Kids & Cars

Is Your Tween Ready To Give Up Her Booster Safety Seat?

February 18, 2010

Car seats protect your child from serious injury or death in the event of a car accident. Of that, there can be no doubt; statistics prove it. But how do you reconcile the need for safety with an older child – a tweener, for example – who has outgrown a traditional car seat, and thinks [...]

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Baby Car Seats and Cold Climate Coats Co-exist Capably!

February 9, 2010

Car seats work best when the straps are tight up against the body. But what happens when there are layers and layers of clothes and coats between your child and the car seat straps? The straps are too tight and uncomfortable and your child complains and you obligingly loosen them up a bit. That doesn’t [...]

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Baby Car Seat Compatibility

February 5, 2010

Do your car and your car seat get along? Is the relationship nice and tight, with little give and take? Or is loose and shaky and basically all over the place? You may believe you have the perfect car, and the perfect car seat, but perfection doesn’t promise compatibility. It may take some effort to [...]

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Decisions, Decisions… Choosing the Perfect Baby Car Safety Seat!

February 1, 2010

So, which car seat should you buy? Well, how much money you got? Just kidding… money is not and should not be the single deciding factor on which car seat you eventually buy for your child. You can alleviate your budget by finding cheap auto insurance.The generally accepted standard is that you buy a child [...]

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Your Infant Car Seat: About Face!

January 29, 2010

Granted, you want to keep a wary eye on your newborn, and it’s nearly impossible to do that if the baby is facing backwards in his or her infant seat. You must resist the temptation to turn that seat around; it is in your baby’s best interests. Until a child has celebrated his or her [...]

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Baby Car Seat Help — Got a Little Houdini on Your Hands?

January 27, 2010

Some kids just have a bit of magic about them – they have absolutely no trouble getting into cookie jars or getting out of car seats. While it’s not exactly a tragedy if junior munches on the Sausalito cookies (unless, of course, it’s the last one and you were saving it for yourself), it could [...]

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Infant Safety – These Are the Good Ol’ Days

January 26, 2010

Ask your mother (or grandmother) what they used to do with a baby in the “olden days” and she’ll likely tell you how she used to hold you in her arms while sitting in the passenger or back seat (unbelted, of course, and probably while smoking an unfiltered menthol cigarette). Or, if she was the [...]

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Congratulations on the Birth of your Baby… Now, Show Me That Baby Car Seat!

January 22, 2010

After hours of the hardest labor of your life, you’ve finally got that little squirmy person in your arms. You can’t believe how quickly and how hard you’ve fallen in love, seemingly in a split second. You plan to do everything you can to protect that child. Congratulations! You’re a parent. And within a very [...]

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Car Seat Safety: A Few More Bells and Whistles

January 18, 2010

When you’re shopping for a new car, you’ve already got in mind the safety features that you want, and then, when you discover you’ve got a little money left over, you plan the extras and add-ins that will make the car something really special. Well, it’s the same exact thought process when you’re shopping for [...]

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Bells and Whistles, Part 1

January 14, 2010

You know already that the best car seat is one that fits your child, your car and your budget, and which has a 5-point safety harness. But, assuming money is no object, there are other conveniences that you might want to consider. Wide straps: The wider the better, because it covers more surface area for [...]

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