[blparent] Car Seats?

Tue Apr 13 00:23:58 UTC 2010

Yes, you cn do that.  I found it was easier and less cumbersome.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Wagner" <wagner.andrew at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 1:55 PM
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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