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I am flying (Spokane->Seattle->San Diego) with my two sons age 10 and 4.25. My younger son is FF in a Britax Marathon, 49 inches, 50lbs.
My plan was to gate check the Marathon, until I came here! The last time I looked into this I thought this was recommended over counter checking but apparently it is all bad. I will admit, I haven't written this option off completely--we are traveling on Horizon/Alaska Air and I have a bag that would hold the seat which I would pad.
BUT I am looking for other options!
I will not use it in the plane. The thought of keeping him from putting/pushing his legs on the seat in front of him for the whole trip sounds awful. He will love the responsibility and novelty of sitting in the seat and will be content to color and read.
My husband asked if a booster in SD would be an option. It is 40 min from airport to hotel and we will just have two 10 min trips (each way) when we are down there. I really do thing he would sit still and correctly here too--but then how do I explain to my husband/son/in-laws that he really does need to be in a 5-pt harness otherwise ("But he rode in a booster for 40 min...can't we just have one to use in our car???").
Buying a new seat just for this is not in the cards. We probably need to get him a wider seat soon and are thinking Nautilus, so there is no way I could buy both a seat for the trip and a seat for every day use. I guess I could buy the Nautilus now and use the HBB mode for the trip...but that really solves nothing, does it?
Are there any options I am missing or have I just talked myself into a never ending circle??
Thanks!
My plan was to gate check the Marathon, until I came here! The last time I looked into this I thought this was recommended over counter checking but apparently it is all bad. I will admit, I haven't written this option off completely--we are traveling on Horizon/Alaska Air and I have a bag that would hold the seat which I would pad.
BUT I am looking for other options!
I will not use it in the plane. The thought of keeping him from putting/pushing his legs on the seat in front of him for the whole trip sounds awful. He will love the responsibility and novelty of sitting in the seat and will be content to color and read.
My husband asked if a booster in SD would be an option. It is 40 min from airport to hotel and we will just have two 10 min trips (each way) when we are down there. I really do thing he would sit still and correctly here too--but then how do I explain to my husband/son/in-laws that he really does need to be in a 5-pt harness otherwise ("But he rode in a booster for 40 min...can't we just have one to use in our car???").
Buying a new seat just for this is not in the cards. We probably need to get him a wider seat soon and are thinking Nautilus, so there is no way I could buy both a seat for the trip and a seat for every day use. I guess I could buy the Nautilus now and use the HBB mode for the trip...but that really solves nothing, does it?
Are there any options I am missing or have I just talked myself into a never ending circle??
Thanks!