[blparent] Car seats for children 1 year-old or older?

Sun Feb 21 10:04:28 UTC 2010

If you ride the bus, that's what you do.  I've never seen anyone with small 
children riding buses do anything else.

taxicabs are too expensive, and getting a ride with someone else isn't 
always an option, unless you want ot work around someone else's schedule all 
the time.  I'll walk to place if i can, but not in below 0 weather.  If 
someone has other ideas for safely transporting small children on buses, 
which is my main mode of transportation around here, that would be great.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Car seats for children 1 year-old or older?

> Hi,
>
> there are always other choices, and the ones you mention below are not 
> necessarily the safest choices although if you have no other options 
> they'll work.
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 6:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Car seats for children 1 year-old or older?
>
>
>> As I have said before, you can strap your children ot you when they are 
>> small, when they are older, put them on your lap. Or, you can buckle them 
>> in a stroller.  There realy isn't any other choice.  I did it with all of 
>> my children.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 1:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Car seats for children 1 year-old or older?
>>
>>
>>> Most of those permanent placement car seats also have slots that you can 
>>> slide a regular passenger seatbelt into if you take a taxi or ride in 
>>> somebody else's car.  They're sort of bulky and cumbersome, but at least 
>>> the toddlers stay safe.  I'm not sure about a bus, though, since there 
>>> aren't any seatbelts.
>>>
>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>
>>> Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always 
>>> glorify the hunters.--African Proverb
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Miranda Borka" <knownoflove at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:17 AM
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Carseats for children 1 year-old or older?
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> The carseats we see that are rated for up to 40 lbs are permanent 
>>>> placements in your car. What do we do when we take a taxi/bus and they 
>>>> obviously won't let us (nor would I want to) leave the carseat in the 
>>>> vehicle?
>>>> Thanks, and have a great weekend!
>>>>
>>>> In Christ, Miranda
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Elizabeth Cooks <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:38 AM
>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Carseats for children 1 year-old or older?
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunqtely, that's just kind of the way it goes.  Unless things have
>>>> changed, infant seats go up to about 22 lbs, toddler seats maybe up to 
>>>> about
>>>> 45, and after that, the kids use a booster seat.  Actually, come to 
>>>> think of
>>>> it, Angelica's booster was 30 to 100, I think.  And, unless someone 
>>>> knows
>>>> something diferent for how to do it, toddler seats aren't advisable on 
>>>> a
>>>> bus.  at those weights, children can sit safely buckled in a stroller 
>>>> or on
>>>> your lap.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Miranda Borka" <knownoflove at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Blind Parents" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 6:51 AM
>>>> Subject: [blparent] Carseats for children 1 year-old or older?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> We're looking at carseats, and we love the option of the Graco Infant
>>>>> Snugglerider for children less than a year old.
>>>>> However, for children 1 or older, we're looking for a carseat that 
>>>>> fits
>>>>> kids up to 50-65 lbs, is front and rear facing and can be placed in a
>>>>> stroller We don't have a car, so we need one that can be used without 
>>>>> a
>>>>> base. Also, one that's not so heavy or tall that you can't get it in 
>>>>> and
>>>>> out of taxis or public transit
>>>>> We're trying to buy as few carseats as we can, so we're not forking 
>>>>> out
>>>>> cash for a few months at a time.
>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>>>> Thanks in advance, and have a great weekend!
>>>>>
>>>>> In Christ, Miranda
>>>>>
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