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Old Feb 9, 2024 | 4:46 am
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Originally Posted by aristoph
I recently flew back AUS-LHR and acrioss the aisle from me was a mother and her tiny baby - it looked to be about a month or two old. This was row 8 in Club Suite A350 and I was surprised to see that the mother slept with the baby alongside her. I could also see that there were no babies in any of the row 1 or 15 bassinet seats. I would have thought bassinet seats were required for tiny infants for safety reasons?
It is NHS guidance that babies should sleep in their own beds to avoid accidents where a parent would end up lying on their child, but it is only guidance, not law.
Originally Posted by aristoph
Contrary to my fears, the baby did not make a PEEP the entire night, not even during the climb or descent.
It depends on the kid, and on how tired they are. Ours has had about a dozen (short haul) flights where she was asleep the whole way, and just last weekend we had a horrendous trip back from Switzerland because she was tired and something disturbed her as she fell asleep on ascent. It was game over after that...
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