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They also notify anyone on the plane with a lap child, on the premise that they are more likely to wander around the aircraft, the C.D.C. said.

Whoever said, “It’s the journey, not the destination,” probably wasn’t traveling with a lap child.

Even though you can theoretically lean your seat back, most airlines have removed so much room between the seats that you’re almost certain to collide with a passenger’s knee, laptop computer or lap child.

In this case, because of the child’s age, she could not be forced to fly as a lap child. 

In a troubling incident I wrote about last month, a parent was forced to take off with his 14-month old son as a lap child, even after he had bought a seat for the child and brought an FAA-approved car seat for use on the flight.