jrv4babies
New member
Hello everyone,
I was always under the impression that used seat = bad...
so I was feeling bad for thinking how I could get a high qual seat for less $ if it was used...but I was also thinking how very short some of the infant carriers last and it seems somewhat wasteful if they can't be reused...
At any rate, due to one of the other posts, I have found the CPSafety website...there I see a used carseat checklist...
so do you all agree that if I can go through a checklist like that for double checking then it is more acceptable to get a used seat?
I am right now looking to purchase a new seat to give as a gift...however I was thinking of finding a good used seat as I transport children sometimes that I watch and #1 am uncertain of the quality of the seats that parents choose sometimes and #2 figured if I have my own seat for the child I could go ahead and have it tech checked and keep it installed all the time, rather than transferring back and forth with the parents.
Now that I am arming myself with so much more info, I plan to provide more of that for my families when their babies are real young (and many enroll in my care when still pregnant) so hopefully I can prevent more poor seat choices and mediocre maintenance/installation of seats thru education.
Thanks,
Jesyca
I was always under the impression that used seat = bad...
so I was feeling bad for thinking how I could get a high qual seat for less $ if it was used...but I was also thinking how very short some of the infant carriers last and it seems somewhat wasteful if they can't be reused...
At any rate, due to one of the other posts, I have found the CPSafety website...there I see a used carseat checklist...
so do you all agree that if I can go through a checklist like that for double checking then it is more acceptable to get a used seat?
I am right now looking to purchase a new seat to give as a gift...however I was thinking of finding a good used seat as I transport children sometimes that I watch and #1 am uncertain of the quality of the seats that parents choose sometimes and #2 figured if I have my own seat for the child I could go ahead and have it tech checked and keep it installed all the time, rather than transferring back and forth with the parents.
Now that I am arming myself with so much more info, I plan to provide more of that for my families when their babies are real young (and many enroll in my care when still pregnant) so hopefully I can prevent more poor seat choices and mediocre maintenance/installation of seats thru education.
Thanks,
Jesyca