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Foward Facing Car Seat????
Illinois law requires all children to be properly restrained in a child safety seat or booster seat until age eight. After age eight, Illinois law requires ...
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- You should wait until the child is 12 months AND 20 pounds, not either or. This is because at 12 months, their bodies have been able to grow and can withstand a littl...
- Please wait as long as you can to change your child to front-facing. The longer you wait, the more time you give your child's head, neck and spinal cord to fully deve...
- You can turn them when they are both 20 pounds and one year old. It is actually safer to leave them rear-facing longer. Something about the way their spine reacts to...
When Can a Child Move to a Booster Seat?
Read all 16 responses: "I have a 3 year old son who is the size of a 5 year old. We battle at the car seat everytime we try to go out in the car.
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- Hi S.! My husband's a state trooper and he's also a certified car seat safety inspector. Legally, he needs to be in a regular car seat until he's 4 yr old and 40 lbs...
- Hi S., I haven't had a chance to read the replies so hopefully I'm not duplicating. My daughter is also VERY large for her age (especially tall) - she is 3 1/2 and al...
- S., I would check on the PA Dept of Transportation website for ages/weights, etc. I agree with a high backed booster IF he's old/heavy enough to move him. My son is...
Booster Seat Recommendations Needed
Something as important as a carseat or safety seat is worth the extra money knowing that your child is secure in a vehicle! Helpful? ...
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- At 3 1/2 we put our daughter in a booster and had a terrible time with her head flopping down if she slept. I can't remember the brand but we went back to Britax and ...
- I cann't speak for brand but i use a evenflo that is a mix of 5 point harness and booster I use it for my 4 year old son as a 5 point harness more than booster right k...
- this is from a posting on Fri. Mar. 14, 2008 I would watch this video, if I were you. It's extremely convincing as to why you should use a 5-point harness for as l...
Car Seats in Limos?
Regardless of the law about public transportation, if I had the ability to plan ahead, I would do so for my child's safety. You could have booster seats for ...
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- I don't think they're needed, but we used them in the limo, then we used them on the plane, then in the rental car when we got there. Just more comfortable and safer ...
- I had the same question and the limo company said they just needed seat belts
- Check with the limo company to see if they have any that they can have in the limo? I want to say for my wedding we put the car seat in.
Booster Seat?
Sep 13, 2009 ... SB 61 amends the existing statute regarding child passenger safety seats. The bill requires that any child younger than 8 years of age be ...
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- Mine were in a booster seat at age 3 but it was the high back ones. Infact since Texas passed a new law Sept 1st stating a child under 8 yrs of age & under 4ft 9in mus...
- Children should remain in a five-point-harness car seat for as long as possible. I think most seats have a weight limit of 80 pounds. Also, children should be rear-f...
- Legally, your 3 YO (JUST TURNED 3) MUST be in a harness until he is 4, and a booster until he is 8 or 49". The problem is that most likely your seat harness only goes...
How Long to Use a Car Seat?
The last one tells you that the child needs to be atleast 8 years old or 4'9" tall before they can sit without a child safety seat and breaks down which ...
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- This is going to sound weird - sometimes we will tickle our kids on long road trips which helps them to expend their restless energy. It totally works...if your kids a...
- I got lots of info from http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/WHALEBrochure/index.htm Including the two links below. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury...
- Hi - I have to agree with what Janet said about the DVD. I bought one for my daughter when we drove to Florida. It was a beautiful thing! We also got some new movies ...
Looking for a Good Booster Seat
Oct 23, 2009 ... My next step is to receive my certification to install child car safety seats, but the class isn't available yet. ...
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- Ditto about sticking with a 5 point for as long as possible. My eldest is 6 1/2, and she's still in a 5 point, much to her chagrine. She'll stay in it until she's tr...
- Ditto on Segal's-- they are fantastic! I took my daughter and they let her sit in the boosters to try them out and they showed me what to look for. I haven't bought on...
- I love the Graco Nautilus. It is a harness seat up to 65 pounds! (This is the safest). It can be used as a high-back or backless booster from 40-100 pounds. Very ve...
Child Seat Inspections
Child Seat Inspections. I need to find a place that does carseat inspections. ... They may know no more than you do about car seat safety. ...
Bumbo Seat
There wasn't any worry about her safety, and she could sit up like a big girl! ... My child LOVES the seat. He is now 8 months old and i started putting him ...
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- My baby loved it. If you child likes to sit up and isn't too chubby, it is worth it. It seems like skinny babies like it better than chubby babies. If your baby is ski...
- I got one for my daughter but not until she was 5 months old.. so it was only useful for a few weeks. :( I was just sort of annoyed because immediately after I b...
- My baby loved it, and it was nice to have another place to put the baby, especially since you could move it wherever. That said, it's definitely something I would chec...
Protecting Leather Seats
I've never had leather seats before and am wondering if there is anything we ... Child safety always comes first! You will find that leather is sooooo much ...
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- There are some options at Babies R Us for the car seats but we bought some rubber shelf liner I found at Crate and Barrel and it seemed to work. YOu can probably find...
- There are many different types of mats out there that range anywhere from $10 - $30. My husband got an Eddie Bauer one that has little pockets by where the kids feet ...
- We have had leather seats now for over 2 years and the seats do bounce right back after the car seats have been removed. You would never have known there were car sea...
