Originally Posted by JohnnyP

Having the car seat for our 2 (almost 3) year old was a game changer. He sat still. He slept. He felt safe and comfortable. The 777 was tight though — in rear-facing the seat in front couldn’t recline. In forward-facing, he could reach the seat in front with his feet. (Thankfully we had put our easy going 5 year old in the seat in front, so we were too worried about these issues!) I couldn’t imagine as a parent of 3 kids that we could do a flight of this length with as much peace/quiet/comfort without being able to take a car seat for this little boy! Glad it worked out in the end.