Flight Attendant Current
Distraction; Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct
General None Reported / Taken
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
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.
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.