[blparent] Car Seats?

Mon Apr 12 20:00:41 UTC 2010

It is advised that you have it inspected by the police or fire
department but it is not illegal and some won't even do it. My town
does, but only for town residents, not for anybody living outside the
town which annoys me and a number of friends greatly. 
Your wife will need to learn how to strap in the seat and how to make
sure it is secure. Not difficult, but does take some practice. 
I use an alpha omega seat. It's specced for newborns (five LBS) all the
way up through booster seat size/age/weight. 
Go to a store, literally get your fingers into what's there and see what
she likes as she'll be the one doing this. 
Your other option is to buy a second car and/or let people drive your
car when she wants/needs to take the baby places. If you buy a second
car, you can of course make sure that the fire department sees the seat
is properly installed assuming yours will do that for you. 
Whatever you do though, she does need and will want to go out with the
baby sans you. Nothing like being the only rooster at the henhouse and
totally not healthy for her to not be able to take the baby anyplace by
herself or with friends. 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Andrew Wagner
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 3:55 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Car Seats?

Hmm, it may be safe, but is it legal? I thought you had to have a car
seat
inspected by the local fire department. We're going through the same
thing,
trying to figure out what to use. I'm sighted, so, obviously, we do have
one
car, which we'll have a base in. But my wife travels with different
people
all the time, so we're not sure what to do about that.

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Leanne Merren <leemer02 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Ralynn,
> That was my concern when purchasing an infant seat as well, so I
emailed
> Graco and asked them if the carseat was safe to use with a seatbelt
without
> the base.  I got an immediate response and they assured me it was.
For
> whatever seat you would like to buy, I suggest emailing the company
and
> asking.  I think most of them can be buckled in without a base, but of
> course you will want to know that for sure before you purchase it.  I
think
> most people are used to dealing with families who have their own car
that
> they can leave the base in, so it must be an uncommon question as to
whether
> or not you can use it without the base.  I assure you though, the
Graco
> SafeSeat always buckled in tightly and secure without the base.  There
are
> slots on both sides that the seat belt slides into to hold it in
place.  I
> chose that one because it holds longer babies, and I wasn't sure when
my
> baby would be ready for the Sit 'n Stroll, as it sits rather upright,
so
> baby has to have good head control before you will want to use that.
My
> husband is tall and my girls were both long babies. :-)  Anyway, I
would
> hope you would get an answer by email from any company regarding this.
> Congratulations on your coming little one!
> Leanne
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "RaLynn McGuire" <
> RaLynn.McGuire at asu.edu>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Car Seats?
>
>
>  Hi all,
>> I have been a member of this list for a few weeks but have been
quietly
>> gleaning information from all of you who have "been there" and "done
that"
>> and have found the info to be very helpful and thought provoking.  My
>> husband and I are expecting our first little one, a girl, on August
1st. So
>> we are very much in the middle of deciding on and researching all of
the
>> "baby stuff" we'll need once our little one makes her arrival.  We
have been
>> wondering this same thing.  We have gotten some conflicting
information
>> regarding which car seats, if any, can be used WITHOUT a base. The
reason
>> this is important, is as you all can imagine, is if we're out and
about and
>> are using the car seat along with our stroller (via the use of an
adapter),
>> could we then just strap the seat into a car to get back home.
Otherwise we
>> will have to find a way to cart the car seat base with us.  One sales
guy at
>> one of the baby retail stores we stopped in suggested we just carry
the car
>> seat and base in one of those carrying case things.  Have you seen
those!?!?
>>  They're HUGE and they're very cumbersome!  So we're still trying to
do as
>> much research as possible since it seems like this situation is
rather
>> unique.  Everyone seems to know about either using a seat with a base
or
>> using a seat that ONLY stays in the car, which also isn't an option.
>>
>> RaLynn McGuire
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Kristen Witucki
>> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 10:11 AM
>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [blparent] Car Seats?
>>
>> Hello, do you have any recommendations of car seats, either for
>> infants or toddlers or both, which fit well into random cars such as
>> cabs or friends' or family members' cars?  It seems that many of them
>> are designed with specific cars in mind, and as someone who will not
>> be riding in one specific car, I want to make sure to have one which
>> is adaptible, easy to use and, of course, safe.  Thanks very much for
>> your help!
>> Kristen
>>
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