Ask Shelly: Use car seat for overnight flight with toddler—or lap?

Will you be better of using a car seat for an overnight flight or letting your child sleep across your seats?

Here is one of those “million dollar” questions I know many of us face at one time or another, recently posted to the Travels with Baby wall on Facebook:

Hey there – We are flying to Brazil in May. The flight will be from 8pm to 10:30am. Prime sleep time. I’m trying to figure out if our son will get better in sleep in his car seat or lying down with his head in my lap. I think the pri...