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When we flew to New Jersey last week, we decided that we’d rather check Pitter’s carseat and bring a CARES harness with us onto the plane.

It worked beautifully. No cumbersome seat to drag through the narrow aisles, more space for Pitter to play during the flight, and more room for me sitting next to him.

It’s easy to install on the back of the seat, and folds up into a nice little pouch that you can stuff into your toy bag.

My only two complaints are

1) the price: around $75, which is almost the cost of an entire (cheap) carseat…we decided that in the end, with two children we’ll surely use it well

2) the fact that Pitter was so low in his seat that he couldn’t see out the window during takeoff and landing and kind of missed the concept of flying all together. Ah well.

Other things I brought to placate the boy included a new book of Bob the Builder stickers, a new truck, and *colored* Goldfish crackers (because food coloring makes everything more interesting, dontcha know.) I was quite concerned that Pitter’s ears would bother him, but we had no problems there. Horrah!

Additionally, aside from napping problems–which we have at home too, Pitter was an excellent traveler. He seems to thrive in new situations where there are new people to meet and new things to see. Walking around an airport, playing with his cousins, walking around new neighborhoods, throwing rocks into the ocean all floated his boat. This is great news since we’re headed to Colorado in July for a final vaca before Patter’s arrival.

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