Flight attendant reported a mother leaving a baby in the car seat and sitting in the row behind the ...

Narrative:

Family seated in row xx traveling with an infant in the car seat. Father was seated in XX3 with 2 small children in XX1 and XX2. Mother sat in XX4 and put car seat into XX5. After takeoff the mother moved back one row leaving the baby in the car seat unattended. She was also sleeping without a face mask. D flight attendant woke mother to tell her that she needed to put on her mask and also talked to the father and told him that the mother needed to sit in the row with the baby. She explained that there was a safety concern that should there be a decompression there was no one within reach of the baby to apply the oxygen mask. The father spoke to the mother; but she refused to return to her seat with the baby.baby in car seat was unattended for most of the flight. Safety concern as baby in car seat was unattended while the mother slept in the row behind the baby. Unable to get the mother to return to the seat next to the baby. Family needs to agree to wearing masks and being responsible for their baby before they are allowed to fly again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported a mother leaving a baby in the car seat and sitting in the row behind the infant. Mother refused to wear a face mask and return to row where infant was.

Narrative: Family seated in Row XX traveling with an infant in the car seat. Father was seated in XX3 with 2 small children in XX1 and XX2. Mother sat in XX4 and put car seat into XX5. After takeoff the Mother moved back one row leaving the baby in the car seat unattended. She was also sleeping without a face mask. D FA woke Mother to tell her that she needed to put on her mask and also talked to the Father and told him that the Mother needed to sit in the row with the baby. She explained that there was a safety concern that should there be a decompression there was no one within reach of the baby to apply the oxygen mask. The Father spoke to the Mother; but she refused to return to her seat with the baby.Baby in car seat was unattended for most of the flight. Safety concern as baby in car seat was unattended while the Mother slept in the row behind the baby. Unable to get the Mother to return to the seat next to the baby. Family needs to agree to wearing masks and being responsible for their baby before they are allowed to fly again.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1767928
Time
Date	202010
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty) Flight Attendant In Charge
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct

Flight attendant reported a mother leaving a baby in the car seat and sitting in the row behind the infant. Mother refused to wear a face mask and return to row where infant was.