Saturday, January 2, 2010
Car Seats
I hear this one is pretty important. We were thinking bungee cords, but apparently you can go to jail for that kind of thing if you manage to sneak out of the hospital. Please no engineering diagrams here – they haven’t helped me so far. Just brand and model. I need to keep this one pretty black-and-white.
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We used the Graco Snugride when she was an infant. Now we use the Britax Roundabout.
ReplyDeleteFOr an infant seat, the chicco keyfit (comes in standard 22 and 30). I would go with the keyfit 30. it is super easy to install, user friendly, and has great safety ratings. plus it is easy to clean. it is a little more expensive but definitly worth it. it comes as a travel system as well. I totally wish that i could have used this seat with the dowble snap and go.
ReplyDeleteFor a convertible (for when they outgrow the infant seat...they go rear facing then once they reach the weight max for rear facing can be turned forward facing) make sure you go with one that has a high harness weight limit. we have the britax boulvard (65 pounds max forward facing) and for a 2nd seat for the baby sitter are getting the evenflow triumph (50 pounds max forward facing)
Make sure whatever brand can be rear facing for up to at least 18 mo's, when little Lincoln Financial will want to look forward, unless you like crying. If it's a good one, it will expand in length.
ReplyDeleteAlso, heavy is better. Just think about it, more bulk, stonger in an acciddent. This does mean that it will be heavier when you carry the seat, but it's worth it. You do get what you pay for! Ours was an Eddie Bauer brand. Ijust had a brain burp. I typed Eddie Murphy brand, lol.
From a pediatrician (not that I'm advertising), you just need a good, sturdy, rear-facing model... we're keeping kids rear-facing past 12months now (ok docs are recommending that, and SOME parents are doing it), so I tend to recommend the car seats that stay in the car and can then be convertible to be forward-facing when the baby is old enough.
ReplyDeleteHowever, if you really want one of those baby systems with the infant car seat (just rear facing), just realize that you will need to get a bigger seat that accommodates bigger kid and eventually forward-facing in the future.
Ok, we used the Graco Snug and Ride combo (seat and stroller). It lasted through two kids and still have plenty of use left. When both kids grew too big for the seat, we purchased another carseat that holds kids up to I think 60 pounds (something like that) that can be used rear facing and forward facing. I honestly don't know what I would have done if it weren't for the infant carrier - so I don't recommend skipping over it and going straight for a regular car seat that is convertible.
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