canadiangie
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Anyone have any info for me on what families who live in the Netherlands do with regards to seats? For example ages and stages, common brands, where to shop, etc.
TIA.
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My friend from the Netherlands says for many families in the cities, it's possible only to use bikes/trikes and public transport, though she does see buckets and carrycots (more often on strollers than in cars.)
ketchupqueen said:The YoungSport rear-faces? I didn't think it did...
There are seats legal in Europe that rear-face to 25 kg. While I know they're not as popular in the Netherlands, that's what I'd be using, not forward-facing anywhere between 9 and 18 kg. (www.carseat.se for more info on that and ordering online.)
Arhg, I really thought 3-point was pretty much a Maxi-Cosi only "feature" nowadays, then I looked it up and now I'm really surprised that indeed, there are others. Anyway, there are several Euro buckets with 5-point, too: Britax, two of Besafe [have to admit, I fancy this seat, in case I get somebody tiny to ride in one], Graco, Kiddy, Peg, Recaro, Emmaljunga, we had a Jane Strata with 5-point for our daughter, etc.I am fairly certain the most common bucket is the cabriofix. When DD was born in 2009, it was the highest rated across the board. Since then britax came out with the b-safe bucket which is, AFAIK, the only 5-pt harness bucket in Europe. Maxi cosi then released the pebble but it still rates lower than the cabriofix.
Yeah, it's probably not a safety issue. Likely easier to place baby in the bucket, too. I just really hadn't noticed that so many buckets had harness like that, I thought most were 5-point.The reason is bc the European 3-pt harnesses much higher up than the American 3-pt. There's no way baby can get their arms out bc it harnesses at belly/diaphragm level. I think the absorption points are different in a crash bc baby is at a 45-degree angle so it's not so much of a safety issue.
Biking is very common, but the family I'd be helping does in fact drive a car. Their son just turned 3 and he needs a new seat, I think.
A good percentage of dh's family still lives in Holland and to my knowledge they all own automobiles.
I understand that infant car seats are commonly referred to as "Maxi Cosi's" almost as a slang term like how we say "bucket". I also understand that most people use Maxi Cosi seats, sort of like how a really everyday common brand here is Graco.
I'm very very excited to experience their car seat culture. 18 days to go...
Thanks for all the tidbits of info.
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