On the topic of vintage seats

Jennifer mom to my 7

Well-known member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #1

Has this article ever been posted here? My mom had one for me
http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...JAPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F4kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2106,1850985

 

fyrfightermomma

New member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #2

I love the first paragraph! LOL Very cool article

ETA: I just saw the last sentence. Just let the baby carrier do the babysitting for you! Now what, 40 years later, we are preaching to NOT let them become babysitters

 

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hel

Member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #3

My parents had a GM car seat for me (born in 73 in Canada), and used for both of my younger siblings as well, but I remember it being FF, so not this one.

 

Jonah Baby

New member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #4

That looks like the seat DH rode in. We've got a few pictures of it somewhere.

 

tjham

New member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #5

I had that seat for my son in 1977. But I bought it used and it had no harness. I actually felt like the fluffy blanket made it safer and held him in better, under the lap belt.

NOBODY else I knew used ANYTHING for their babies, except maybe a laundry basket on the floor, so I thought I was ahead of the crowd, at least in my area. Seeing that these came out in 1971 amazes me! I'd love to print out the article but can't figure out how to do it.



http://www.car-seat.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=951&d=1197180859

 

BookMama

Senior Community Member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #6

Interesting article - thanks for sharing! I hadn't realized that the GM Love baby seat was out in 1971 - I thought it was a little later than that (like, mid-70s).

 

cookie123

New member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #7

My kids had that in the 80's. Thanks for the article!

 

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HEVY

New member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #8

I used that for DD1 in 1985.

 

Ali

New member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #9

That's what my mom had for my brother and I. It was a hand-me-down from her sister.

 

Jennifer mom to my 7

Well-known member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #10

tjham said:

I had that seat for my son in 1977. But I bought it used and it had no harness. I actually felt like the fluffy blanket made it safer and held him in better, under the lap belt.

NOBODY else I knew used ANYTHING for their babies, except maybe a laundry basket on the floor, so I thought I was ahead of the crowd, at least in my area. Seeing that these came out in 1971 amazes me! I'd love to print out the article but can't figure out how to do it.



http://www.car-seat.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=951&d=1197180859

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Okay, disclaimer. Although my parents had this seat (as my dad worked for GM at the time) they did just wedge it in the center of the two seats of the 65? ford mustang fastback I don't think they ever actually used the seat belt. Then again, this was 1971 and I am grateful I was in a seat.

 

canadiangie

New member

• Apr 24, 2010

• #11

When I was 16 I 'worked' in the childcare centre of a local gym and one of the moms brought her baby in riding in a seat like this. It was ivory plastic, with brown vinyl for padding, it had a harness, and she kept the harness tight. She drove a Mustang and baby rode in the front seat. I remember watching from the windows intently (totally being nosy) and she always bucked it up. This would have been in 1995, btw.

 

trippsmom

CPST Instructor

• Apr 24, 2010

• #12

I had that seat in 1985! I have pics of me in it that my dad just needs to scan for me.

To the best of my dad's knowledge it is still in the shed behind our old house. It was too rainy and muddy last time I was home to attempt to get out there. The shed is an 18 wheeler trailer parked in the woods b/w the old house and my uncle's house out in the country.

 

joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician

• Apr 25, 2010

• #13

My mom borrowed one of those (or maybe it had been mine? I'm not sure) in about 1978, I was born '72, and put a doll in it so we could ride in the carpool lane on the freeway with 3 people I was fascinated by it in the living room, no wonder my living room now always has a few seats sitting around in it

 

susanx4

New member

• Apr 25, 2010

• #14

My mom and i where just talking about this seat today!! she called it the GM love seat! she used it for all 4 of us kids 1971-1979, she said its still in her basement! I used it for my bird seed baby i had to take care of in highschool! lol

 

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appleorchard

New member

• Apr 25, 2010

• #15

I've been looking for a picture of one of these forever! I owned one for my son born in 1972. The next year or so they came out with an older child's seat, I think, better than the hook over the seat thing I had for my older son. But after age 3 or so, the older ones were loose in the back of the station wagon. I cringe to think of it..

 

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santasgirl

New member

• Apr 27, 2010

• #16

nice space age carseat!!!!! look how far we have come

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• Apr 28, 2010

• #17

My eldest sister rode in a car bed (secured with seatbelts) in 1970 when she was born, because she had dislocated hips (footling breech, vaginal birth) until she was about a year old, when she went to a forward-facing car seat, then a shield booster until age 4.

My second sister, born 1973, had a seat like this, then a forward-facing seat after a year, then a shield booster.

I rear-faced until about 9 months (20 lbs.) then forward faced, then shield booster until 4 or so.

My little brother, born 1986, rear-faced until 22 lbs. in a brand-new seat, which was about 6 months for him, then forward-faced until 9 mos. (when he was 30 lbs.), then shield booster until age 4 when he was 40 lbs.

 

aeormsby

New member

• Apr 28, 2010

• #18

My brother had one like that, he was born in 1983. Everyone had those in the 80's. I remember all my little cousins and the babies my mom babysat used them. I think the hospital loaned them out.