car seats

Oh so glad you asked as I am looking at buying the next size carseat at the moment too. I have heard good things about safe and sound seats, but they are expensive. Still I think its worth spending the money being so important to our kids safety! Would love to hear what seats people recommend too!

We've bought the Safe and Sound (I'm sure that's the brand) Meridian AHR with side impact technology. Seems to have the best reviews and goes from birth to 18kg I think it is. Is around $549.00 but you can shop around and get it for less...I got mine through Mama Mia's for $50 cheaper paying cash.

almost everyone is recommending the safe n sound...so we will probably go with that one.

looking at the one that goes up to 26kgs (4yrs)

in my research though it keeps saying that we should use rear facing until bubs is 12mths old,....why is this

The safe n sound is bot rear facing and forward facing however if you have it rear facing it does take up alot of room in the back do if you are a taller driver you need to make sure you out it behind the passanger seat. We are going to have to move Alan to sit behind his Daddy cause even the capsule sits out a long way and Pete can't put his seat forward.

I bought the Safe and sound Guardian too from Baby Factory $269.95. They said when your bub is 9kg they can sit on the forward facing seat...and Zaara is 9kg+

It looks comfy and because it is high Zaara likes to look out side and that keeps her calm, and the fact that she can see her Dad and I from the back.

It looks and is safe because you have to bolt it to your car....Oh well I like it any way!

I have the blue safe and sound one, I think it was around $260 when we bought it. I'd reccommend this one too, comfy, easy to clean the cover (chuck in the washing machine - think sick ), easy to get the child in and out.

As for why you should keep your child rearward facing, it is because in an accident, if your child is facing rearwards, in a serious crash, their spine is protected by the carseat.. they might break their leg/s if in a really bad crash.. and well, if you have them facing forwards too early, they will come off a lot worse in a crash. Plunket (and others) might be suggesting that you turn them around before 1 year, but I wouldn't recommend it, even if they are getting long. I can find the studies that were done on this if you want me to.

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but doesnt it work out to be dearer in the end to hirer a carseat instead of buying one?

hmm another thing to consider as well...if we leave bubs with the grandparents for a day or so then they need a carseat as well...and buggered if im going to tether/bolt and untether/unbolt from one car to another

i wonder if plunket hire carseats for 1 or 2days

You definitley get faster at it!

we got a safe n sound one from a friend who had bought it for their daughter just before she turned 1, then got a new carseat when she was about 3 so it was pretty new - paris used that till ayja was ready for a bigger carseat, and we got paris one that i cannot remember the name of.. helpful i know - but it was i think $259 from baby factory and it's wonderful - supposeadly from birth upwards but i wouldn't use it for that - not enough padding. Will find out later when mike comes home.

We looked at the apollo like Emma has but decided this other one we liked better.