[blparent] Car Seats?

Mon Apr 12 20:13:42 UTC 2010

Yes it is safe, and I am sure it is legal, unless your state has some
stricter laws on car seat installation.  To me it would not be very
convenient, or cost effective if every car seat installed had to be
inspected by the fire department before you could put a child in it.
That aside, we have used, and will use for our next infant the Greco
SnugRide car seat.  It has a base for the car that it is most often
installed in, and it also has the loops on each side to feed a seat belt
through, for baseless installation.
The EvenFlow car infant seats we looked at did not seem to have this
feature, so the base had to be installed in order for the seat to be
installed.
The SnugRide also seems to fit in many different travel systems.

Michael

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-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Andrew Wagner
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:55 PM
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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" < 
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> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Car Seats?
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>
>  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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