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    Replace these crashed seats? How to navigate Canadian insurance?

    An acquaintance on another forum was in an 80 kph front end vs concrete barrier glancing collision with a concrete barrier. Her seats (a cosco alpha omega and an unknown infant carrier) were installed but unoccupied during the collision. She was told to contact her local paramedics, who told...
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    Why is the high back booster so important?

    A friend is asking me to justify the cost of HBB vs LBBs for her 6 and 8 yos. The are both between 45-50 lbs, small kids for their age. I can say that it's necessary for the kid to have the headrests, that the SIP is great and that the belt positioning with the HBB is more comfy, are there any...
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    What seal for a special needs kiddo who is exceptionally small?

    A friend has a little guy who's about 2.5 and weighs 14 lbs. He has low tone and a metabolic disorder that means he will likely stay small for a loooong time. I'm not sure of his height, but he's definitely taller than your average 14 lb baby. I love the looks of the Corcorro, but my kids are...
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    So my baby turned out to be a big one...what seat instead of SS1?

    My babe was born last week, weighing 11 lb 14 oz. She fits just fine in the SS1, but I don't really want to be lugging it in and out of my 12 pass E350 van, it's a pain to lift it that high to snap it in the base. My other two little kids were rfing in a MA and a TF, but they're both FFing now...
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    Does anyone know anything about Greek carseat laws?

    I have a friend who is moving to Greece, and she isn't sure what the laws are. Does anyone know how to figure this stuff out?
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    Trufit question.

    We had an accident, and I'm replacing 1 yo ds's seat with a trufit. He's 25 lbs, unsure on his height, but right now he's just fine in the lowest slots on a borrowed MA. He has at least 4-5 inches till his head gets close to the shell. I include that information because I don't know his...
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    My car was in an accident, so I need to get 4 new seats!~

    Can you recommend which ones? 2 yo dd's MA wasn't in the car, at the time, so that's sticking around. 1 yo ds (24 lb, 33 in, 14 in torso) needs a new seat (the MA we have is Olivia). Another MA for him? Something less pricey? Radian? 4 and 5 yo dds will be getting new seats. Sad to say...
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    RFing tether in 2003 Windstar?

    Is there one? Where is it? I'm installing two marathons (finally! :love:) in the captains chairs. They are *very* upright, too much for my 11 mo, my 2 yo is fine with it, but it just seems so high! Advice?
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    You guys would appreciate this: freecycle pickup turned carseat consultation.

    I participate quite a bit in our local freecycle, and today a girl I've talked with a lot came to pick up something with her 8 month old, probably about 18 lb baby forward facing in his cosco something or other. Maybe a scenera, but I didn't really look. Forward facing, with loose straps, it...
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    3 radians in the rear seat of a Windstar?

    Can this be done? I'm so frustrated with not being able to take an extra kid anymore now that we have 4. I want to be able to take my kids' friends places too! So, what can you do to make 3 across happen in the 3rd row of a windstar. My 2 olders are FFing now, oldest dd is 4'3" 55 lbs...
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    Can you explain to my husband exactly why twisted straps are bad?

    I know that the straps need to be kept straight, but it's tough on 3 yo dd's Cargo. We've debated ride-down, which is a concept that I can barely grasp. Is it the straps distributing the force of the impact over the widest possible surface area? This was our conversation while standing in the...
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    I am SO happy with my SS1.

    I know not everyone loves Graco around here, but right now, I do. :D I went around and around about reusing my Snugride from previous dds for this baby and finally decided to get a new SS1. Really, I wanted that stroller...can't remember the name of it. Anyway, I noticed last week that the...
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    Give me a stinkin' BREAK!!!

    My cousin just had his first baby (well, it was his fiancee that did the work). The were being discharged from the hospital and the nurse told him that he need to bring the seat up to the room before they could go. He told her that he had "a big seat" in the car for the baby, not a basket. (He...
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    VBS Frustrations!

    Our church is having VBS this week. I'm helping with the registration, which is a bunch of tables out front, right by the parking lot. I can not TELL you how many minivans I've seen bring 8-10 kids to church. I want to scream and ask the police to set a check point at the end of the driveway...
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    Does this look right? (pics of ds in ss1)

    I love this seat, and I'm so glad I got it for this monster baby. 1 month old tomorrow and already weighs 13 pounds. I'll be able to turn him FF by 5 months at this rate (NOT!). Anyway, I don't really know if the way the straps on the seat fit him is right. They seem to go around his waist...
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    Is it ok if I take the headrest off the seat?

    My newborn ds is riding in the second row driver's side captains chair in my 2003 Windstar. I have my 3 yo dd riding ff in a CarGo right behind him and she's always complaining that she can't see the baby, and she wants to watch him. I want her to stay in that spot, for a variety of reasons...
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    Wow, check out this after-market seat-cooler.

    http://www.babydagny.com/product.aspx?pId=176 They even showed it in a Britax seat. Right? That is a Britax, isn't it. I'm going out to get one for my sweaty kid right now. Not.
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    Ride Safer Travel Vest?

    Is this as awkward to use as it looks? Could I use it for my 48" 50 lb 4.5 yo? I'd really like to keep an open seat in our Windstar when the 4th baby is born. We frequently have the opportunity to drive extra people around, and I really don't want to lose that. Currently she's in a turbo...
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    Which seat for my large 4 yo?

    OK, I'm convinced after only a couple of weeks hanging out here. I want to put my 4 yo back in a harnessed seat. She's just really big for her age. I'm looking, I guess at the Regent/Husky? Are they the same seat, just different names? She's 46" and 48 lb, very long in the torso, and would...
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    I know this is nothing I want to use for my kids, but can you tell me WHY?

    This is a one step ahead seat belt positioner thingy. Someone I know believes it's safer than backless boosters for a 7-8 yo child. Can you tell me what is the problem with these devices? Is it that they're not crash-tested? Thanks.

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