Hi Shelly,
First, thank you so much for your informative blog. It’s been a godsend so far in preparing to travel long haul with our 11 month old!
Thanks to your blog I’ve discovered the BabyB’Air and have ordered one. We plan to use this during our long haul flight from Australia to New Zealand and then on to Los Angeles (and back again!) as well as the US internal flights with Southwest.
On the Southwest website it reads that no belts such as this are allowed to be used on the flight – can you tell me if this is the current ruling from the FAA, or am I within my rights to use it during the cruising portion of the flight? I am hoping to print off advice from somewhere to show any flight staff who might question our use of it.
In Australia all flights require a baby lap belt, which seems common sense to me. It’s scary US airlines don’t have the same rules!
Hoping for any advice you can give.
Kind regards,
Liz
Horsham, Australia

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Glad to help, Liz. Also a couple of comments on the facebook page that might be of interest. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Travels-with-Baby/241586715074 Good luck!
Thanks Shelly! As a teacher (and a mum) I think I have a thirst for knowledge so this has helped immensely.
I really appreciate the time you've taken to write such a comprehensive reply.
Will let you know how the flights go. Wish me luck!
Liz.
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