Choosing a Toddler Car Seat – How to Help Ensure Your Child’s Comfort and Safety

Executive Summary on Toddler Car By Tom Littlepage

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Toddler seats come in three basic varieties:

(1) those that can be used only as a toddler seat, (2) those that can be used both as an infant and a toddler seat, and (3) those that can be used both as a toddler and a booster seat. Seats that are designed to be used in two different modes are called ‘convertible’ seats.

Convertible infant/toddler seats can be used for children from infancy (with the seat in the rear facing position), into their toddler years (with the seat turned around and used in the forward facing position), until they are ready for a booster seat.

Convertible toddler/booster seats are forward facing, and typically use both the car’s seat belts and a separate harness during the ‘toddler’ stage and just the car’s seat belts during the ‘booster’ stage.

Toddler Car Seat Safety – Different Types and Installation Tips

Executive Summary on Toddler Car By Angela Martinez

There are 5 types of car safety seats that can be used forward facing.

1. Convertible seats are ones that can be used rear facing or forward facing.

2. Forward facing toddler seats can only be used forward facing with a harness.

3. There are car seats that can be used forward facing or as a booster. These are called a combination forward facing/booster seat.

4. Some vehicles are made with forward facing car seats built right in.

5. Travel vests are a pretty new product on the market. They are a safe alternative for forward facing child car seats.

Installation tips for forward-facing seats:

1. The car safety seat must be installed tightly in the car.

2. When rear facing, the shoulder straps must be in the slot at or below your child’s shoulders.

3. With some car seats you may have to adjust the angle of the seat to recline.

4. Vehicles made after 2002 should come with the LATCH system. It keeps the car seat more secure than an ordinary seat belt.

Use your manual for you particular safety car seat to learn how to use this system with your car seat. So keep your child safe and use a safety seat.

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