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Car Seat Installation
Here is a link that lists Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians. Just a little note: Not everyone who says they are certified actually are. ...
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- The Fire Dept also installs it for you for free. Good Luck
- N., I would try your local fire station. Most are happy to assist with the installation of car seats and they do it for free!
- Childrens Medical Center has an excellent program to help with the car seat intallation. We need it right before our little boy was born. It is on Monday afternoons....
Car Seat Recommendations - 2Nd Car Seat
I am a Child Passenger Safety Technician and you get what you pay for! There are many differences between the cheap ones and the expensive ones not the name ...
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- I completely agree with the response that says you get what you pay for! We had our Britax Roundabout installed by the Fire Department (they do safety checks to make ...
- I disagree that you are just paying for the brand name. I have owned both Cosco, Evenflo, and Britax seats, and I will NEVER buy anything but Britax again. The quality...
- My daughter also outgrew the infant seat at 6 months, and we bought two Alpha Omega Elites (one for each car since I drop off and my husband picks up from daycare). We...
Recommendation on Convertible Car Seat?
If you cannot fit a carseat in your car, please find a CPST (child passenger safety technician) to show you how to install correctly. Helpful? ...
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- We've owned a Roundabout and currently use a Marathon and a Maxi-Cosi Priori. Although the Britax are simple and nice, the Marathon fit but was huge in the back seat ...
- I too am looking for a convertible car seat. I have a 7 1/2 month old little girl who is ready to be done with the infant seat. My friend just bought the Marathon and ...
- Definitely the Britax Marathon. It came highly recommend to me by many and I would highly recommend to others.
Harness to Seatbelt? Laws and Restrictions for Carseat/booster
4 years and 40 lbs. is generally considered by Child-passenger safety techs to be the *minimum* for moving to a booster - at this age, many children are ...
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- I am keeping my 5 year old son in a 5 pt harness for as long as possible. There is a problem though. After 65 lbs, the carseat manufacturer(Britax) says that the carse...
- Contact your local California Highway Patrol office and they can advise you. Our local office has an assigned officer just for car seats.
- It is not mandatory to switch from a 5 point harness to the seat belt. The longer a child is in a 5 point harness, the better. The important thing to keep in mind wh...
Best Stroller and Car Seat for 1 Yr. Old
These seats are frequently recommended by child passenger safety technicians because their high height and weight limits ensure that most children will be ...
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- Congrats on your DD's almost-first-birthday! :-) It's good you're seeking input, because at 1YO, a forward-facing car seat is not appropriate yet. Although 1 year ...
- We have Britax Boulevard and it's working out great for us. My daughter loves sitting in her carseat and would often fall asleep easily. During a long road trip, she...
- Hi N., Elaine is SOOOOO correct. When my daughter was approaching her first birthday, I started to research which forward facing car seat to buy. Back then I foun...
Converting to a Front Facing Car Seat
Also, I would definitely try and meet up with a Child Passenger Safety Technician and have them show you how to install your seat properly, ...
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- I highly recommend Britax! Their Regent model goes up to 80 lbs. I really don't think you need to go up to 100 lbs. Most kids do not reach 100 lbs. before they can use...
- I have three Britax seats and could not be happier! My twins who are 3 1/2 use the Wizard which they no longer make. It goes up to 65 pounds. My 20 month old son us...
- Hi Mama, Please please please keep your little boy rear facing, it is MUCH MUCH safer, 2 years and 30lbs is the new 1 year and 20lbs. :-) The only reason the rule is ...
Car Seat Transition
I'm a CPST (child passenger safety technician). In the rearfacing position, the seat should be angled at 45 degrees for newborns (which the infant carriers ...
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- My son hated his bucket seat at about 5 months. He would do the same thing with the screaming and refusing to get in it. I switched him to the Britax at around 6 mon...
- She might just hate being rear facing.I would put her in the convertible car seat rear facing. They need to stay rear facing until they are 1 year old and 20 pounds. M...
- Hi R.. My son is 10 months now and has been in a convertible seat for about 2 months now. He is a bigger baby. But the convertible car seat is usually designed for eve...
Carseat vs Booster Clarification
Minnesota has strengthened its child passenger safety law by requiring a child who is both under age 8 and shorter than 4 feet 9 inches to be fastened in a ...
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- Here are the current rules in WI. I honestly think that weight outweighs age, so I personally would feel better putting a 37 lb child in a car seat vs a booster seat....
- M.- Wisconsin law says that yes, your child needs to be both 4 and 40 lbs. I have a friend whose husband believes the manufacturer's recommendations instead of the l...
- She's within 3 pounds of that cutoff. I would let her go with the booster. She will be fine! The booster will raise her up so that the seatbelt fits properly.
Avg. Age Children Move to Booster Seat?
The Michigan state police website states the child passenger safety law as this. ..."all children under age 8 must be properly restrained in an approved ...
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- Remember car seats work on laws of physics. That means height and weight are more important than age. My children were 30 pounds at one year and too tall for the "la...
- I don't know the avg. age but my son will turn 5 in June and only weighs 30 pounds so he is staying in the 5 point harness one until he is around 40 pounds, which coul...
- Hi A. It really depends on the child. My eldest was in a booster at just over two years old because he weighed too much for the 40IB limit, and was too tall for his ...
Car Driving
Car safety (for everyone) is very important to me. ~H. Ross, NHTSA certified Child Passenger Safety technician. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This ...
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- Is it the car or the carseat that bothers him? My son didn't like the carseat, so we would have him sit in it while he was in the house. That way he could see us and p...
- Well, really he shouldn't be driving the car until he is sixteen. :) Just kidding, I know what you meant. Anyhow, my daughter loves it when I play her favorite CD...
- Try toys or videos.It could be because he still has to face backwards and he's board b/c what can you see facing backwards..not too much of anything. But i took my ki...
