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[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Guard-Infant-Car-Bed/dp/B000F1ONMA"]Amazon.com: Angel Guard Infant Car Bed: Toys & Games[/ame]

for up to 9 pounds.

THere is the hope car bed by merritt, but it is 850. 4.5 - 35 pounds, 29 inches, more if legs can bend.

http://www.eztether.com/PDFs/Merritt_Manufacturing_HopeCarBed_Literature_6-12-10.pdf

cosco dreamride se, 5-20 pounds.

http://carseats.babycatalog.com/infant-car-seats/ultra-dream-ride-22022FSM

http://www.saferidenews.com/SRNDNN/SafetyTopics/ProductLists/Preemie/tabid/145/Default.aspx

Hope this helps!
 
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ketchupqueen

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Of the 3, the Hope is by far the easiest to install. The Cosco is the worst. Usually you'll be working with whatever the hospital has though. They are typically ordered through hospitals.
 

Eclipsepearl

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Just curious, what is the safety of these beds? Are they just used for preemies? Here in France, they're used for normal transport of infants. I was talking to my dh's (French) cousins and thought that it was strange, and possibly dangerous, to use this for their full-term newborn, in good health, when they had a convertible seat. Was I wrong?
 

Pixels

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Car beds really aren't that safe at all. I mean yes, of course they are much better than nothing at all, but they are nowhere near as safe as a rear facing, semi-upright seat. They are only to be used for an infant who must lay flat for transport, such as a newborn who experiences oxygen desaturization when semi-upright, or certain other medical conditions.

Car beds fall into the category of special needs restraints, along with seats that don't have a hard shell (86-Y, EZ-On vests, RSTV, Go) and what we usually think of as "special needs restraints" (Hippo, Special Tomato, Traveller Plus, Monza). Special needs restraints (and traditional restraints when tested above 50 pounds) do not have to meet any of the injury criteria - no head injury criteria, no chest Gs, etc. They just have to stay attached to the test bench, and keep the dummy in the restraint.
 

ketchupqueen

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That said, the Hope was really designed to provide at least more safety than the traditional car beds we've had on the market. While I'm never thrilled when a child has to go into one, and would always recommend avoiding all but strictly necessary travel in one (to and from the doctor, etc.) I feel more confident in the Hope's crash performance than the traditional car beds- the tethers help a lot with that confidence, as does the ease with which it installs properly.
 

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