Hi,
This is my first post on car-seat.org!
We have a graco snugride from when my DD was an infant. We are expecting again in March, but I have been thinking what if the seat is no longer safe. It has never been in an accident, but it has been in storage for awhile, with the seat in the base with the handle up. DH has piled stuff on top of it (can't recall how heavy it was) and my nephew (50lbs) and his friend (over 80lbs) were playing around it in the basement and I am not sure if they were leaning on it and rocking, etc. I also noticed on the base that there are a couple of white "stress" marks on the gray plastic. Well, I think they are stress marks, but am not sure.
I have already been thinking of getting a new infant seat, perhaps one that is lighter, but I wonder if this one will be safe for our second vehicle?
Is there any way you can get your carseat checked over to check to see if it is still safe? I live in BC, Canada.
or, am I just being extremely paranoid? I have that tendency when it comes to carseats
thanks!
This is my first post on car-seat.org!
We have a graco snugride from when my DD was an infant. We are expecting again in March, but I have been thinking what if the seat is no longer safe. It has never been in an accident, but it has been in storage for awhile, with the seat in the base with the handle up. DH has piled stuff on top of it (can't recall how heavy it was) and my nephew (50lbs) and his friend (over 80lbs) were playing around it in the basement and I am not sure if they were leaning on it and rocking, etc. I also noticed on the base that there are a couple of white "stress" marks on the gray plastic. Well, I think they are stress marks, but am not sure.
I have already been thinking of getting a new infant seat, perhaps one that is lighter, but I wonder if this one will be safe for our second vehicle?
Is there any way you can get your carseat checked over to check to see if it is still safe? I live in BC, Canada.
or, am I just being extremely paranoid? I have that tendency when it comes to carseats
thanks!