FLYING with TODDLER on lap | First time TIPS & ADVICE · Hey Nadine
分享首次带幼儿乘机的经验与建议，涵盖座位选择、行李携带、飞行时间安排等，适合练习旅行和育儿相关英语表达。
I've been a frequent flier for years and I've taken hundreds of flights,
多年来我一直都是频繁乘机的旅客，已经乘坐了数百次航班。
but this was my first time flying with our toddler, and I learned a few things.
不过这是我第一次带着我们的幼儿坐飞机，因此我也学到了一些东西。
So here are some of my best tips of what worked for us and what we could have improved upon
以下是我总结出的一些最佳建议：这些方法对我们非常有效，同时也有一些方面我们可以进一步改进。
if you were considering flying with a toddler booking.
如果你正在考虑带着一个学步期的孩子一起乘坐飞机的话……
So we flew with our toddler on our lap, which meant that we didn't have to pay extra to buy him his own seat,
于是我们带着还在学步的孩子一起坐飞机（孩子被我们抱在腿上）。这样一来，我们就无需额外付费为孩子购买单独的座位了。
which is something that you can do until they turn to.
你可以一直这样做，直到他们转向其他选择为止。
So on our first two flights, this
因此，在我们的前两次飞行中，情况就是这样……
worked great since we ended up having an empty seat beside us and it just gave us that extra room regardless.
效果非常好——因为我们旁边确实有一个空座位，这样我们就多出了一些活动空间。
But on the return flight, we did not.
但在返程航班上，我们没有这样做。
And honestly, it was so much harder.
说实话，这真的要困难得多。
And I would say that if you had an active toddler and you're doing a longer flight, like six hours plus,
我想说的是，如果你有一个活泼好动的幼儿，而你需要乘坐一次飞行时间较长的航班（比如六小时以上），
buy the seat.
Buy the seat” 是一个英语短语，字面意思是“购买座位”，但在实际使用中通常表示“通过支付费用来确保自己能够获得某个座位（例如在音乐会、演出或体育赛事中）”。这个短语强调的是通过实际行动来获得座位使用权，而不是仅仅拥有座位的所有权。
Buy the seat, factor it into your budget.
把这笔费用算进你的预算中，购买相应的座位吧。
Flying in the day versus night.
在白天飞行与在夜间飞行有什么区别？
Having done both, I'd say it's a gamble.
既然两种方法我都试过了，我想说这其实是一种冒险行为（即结果难以预料）。
So they could sleep through the whole flight and everything would just be perfect.
这样他们就可以在整个飞行过程中一直睡着，一切都会非常完美。
Or they could be cranky, miserable and unable to sleep due to just being on a plane.
又或者，仅仅因为身处飞机上，他们就会变得脾气暴躁、情绪低落，甚至无法入睡。
Elliot also had a hard time getting comfortable on our flight and just kept rolling around and turning in his sleep.
在飞行过程中，埃利奥特也很难放松下来；他在睡梦中不停地翻来覆去、转动身体。
And then I would just disturb him and you wake up.
然后我就会去打扰他，结果你就会醒来。
And then you're also cranky and miserable because you're tired and dealing with a cranky child.
而且，你还会变得脾气暴躁、心情糟糕——因为实在太累了，还得应付那个爱发脾气的孩子。
I mean, with a day flight, at least you are arrested and prepared to be a non -stop entertainment machine,
我的意思是，对于那些需要一整天才能完成的飞行任务来说，至少在起飞前你就会被“征召”过来，然后被要求成为一台不间断的“娱乐机器”（即需要全程为乘客提供娱乐服务）。
packing and prep.
包装与准备工作。
So I didn't know this, but Infants Get Baby Gear checked bag allowances.
我之前并不知道这一点：婴儿在乘坐飞机时，其携带的婴儿用品（如婴儿车、婴儿床等）会被计入允许携带的行李范围内（即不会被收取额外费用）。
So we could actually check a car seat and a stroller for free.
因此，我们实际上可以免费检查汽车座椅和婴儿推车是否符合安全标准。
Now we did end up checking a
最后我们确实检查了一下那个东西。
car seat and we did a little
汽车安全座椅……我们还做了一些其他的事情。
packing hack where we strapped our diapers
我们在打包时使用了一个小技巧：将尿布直接绑在物品上（也就是直接用绳子把尿布固定在物品上）。
into the car seat so that we actually didn't have diapers filling up the space in our suitcase and it worked perfectly.
把婴儿放在汽车安全座椅里后，我们的行李箱里就不再需要放置尿布来占据空间了，这个办法非常实用，效果也非常理想。
So we opted to keep our stroller with us and just gate check it right at the plane.
因此，我们决定将婴儿车随身携带，并在登机时直接通过安检通道将其托运到飞机上。
You could get a tiny stroller that does fit into the overhead,
你可以买一辆体积很小的婴儿车，这种婴儿车确实可以放在行李架的上方。
but I have also heard that sometimes they just make you gate check it anyways
不过我也听说，有时候他们还是会要求你将行李通过“登机口托运”（gate check）的方式交给航空公司。
because there's just never enough carry on space.
因为随身携带的物品空间总是不够用。
The stroller also doubled up as entertainment for Elliot to push around the airport.
这款婴儿车同时也成了埃利奥特在机场里玩耍时的“娱乐工具”——他可以推着它到处走动。
I mean, he was actually entertained for a long period of time by this.
我的意思是，他其实被这个东西逗乐了好长一段时间。
So it was almost worth having the stroller just for that.
因此，仅仅为了这个理由，购买婴儿车也是值得的。
As for carry on bags, I'd recommend putting all of your baby stuff into something simple and easy to access that fits under your seat.
至于随身携带的行李箱，我建议将所有与宝宝相关的物品放入一个结构简单、便于取用的容器中，并将其放在座位下方。
I honestly actually need to get a
说实话，我确实需要买一个……
new bag for this because we just
因为我们刚刚买了这个，所以需要一个新的袋子来装它。
used our regular backpacks but they were
我们使用了平时用的背包，不过那些背包……（句子似乎不完整，后面没有继续描述具体情况。）
way too big and awkward to kind of get at once you have a toddler sitting on your lap and in the way.
这个东西实在太大、太笨重了，根本无法一下子使用；更何况你还有个蹒跚学步的孩子坐在你的腿上，会妨碍你使用它。