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So Ryanair will take care of my 5 year old while I fly? Sounds peaceful. Last flight she spent 2 hours trying to lay down in the middle of the aisle.
by bcrosby95 7y ago
So Ryanair will take care of my 5 year old while I fly? Sounds peaceful. Last flight she spent 2 hours trying to lay down in the middle of the aisle.
- chapium 7y agoThat is the best place to fully recline, she's no dummy.
- peteretep 7y agoRyanair sadly don't do unaccompanied minors, but for an airline that does (and 5 seems to be the lower bound), and if flying with a partner, I've always wondered if the following would work: Parent A flies without child on Day 1; Child is given to airline by Parent B on Day 2 and retrieved on the other end by Parent A. Parent B flies without child on Day 3.
- abcpassword 7y agoWhy would you abandon your child? What’s wrong with you?
- sjg007 7y agoAnd this is why your kid won't speak to you after age 18.
- peteretep 7y agoMy parents used to stick me in Economy when they flew Business on long-haul from about 7 onward, and I still speak to _at least_ one of them.
- ceejayoz 7y agoIf you've got a week or two for vacation, spending six days getting there and back just so you can not fly with your own kid seems... suboptimal.
- peteretep 7y agoRight, I guess a flight nanny is probably easier.
- thesh4d0w 7y agoOr you know..... just be a parent.
- ehvatum 7y agoSome folks with money really are better off hiring a professional parent, if the asshole cycle is ever to be interrupted.
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- Dylan16807 7y agoWhat's wrong with getting a babysitter? Because that's what this effectively is. If you're upset about the money wasted on extra tickets, that's a wealth complaint not a childcare complaint.
- matthewowen 7y agoIf there are multiple flights in a day, you might be able to fit it all in one!
- laumars 7y agoI feel your pain. The last flight with my 2 year old daughter, she had to be physically held in her seat because she was too old to be allowed on our laps yet also too small for the seat belt to restrain her. The moment we let go of her she intentionally slid under the belt and out of the chair!
- opo 7y agoYou might want to look into a CARES harness. They are FAA approved and not very expensive. They are designed for kids weighing 22 - 44 pounds. https://www.faa.gov/travelers/fly_children/ https://www.faa.gov/travelers/fly_children/
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoA booster might work also. Though to be honest, I wouldn't bother (my wife totally would, however).
- laumars 7y agoThanks for the recommendations. I honestly had no idea any of this was available.
- mbreese 7y agoWhen my kids were that small we would travel with one of their car seats for the plane. The car seat is restrained by the plane’s seat belt and then your child is nestled snuggly in their own car seat. The benefits are that your kid is then in an environment they are familiar with and they can’t just wiggle out. The downside is that you now have to lug around a car seat in the terminal. Ours got stuck in an X-ray machine once. That was fun. I assume that’s still possible, it’s been a while since we had to travel like that.
- lazyasciiart 7y agoYes, you can also put the kid in a carseat when they are under 2 if you don't want to keep them on your lap.
- benhurmarcel 7y agoThey make an exception for children under 12. https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/travelling-with-children/family-seating https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/travelling-with-ch...