When it comes to reasons why caregivers want to turn their child’s car seat around from rear facing to forward too soon, we’ve heard them all. Rear facing car seats take up so much room! I can’t fit a rear facing car seat in my small car! We’re too tall to keep our children riding
The newest trend (if you can call a handful of car seats a trend, and I guess we can!) in convertible/multimode car seats is seats that swivel for easier loading and unloading of the young passengers. This unique feature adds to the price point for all of these seats but in return, this type of
For many of us, the words “Century brand car seats” bring to mind images of the old car seats with the T-shield overhead harness. While that may still be true, it’s out with the old (and expired) and in with the new (and eco-friendly) with the newly relaunched Century brand of car seats. We are
Diono has yet again introduced a new version of their Radian multimode car seat, which has been on the market since it was first introduced as a convertible seat by the Sunshine Kids brand in 2005. Despite being on the market for 16 years (some of our CSFTL babies who rode in those first Radians
NHTSA has issue a recall for the Combi (Nania/Team Tex) BABYRIDE rear facing only infant car seat. These seats were not sold in retail stores, they were primarily program seats that were distributed via institutions. Full text of the recall Make: COMBI Models: BABYRIDE Production Dates: May 1, 2016 – August 31, 2019 Noncompliance: Combi USA, Inc. (Combi) is
At one time, the child passenger safety community relied on data from a major study that suggested that children were over 5 times safer when riding rear facing than forward facing. We followed that guidance, suggesting to many, many parents that keeping their children rear facing as long as possible is best practice. Unfortunately, attempts
The Baby Trend Hybrid 3-in-1 forward facing car only combination seat has been around for some time now. Our late admin and good friend Jennifer Penick reviewed the pink zebra print version of this seat several years ago. She did a wonderful job, but since then, this seat has undergone a few changes so we’re
The Issue Dorel has issued a recall for the Maxi-Cosi Pria 70, Pria 85, and Pria 85 Max convertible car seats. This recall only applices to the following scenario: when the seat is installed in the forward facing position and secured to the car using the lap belt without also using the top tether, the
Baby Trend has made many car seats in some cool colors over the years, everything from rear facing only infant car seats to convertible car seats and booster seats. Among the convertible car seats is the narrow Trooper that we reviewed earlier this year. The Cover Me is the cousin to the Trooper, and it
More than a few times, we’ve seen caregivers struggle to install their child’s convertible or multimode car seat securely. It’s often a matter of that last little bit of tension in the lower anchors or vehicle seat belt. One of the easiest ways to minimize this struggle and maximize the secure-ness of an install is
