Baby Car Seat

By: Michael Drenner

seat - The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

When you have a new baby, it is essential to have the correct baby car seat. It needs to be installed correctly in order to guard your baby in the event of a car accident. For the most part hospitals won’t discharge a mom and new baby until they see the car seat. Numerous kinds of infant car seats exist.

The easiest type to use is the kind that has a base that gets buckled securely into the car, and the seat itself can be lifted off and carried around by the handle. This is very suitable because the baby can be carried to and from the house or wherever one is going while strapped into the seat. These infant seats usually will only be secure for transporting babies facing backward, until the age of one year. When the baby is 18 pounds, and at least one year of age, it is time for a forward-facing baby car seat. Plus, by the time the baby is that old, and weighs 18 pounds, he will be too heavy to lug around in that way! You will want to get the baby out of the baby car seat, and carry him, or he may even be walking by then!

The next kind of baby car seat is called a convertible car seat. Numerous of these baby car seats can be placed in the backward-facing station for when babies grow out of their infant seats, but are not however old enough, or at a heavy enough weight to sit facing forward. Then, the convertible baby car seat can be turned to face forward, and will seat the baby until the baby is 40 pounds or more. These have a 5-point harness that is buckled at the bottom and the chest.

infant - A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.

Once the baby reaches 40 pounds, he will move to a booster seat. This seat has a small base that keeps the child safe, while allowing him to use the normal seat belt. The child can sit in this seat until he weighs 80 pounds!

Regardless of what type of baby car seat or booster you are using, the location for babies and children under 12 years of age is always in the back seat of the car. The center of the back is the safest location to sit. Airbags in the front can injure a small child, so never seat a child under the age of 12 in the front seat.

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