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Baby on train

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    #2
    bogtotty
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    How old is your baby Colm?


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    Victor
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    I don't have one. :) Its a general question. My friend's baby is a few months old.


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    Moonbeam
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    I do it every day!
    A baby is so easy to mind on a train a toddler isn't!
    you need the wheel chair carriage on the new trains,on commuter ones it is always the 1st or last and then you have plenty of parking space:)
    on the long distance ones we are only familiar with the cork one but same thing goes,try book a seat at the end of a wheelchair carriage so there is buggy room.
    Remember they are not entitled to a seat so no room for car seats etc with out buggy.
    it is mostly pleasant:)


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    ash23
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    I travelled a fair bit on the train with my daughter when she was an infant.

    I always tried to get a train that wouldn't be too packed so I could use a seat without bothering anyone. I had a travel system so used to have her in the car seat and on the seat next to me. If it were a longer journey I'd take her out now and then for a while and hold her.

    To be honest, I don't think a child has to have a car seat for a train journey, after all, trains don't have seat belts.
    I'd store the buggy in the luggage compartment.

    Usually someone would help me when I was getting off the train (the old trains weren't exactly buggy friendly).

    I wouldn't use a weelchair space for a buggy as a matter of principle.


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    simu
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    I've done it a few times and it's fairly easy.

    I carried her in a sling and she fed or slept or looked around for most of the trip. When she got cranky, I took her to the space by the doors to walk her to sleep, she seemed to find the safety notices and lights there really mesmerising while she was nodding off.


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    kia123
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    used to go up to Belfast on the Train with my 1st when she was a baby..

    Pay the extra & go first class - this means you can reserve your seat & usually board quicker than economy class - ask for help at the info desk & someone will take extra baggage for you...

    Many times I had the block of 4seats to myself as alot of passengers dont want to sit next to someone with a baby - worked very much to my advantage - never had a stressful train journey.


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