Darah outgrows it (which will be around 25 pounds).

Buy it!
This is one invention that parents can get a lot of use out of as their baby grows. Pick one up for yourself at Amazon!

EDIT: This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to #69!

Win it!
One very lucky Stuff Parents Need reader is going to win their very own FlyeBaby in the print of your choice (choices are Jungle, Retro-Mod, or Grey) (a $49.99 value)! This contest will run until January 16th at 7:59pm CST when a winner will be selected via random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the winning notification email before a new winner will be selected. Open to residents of the United States.

How to Enter

Mandatory Entry:Tell me the first place you would take the flyebaby if you won (on a plane, to someone’s house, etc.)

Additional Entries:
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3. Add my button to your blog (2 entries, so leave 2 comments and leave a url to your site)
4. Join the FlyeBaby group on facebook
4. Make a FlyeBaby purchase (5 entries, so leave 5 comments and include the email address you used when purchasing)

I received a complimentary product for review purposes. The opinions expressed in this review are strictly my own.

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  8. We are the first of our group of friends to have a child, so this would be perfect for the at least once a week trips we take to visit those friends instead of lugging along an extra high chair or booster!

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  14. I would use it on the train first. we travel by train more than by air because we like the scenery and the time together. My grand babies would both get a lot of use out of this. I love the retro mod!

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  17. The first place I would take this if I were to win would be to my sister in laws house. She has no little ones, so this would be really helpful to have over there. Thank you for having this giveaway.
    litefoot873 (@) hotmail.com

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  34. Perhaps a month or so after our baby is born in May we would need to fly down to India and boy is that one long trip…I would so use this then

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  41. We'd use this when we go visit hubby's family in England. 8 hours on a plane with a baby in my lap isn't going to be fun, and a FlyeBaby would help a heck of a lot!

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  50. I wish I had this when I took my son to Hawaii last Oct! We live in Maryland so you can imagine how long the multiple flights were. My son was very fussy! We might take another family vacation soon so I'd love to take this along! tylerpants(at)gmail.com

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  53. we are planning an international flight this spring so this product could be a lifesaver. (10 hours plus is a long time to hold a baby on your lap!)

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  62. I would try to win this for my friend who has a new baby and could use this on her travels. Thanks for the chance.

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  64. We live in FL and travel to TX to see family, so this would be awesome to have since we're trying for a baby.
    eod_army_wife04(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  68. I would probably take it with us when we went out to eat. Some places don't have enough high chairs and they are all being used. This would work great.

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  70. What an awesome product. I'd probably use it more as an on the go high chair than anything else, so I'd be taking it along to playgroup.

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  80. I'd love to use a flyebaby with my little guy as we travel to visit the grandparents this spring. The jungle print is a lot of fun!

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  84. I am due in January 25th and we already have a trip planned to Chicago to see my sister at the end of March. I would definitely use it then, if not before! Thanks!

    egreca (at) hotmail {dot} com

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  85. It would be for my great niece and she would use it to go visit her mom and grandma

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

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  86. I'd take them to the grandparents. I never bothered to think about how we'd get a baby on a plane. Cool product.

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  89. We travel freq via plane so we would def use it for that. We just returned from a trip to barcelona where we took a cruise. It would have been wonderful to have for that trip. Jenprincess88 at aol dot com

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  98. We travel frequently with our children. I think the first place we would use it would be on a trip to Grandmas. But we travel a bunch with my husband on business and this would come in handy in the hotel room and by the pool. Now I take the stroller to the pool area and it is a bit cumbersome.

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  101. we'll be flying with 2 under 2 (oh my!) to Michigan in July and this would be a LIFE SAVER! thank you!

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  103. I would take this with me on our trip to San Diego for my cousin's wedding In July for one of our newborn twins to ride in 🙂

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  105. As I'm not a mommy (yet!), I would just hold on to this for a little bit. But then I think I would just pack it in the diaper bag and pull it out as needed (restaurants, friends'/family's houses!

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  110. we currently are living 12 hours form 'HOME' this would be great to fly with and also serve as a feeding station once we land at our parents; homes!! what a great idea!!!
    annie w mommawad@yahoo.com

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  111. I took my 3 month old on a plane in August – what a nightmare! They wouldn't let me keep her strapped in my pouch, so I had to carry her the whole time. She was so uncomfortable!

    We are planning another trip next month (she'll be almost 9 months) to New York and I would LOVE to have this. It would also be handy for restaurants so we wouldn't need to stick her in those nasty highchairs!

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  113. I would most likely use this when we go to friend's houses that don't have small children and most definately when we fly!

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  119. We moved across the country from all of our relatives a few months ago, and this would be so handy!! We would go to California to visit grand parents!!

    clctaube @ yahoo.com

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  122. If I won, I'd give the Flyebaby to my sister so that she and my new little nephew could easily get on a plane and come visit!

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  125. We'd use this for our little one on a trip in April (it'll be our first flight with her, she'll be 8 months) and then maybe again for the 6 hour flight in June.

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  136. I would pick my new nephew (due to be born in April) to the store, my friends & to my house. oh the places we will go:)

    leapnlissa at yahoo dot com

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  138. This sounds really cool! I just wanted to comment, but don't count me as a contest entry since my son is close to exceeding the weight limit.

    We haven't flown yet, and I'm kind of terrified to, actually. I think I might buy a ticket for him, though. If the plane hits turbulence or has a sudden dip in altitude, he could become a projectile. A head injury would be fairly likely if I was holding him during a scenario like that.

    They have little add-on seatbelts for toddlers on planes so you don't have to lug the carseat on board. I think I'd look into getting one of those.

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  141. OH MY GOSH. I NEED THIS! We are taking our little one (due in March) and our 3 year old on a cross-country plane ride to visit family in Idaho next July. Flying with an infant is tough, nevermind with a 3 year old too!

    Christina
    niftythriftyhomemaker {at} yahoo {dot} com

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