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HOT TOPIC... CAR SEAT SAFETY!

No matter what your seat or how to chose to use it, it is CRUCIAL you learn how to install and use it properly.  Ask the car seat inspector to show you how to use it with and without the base. Bring someone else with you to help you learn how to use it properly. (a second pair of eyes is helpful for the stuff you may forget or miss) Video taping or writing notes can be helpful also. 

 

Go to http://www.safekids.org/ for helpful information and tips.  You can also get information on car seat inspection. 

 

Hot Topic For March is CAR SEAT SAFETY!  Please submit any information and stories you would like to share.

 

 

"I had to take back my evenflo discovery infant seat.  I didn't register it, but I am registered with consumer reports.  The seat flew right out of the base! "

Sharon - Folsom

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" my 3 year old is 40 lbs and (almost too big for his harness (which is weighted at 40 lbs.) but still too young to use the car seat with just the seat belt (as a booster ) So the car seat inspector told us to get a safety first with a harness weighted to 65 lbs.  Much safer. Besides, the safety first seems alot easier to buckle then our Eddie Bauer.  A great and safe seat, but complicated, and the holders for the shoulder straps broke off "

A-Fair Oaks

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" I love my graco snug ride infant carrier/car seat.  Convenient, easy, and so safe.  I just found out it is just at safe to use the seat without the base as it is with.  But it has to be installed properly! "

Kristin J. - El Dorado Hills

 

" My car seat feels LESS safe in the base, not only the potential to pop out ( I feel the infant seat and seat belt should be connected, I don't trust a base that simply CLICKS into the seat )  Also, the seat can bounce and flip forward with force in the base...not with out though."

 

"Do NOT get your seat installed by Goores ( on Marconi in Sac ) it's said to be an elite, family owned baby and kid store, but they charge a small fee to install your seat if you didn't buy it from them.  This is and should be a public service.  You can get it done free and a number of other places.  Also, from my exp.  the customer services reps there are snooty and not very informative or helpful. "

-The Finley family

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