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Infant Car Seats |
Keep Your Child Safety Seat While Others Are Losing Theirs
After a pleasant morning at the mall you and your baby head
back to your car to drive home. And it's not there! Your car has been
stolen.
After you get over the shock and notify the proper authorities
you call a cab or a friend for a ride home. As you and your baby
begin to climb into the car it hits you - the baby's convertible child car seat
was in your car. The one that was just stolen.
How are you going to get yourself and your baby home safely?
If you were using an infant car seat rather than a convertible
child car seat you would not have this problem. The reason it's not a
problem is you usually take the infant car seat with you when
walking about with your baby. That's because it doubles as an infant
carrier.
A convertible child car seat, however, remains in your car all
the time.
So why is an infant car seat good to have in this situation?
Most infant car seats have seat belt slots built-in so you can
use them without the base. You just place the infant car seat,
facing backwards, on the vehicle's rear seat. Pull the rear seat belt out
and over the infant car seat and through the built-in belt slots and snug it
down. Done.
You can even strap an infant car seat into an airplane seat.
Now, admittedly, this may be a rare circumstance but if it does
occur it's nice to have one less thing to worry about. Auto theft is
not the only thing that can go wrong, resulting in the loss of a convertible
child car seat.
Your vehicle could be stolen, towed, or wrecked (including the
car seat). Someone could break-in and steal the child car seat or vandalize
it. Or your spouse could use the car and forgot to leave you the child
car seat.
Even though your baby will only be using an infant car seat for a
year or less it's still nice to not have to worry about it for a while.
Which infant car seats have built-in slots? Good question.
The following brands of infant car seats can be secured in a
vehicle without using the base:
 | Eddie Bauer |
| Graco |
| Combi |
| Safety 1st |
| 2006 and newer models of Peg Perego |
Evenflo infant car seats are not recommended. It is difficult to pull a seat belt through
the slots provided under the seat, especially if your baby is in the seat. This might be acceptable for
very occasional use. Repeated use would be inconvenient and frustrating.
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