Sunday, March 16, 2008
Think you're smart? Install an infant car seat.
We read the instructions, installed carefully, went to the CHP car-seat-inspection day, and got DENIED. They showed us how the seat-bases should *really* be installed, made sure that we could do it ourselves (by we I mean Michael -- I couldn't lean over and stretch and push and stuff), and made sure we understood how to insert the seat into the base, and position the baby. It was very reassuring to know that we are now safe and secure. We have a base in each of our two cars, and we have one for Mom's car that we are relatively confident we can install ourselves. All 3 cars are Toyotas, that makes it a little easier.
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2 comments:
To be fair to your husband, we were damn close to having it correct and probably would have been fine (but why chance it?
Seems the tilt of today's modern seats in vehicles are often over tilted to accommodate a baby seat without some additional foam padding for a lift. Also the new "latch" system is great, except if you want to place the seat in the middle which they recommend.
My husband is brilliant, it's a lack of clear info from the car seat providers!
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