Originally Posted by
Gauri2011
Since I am resident of in NB, Canada, I will be travelling with graco car seat and graco double stroller which I bought here. Now, I have researched and found that I can buy one baby's seat and can travel but am not sure of if they provide bassinet and will allow stroller in between any stops. So, what does one lap baby means? IS it that all the time while travelling baby is going to be on your lap and you can not even use bassinet, if it is so provided..then how are you going to clean other baby or go for even pee? Can we carry 2 car seats if we buy oen seat for baby..where will they allow us to keep other car seat..as I have seen during travel many seats are emty and although parents might be buyingly their own seats..their children of 3 or 4 year old age keep seated in different seats and keep playing while they enjoy seating in different empty seats.
Main question is if I buy one seat and one baby is going to be on my lap all the time then what if I have to go clean other baby?..
My understanding of the bassinet situation (from what I've read, not experienced): They are offered only in the bulkhead position. You may not be able to get pre-assigned seats in the bulkhead on some/many airlines as these are often held for airport assignment. Therefore, you may not be able to count on having the bassinet. Besides which, there are size/weight restrictions, which I suspect your 1.5 year old will have exceeded.
Yes, lap baby means that the baby is held in your lap throughout the flight, except if the bassinet happens to be available, you can lay them there. However, even if the bassinet is available and your child will fit based on size/weight, I would imagine it to be a very bad idea to leave said child ALONE in the bassinet since a 1.5 year old would be mobile.
If you are set on doing a lap baby + 1 seat for the other child, there is nothing saying that you can't swap which child is strapped into the car seat if you need to change the other one. However, if you are the one who has to pee- I suspect you will have to take one of the twins with you to the restrooms.
The logistics of doing this with toddler twins is simply mind-boggling to me, though, and you are braver than me!