Travel Resources

  Listed below are resources for planning your trip to Baltimore, Harford County, and the surrounding Maryland region.   
  These links and articles are personally selected by the Bringing Baby staff as the most
  valuable and resourceful sites available for families traveling to the area. 

Please let us know if you have any suggestions for additional links,
or if the links posted are unsatisfactory in any way. 

Enjoy your visit to Maryland!

Child Safety & Maryland Car Seat Information

 
 Don't take chances
 with the health,
 safety, or comfort of
 your children.


Ask yourself these important questions
as you plan your trip.

Bringing Baby's Health and Safety Standards 

Car Seat Safety
**NEVER use a car seat which has been involved in an accident.
Maryland state law requires that all children under age 6 regardless of weight, or who weigh less than 40 pounds regardless of age, must ride in a federally approved car seat or booster seat. The law further states that the car seat must fit the child by age, height and weight, and the child must be secured in the seat and vehicle according to the instructions of the vehicle and car seat manufacturers. All children under 16 in Maryland must wear a seatbelt. Children under 16 may not ride in unenclosed pickup truck beds.

Maryland SHA Child Passenger Safety Laws
FAQs About Child Passenger Safety
American Academy of Pediatrics - Car Seat Guide


Other Resources
Product Recalls - Infant and Children
Centers for Disease Control (North American Travel)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - Traveling with Children
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - Flying With Children

Articles
Traveling with Children - Air Travel Safety
Traveling with Children - Health & Safety
Tips for Air Travel with Babies and Toddlers
Traveling with Children - Water Safety


Aside from the more obvious tips and rules about flying with small children, here are a few which are not as widely known:

Request an infant life vest if one is not offered prior to take-off.

NEVER buckle the seat belt over you and your lap-held child. When the pilot hits the brakes (even softly) your weight could crush your child.

Bring a birth certificate or passport for your lap-held toddler for proof of age (under 2). You may not need it, but airlines are becoming more strict about this policy.

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