Your child is now all grown up and needs to move out of the forward-facing car seat. It’s a convertible car seat, I suppose? They need to start using a seat belt-positioning seat, but how do you tell a suitable booster car seat from every other option that’d be unsuitable for your child? In this …
A booster seat places a child at an elevated position in a car so they can safely use the vehicle’s seatbelt. It boosts the young rider’s height so to speak, which is why they call it a booster. To get the most out of this car seat type, you need to install and use it …
According to the NHTSA, kids start using the booster seat between the ages 4 and 7 and should continue using it until about age 12-13. However, not all 8-years-olds are ready to start using the seatbelt because kids are individuals and don’t develop at the same rate or in the same way. Nor do seatbelts …
There are all kinds of car seats out there. Infant car seats. Convertible car seats. Rotating car seats. All-in-one car seats. Stroller car seats. And then there are booster car seats. In this post, you’ll learn everything you need to know about booster car seats. You’ll learn what is a booster car seat, whether your …
I can’t discuss every convertible car seat under the sun, which is why my review zeroes in on two decent choices: the Nuna Rava vs Cybex Sirona S. One key difference between the Cybex Sirona S and Nuna Rava is that while the Cybex Sirona S rotates to make loading and unloading baby easy, the …
Car seats can be complicated. Small wonder parents, especially new ones are always asking questions about them. This post brings together in one place at least 21 commonly asked car seat questions so you can dramatically increase your baby safety car seat IQ in under 1 hour. I won’t pretend this is the most comprehensive …
When buying a car seat for the newest arrival of your family, one question to consider is whether the car seat you’re looking at is stroller-compatible. And if it works with strollers, which stroller(s) is it compatible with? Travel systems are a good idea for many parents. They make moving baby from the car to …
Car seat expiration dates is a concept I didn’t quite grasp when I heard of it for the very first time a couple of years back. I mean, how could an item made from mostly plastic and fabric expire? It almost felt like a conspiracy of some sort, so I went digging around to learn …
Babies are lovely and cute and many other things, but they’re expensive. According to Bloomberg, the estimated cost of childbirth in the United States seats somewhere north of $18,000. And the cost of raising the same child? A typical middle-income family should expect to spend $310,000+ to raise a 2015-kid through their 17th birthday. Related: …
An OK car seat installed correctly is safer than the best car seat on the planet installed incorrectly. Some car seats such as infant car seats and convertible car seats from Graco and many other companies have an angle indicator to help parents know when they have the recline angle set right. Also, the best …
