Riding a bus w/a newborn

lilpenguin · Feb 2, 2010

Sorry if this has been asked before. I tried searching and came up with nothing.

I know that riding in a bus is MUCH safer than in a car, but if I'm planning to take public bus transport one evening w/my newborn, would it be okay to wear her in a sling? The ride will be about 30-40 minutes each way. Its pretty much a one time deal since where we need to go is much easier to get to on the bus than driving b/c parking is a PITA.

TIA!

wendytthomas · Feb 2, 2010

I do it all the time with Laine. I try to sit on seats that face forward and have seats in front of them so we're contained in a collision. I wear her in a sling on my front, but I go back and forth between that being better (me slamming her into the seats in front of us) or if she'd be better off flying. I go with the sling. City buses generally on streets don't get up to highway speeds, so I guess I'm trusting in mommy instinct to clutch and make a cage around her.

Wendy

lilpenguin · Feb 2, 2010

wendytthomas said:
I do it all the time with Laine. I try to sit on seats that face forward and have seats in front of them so we're contained in a collision. I wear her in a sling on my front, but I go back and forth between that being better (me slamming her into the seats in front of us) or if she'd be better off flying. I go with the sling. City buses generally on streets don't get up to highway speeds, so I guess I'm trusting in mommy instinct to clutch and make a cage around her.

Wendy

Thanks Wendy.

What about if the bus will be going on the highway? Would you still think its okay?

wendytthomas · Feb 2, 2010

There are very few reasons for me to ride a bus on the highway with Laine. I'd do it in a pinch since buses are much safer, but I'd rather not.

Wendy

ketchupqueen · Feb 2, 2010

'Round here the highway is part of the normal bus route (to go downtown.) I've ridden on it with my kids (even a newborn) and not worried. The buses don't usually go at "full speed" on the highway, and there's not been a freeway bus accident in, oh, well, a long time. They often have their own lane because they go slow enough no one wants to go behind them, even if there's not a designated bus lane (and sometimes there is.) So even on the highway I do what I need to to keep baby happy and contained. I don't worry too much about safe because, well, you can't plan for everything. :shrug-shoulders: I think I once read that my chances of getting hit by a meteorite are higher than being in a bus accident. Not sure if that was hyperbolic or accurate, but both chances are very very low, and not something I worry too much about.

scoutingbear · Feb 2, 2010

I would be fine with a sling. As KQ mentioned, even when buses go on the highway, they are slower...and no driver (at least where we live) wants to be caught anywhere near a slow bus!

I do it frequently to get to events about 20 miles away when I know they will be crowded as the city bus drops me off 1/2 a block from the place I am going to. I have been doing it with the boys since C was about 10 months old.

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