[blparent] More on Car Seats?

Sun Nov 22 04:49:35 UTC 2015

Hi Allison,
You can definitely install any infant carseat in any car by threading the seatbelt through the upper belt path of the infant seat. You don’t install the base unless you will be using the same car over and over again, so for your case, just take the seat itself, and you can install it with the seatbelt threaded through the upper belt path, across the baby’s lap. This is very easy to do and much easier than any convertible seat that you will have to use when the baby is bigger.
I can talk you through it, we had a grace snug ride 35 so it’s very similar to your model. I did this all the time when I got rides from people.
Ronit

On Nov 21, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Allison via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Thanks Corbb! This message was very kind and reassuring.
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> Our current car seat is the Graco Snug Ride 30 Click Connect if that helps when you talk to your friend. We like it a lot, but if it's just not workable, we're open to taking it back and starting over with a Cybex or something else.
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> Do you have a Cybex stroller or another brand to go with your car seat? If so, what do you like about it? Would you recommend?
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> A volunteer firefighter showed you how to install your car seat? How nice! How did you make that happen? I'm envisioning me calling up our local fire department and having a very awkward conversation so I'm curious how you set that up. 
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> Thanks again for your reply. My email is allison82 at cox.net if you ever want to write off-list.
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> Please keep the replies coming if others have thoughts to share as well. We love all the info.
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> Best,
> Allison, Darrell, and Baby Girl Pending
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> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Corbb O'Connor via BlParent
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> Hi Allison,
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> I don’t have any experience with Graco, but I will forward your question on to a friend who I believe has that model.
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> We absolutely love our Cybex Aton 2, and the adapter is $24 on Amazon. http://amzn.to/1PH3q6u
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> While the description says that it converts any Cybex stroller into a travel system, there are several reviewers who say that it works with other stroller makes/models. I would suggest checking into the return policy first, but based upon how it’s designed, it should adapt easily.
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> Even though we had a volunteer firefighter show us how to install our car seat and base, I still remember walking out of the hospital and feeling as if I had forgotten everything he had taught me! You get used to it, though, and you will learn to do it in just a few clicks. So many Uber drivers want to help us put the seatbelt around the car seat, but by the time they get around the car, I’m already done.
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> Now, is the car seat worth the price? Wholeheartedly, I would tell you yes. I have yet to see a car seat that is so lightweight, slim (even fitting in the middle seat), and safe (using the European belt path that brings the shoulder strap around the back of the car seat to stabilize it).
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> Keep in mind that you might be able to return the Graco and use that money toward the car seat (or toward other purchases that you would have made anyway).
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> I hope this is helpful. We’ll be praying for you and your fiancé during these exciting (albeit stressful!) times.
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> Corbb
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>> On Nov 21, 2015, at 10:56 PM, Allison via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi Listers,
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>> I wrote this list with questions about car seats a few months back, and got some good replies at the time. Now that we're a little closer to our due date, I have some follow up questions.
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>> My fiancé and I are both blind and therefore don't drive. We went to several stores and found a Graco travel system that we both really liked. The car seat looked fairly easy to carry, it could be installed with or without the base, and the attached stroller could be pulled behind us while we used our canes. Then, at my shower last weekend, we were thrilled to learn that my friend bought the Graco car seat and stroller for us. All great news, right? Well, tonight, my fiancé and my dad decided to practice setting up and installing the car seat. And it was incredibly complicated! I admit I didn't try it personally, but these are two smart guys, and they couldn't figure it out. Moreover, my dad, who could see the manual, told us that the installation process for the car seat will vary depending on the type of car it was being installed in. This was news to us, and not welcome news since we will rarely ride in the same car twice. We do have a driver we hire, and we do have friends and family who will be willing to drive for us, but we don't have one or even two consistent cars that we use all the time. In fact, much of the time, we use Uber, Lyft, or cabs. Our plan was to just install the car seat temporarily in each car that we rode in and then carry with us. Inconvenient to be sure, but not impossible, right? But now that we actually have the car seat here, we are thinking maybe this plan isn't as doable as we thought. How practical is it to carry around a car seat and a manual and figure out individual installation each time with each new car that we ride in? And if that's our only option, is there anything we can try to make things go more smoothly?
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>> Also, a few parents on her recommend the Cybex Aton 2 car seat to us. We haven't ruled that out, but it's $300, and the car seat we have now was a gift and thereby free. Moreover, one parent mentioned that the Cybex is difficult to buy an adaptor for. And we're hoping  to be able to attach the seat to a stroller at least some of the time. I'm open to buying a different car seat and stroller if we have to, but is the Cybex significantly better enough to be worth spending so much more money? If not, is there another solution for all of this that we haven't thought up yet?
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>> Any suggestions are appreciated.
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>> Thanks,
>> Allison, Darrell, and baby girl pending
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