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• Old Car Seats To Get No Love This Valentine's Day

  Who wants to be dumped on Valentine's Day?  No one - except for ratty, antique car seats with fraying straps and rusty buckles. Read More... Posted Feb 12 2008, 04:22 PM by asflutz with | with no comments Filed under: Valentine's Day, Car seat safety, Fort Collins

• Booster Seat Safety Questioned

  We went all out with installing our first daughter's infant carseat carrier: appointment with the county sheriff, certified installation specialist, the whole thing. After a few months, we moved up to the convertible carseat and, again, we went to the experts. Then she turned three-and-a-half and weighed in at 32 pounds, her pediatrician said she could transition to the next level of safety seat: a booster. After spending hundreds of dollars on the other seats and setting aside entire afternoons to get them properly and tightly installed, the $35 booster seemed ... Read More... Posted Oct 09 2007, 01:02 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Car seat safety, safety tips, booster seats

• Babble Talk: Road Trip 101

  Planning a road trip this summer? According to a poll we took last month, 50% of Babble readers think that car trips are the best way to travel with kids.  But of course, they require some strategy -- not to mention snacks, games and a variety of portable electronics. This week, we have two Babble Bests to help you on your way:  Babble Best Forward-Facing Car Seats, which gives you the lowdown on the safest, comfiest toddler seats, and Babble Best Audiobooks, which recommends five books-on-CD that will charm the entire family.  Where are you driving to this summer, and what tricks do you use to keep your family entertained?  Posted Jul 17 2007, 01:46 PM by Gwynne Watkins with | with no comments Filed under: audiobooks, Car seat safety, roadtrips, babble talk

• The Clueless California Car Seat Installation

  "Dude, let's go score some weed!" "Nah, I can't. The wife is getting her face sanded again and she left the kid here. She said I have to stay with it." "You have a kid?  What's that smell anyway? Can we just take the kid with us?" "Yeah, there's this seat-thing. You just strap it in the car somehow." "No problem, dude, let's go!" ..........  "Dude. What's that sound?" "Tunes, man.  There's killer speakers in this Jeep." "No, dude, it sounds like wailing.  What is that?" "Oh. That. Yeah. Sounds like the kid.  Maybe we should stop. There's a 7-11. I have the munchies anyway." ........... "Dude. Its face is all red, what's up with that?" "I don't know, dude. Let's just wipe the bugs off it and go in." "Dude. You want to take the baby in too? It's your call." "Yeah, okay. Might as well. It might spit up or something back here."     Posted Jun 12 2007, 03:47 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: California, Car seat safety, car seat, Jeep, clueless

• Things Fall Apart: Evenflo Embrace Infant Car Seat/Carrier Recall

  Ugh. The worst recall notices are the ones that affect teensy tiny babies.  If you have an Evenflo Embrace™ car seat, read this post before you load your little one into it. The nitty-gritty: when used as an infant carrier, the handle can unexpectedly release, causing the seat to rotate forward. When this happens, an infant inside the carrier can fall to the ground and suffer serious injuries. Evenflo has received 679 reports of the handle on the car seat/carriers unexpectedly releasing, resulting in 160 injuries to children. The recall involves Evenflo Embrace™ Infant Car Seat/Carriers made before April 8, 2006. The recalled car seat/carriers have model numbers beginning with 317, 320, 397, 398, 540, 548, 549, 550, 556, 597, 598 or 599. The model number and production date information can be found on a white label on the bottom of the carrier and on the top of the convenience base. Models beginning with "5" are units sold with the travel system (compatible stroller). Evenflo is on the carrying handle and car seat base. Embrace™ infant car seat/carriers made on or after April 8, 2006 are not included in this recall. If you have one of these contact Evenflo to arrange for a handle replacement kit.  Posted May 11 2007, 09:28 AM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with no comments Filed under: infant car seats, recalls, Car seat safety, things fall apart, evenflo embrace, infant carrier

• Madonna in Car Seat Controversy

  Taking a tip from Britney Spears, Madonna is catching crap for driving around L.A. with her newest accessory planted firmly on her lap and not in a car seat.  Apparently, for the past two days, Madonna has been dragging her kids to multiple services at the Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles. According to the press (who, of course, are following her around constantly,) Madonna's 17-month-old adopted son was seen not strapped into a car seat.  To make things worse, the next day, Madonna's six-year-old son was seen being driven around without being properly secured. I could make a million different wisecracks about all this but the fact is that I tend to take infant car seat usage pretty seriously.  According to NHTSA, car safety seats are 71% effective in reducing deaths for infants and 54% effective in reducing deaths for children ages 1 to 4 years.  Don't fuck with those odds.  It's just not cool to expose your kids to that kind of risk.  Don't believe me?  Check this link out.  Posted Mar 09 2007, 11:23 AM by MetroDad with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Madonna, Britney Spears, Car seat safety