Agree with all of the above - with a small baby, Row 1 is a complete pain as you cannot keep the bag to hand and especially for take-off / landing you might need access to a bottle or similar. Row 2 onwards would be better. Also true that in Row 2 and back you can get the middle tray table out of the way (yourself, or ask the crew if you can't work it out) which allows you to settle the baby between two parents for a sleep - whereas Row 1 the seat dividers (normally?) don't move so you cannot do that - even now the kids are somewhat older, I quite like not being in Row 1 for that exact reason: getting the 5/6/7 year olds to have a little lie down on a longer CE sector back from holiday is always a bonus