We're about to take a trip overseas. We don't have seats on the plane purchased for our baby but it looks like there is lots of room on our flights, so we're bringing the car seat and hoping to get lucky. We will also need the car seat during the trip, not much, but for one weekend road trip for sure.
My daughter is one year old, about 21 pounds and about 30 inches. We have a Chicco KeyFit 30 and I just purchased a Britax Boulevard.
My husband thinks that she is still ok in the KeyFit and wants to bring it, not the new Britax, on our trip. He is concerned about hauling the new seat around along with all our luggage, and whether it will fit properly in the aircraft and if we will have problems with the flight attendants about it. We traveled before with the KeyFit and got a lot of flak about it from cabin crews. I will contact the airline (US Airways) for guidance on that point.
I believe that our daughter has outgrown the KeyFit and it's time to retire it. I'm concerned that using the KeyFit any longer presents a safety issue.
What do you think? Can you cite any sources about the safety issue?
My daughter is one year old, about 21 pounds and about 30 inches. We have a Chicco KeyFit 30 and I just purchased a Britax Boulevard.
My husband thinks that she is still ok in the KeyFit and wants to bring it, not the new Britax, on our trip. He is concerned about hauling the new seat around along with all our luggage, and whether it will fit properly in the aircraft and if we will have problems with the flight attendants about it. We traveled before with the KeyFit and got a lot of flak about it from cabin crews. I will contact the airline (US Airways) for guidance on that point.
I believe that our daughter has outgrown the KeyFit and it's time to retire it. I'm concerned that using the KeyFit any longer presents a safety issue.
What do you think? Can you cite any sources about the safety issue?