If you are bringing a toddler carseat, we find it easiest to check it when you’re checking your luggage. After we have checked our bags (and toddler carseat, when we have it), we are able to just focus on pushing the stroller with our kids and a couple carry on bags. *Tip– TSA Precheck is a game change (with or without kids) and the stroller line in precheck is even better, at least in the super busy ATL airport. For children under 2, you don’t need to buy a plane ticket and for infants, typically, you just need to add “infant in arms” beforehand. You also typically don’t need to bring any identification for toddlers or babies, but I would always double check with your airline (usually we fly Delta). If anything, we tend to bring a copy of birth certificate, just in case.

After checking our bags, we push our stroller all the way until we are getting onto the plane and will just take the carseat off and fold up the stroller at the end of the walk way to be checked before getting on the plane. We have a carseat cover and stroller cover to prevent them from getting super wet, dirty, or damaged (unfortunately, most airlines don’t care about your expensive strollers and just throw them around, so it’s a risk we take when checking them). In some cases, if you know you will have an extra seat, you could bring your carseat on the plane to keep your baby secured, contained and to allow them to sleep easier. We did that a few times with Ansley during the pandemic when Delta was providing an extra seat in each row. This time, we had 3 seats for all 4 of us. We were either holding Knox while Ansley was in the seat or Knox was laying down in the seat sleeping, and Ansley was on our lap or propped up sitting on the diaper bag on the floor