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Convertible Car Seat Makes Practical Investment

by Melissa Rayworth, Posted Apr 4th 2011 12:30PM

Is a convertible right for you? Credit: Getty Images The convertible car seat is a unique option within the car seat market -- a single seat your child uses from birth through school-age. What begins a rear-facing infant seat ...Buying a convertible car seat makes financial sense.
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New Car Seat Policy Keeps Kids in Booster Seats Much Longer

by Honey Berk, Posted Mar 21st 2011 12:01AM

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Car Seats: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Child Safe

by Melissa Kossler Dutton, Posted Feb 2nd 2011 12:00PM

Check your owner's manual before purchasing a car seat. Credit: Getty Images
When it comes to choosing car seats for your kids, start your research in the garage.
The first thing parents should do is consult their car's owner's ...Before you invest in a car seat, check out our expert tips!
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Babies Facing Car Seat Injuries for Accidents Outside of the Car, Study Shows

by Ilyssa Panitz, Posted Jul 8th 2010 1:30PM

Keep car seats in the car. Credit: Getty Images
You know the importance of buckling up your babies each time you load them up in the car, but car seats might not be safe everywhere. New research shows almost 9,000 infants are sent to the ...
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Product Recall: Infant Car Seat/Carriers

by Lisa Freedman, Posted Dec 21st 2009 12:18PM

Credit: CPSC
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Dorel Juvenile Group have issued a recall of infant child restraints and carriers. Dorel, which manufactures products under the ...
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Infants Shouldn't Sleep in Car Seats, Study Says

by Amy Hatch, Posted Sep 5th 2009 8:31AM

Don't let your infant sleep in the car seat. Credit: andycarvin, Flickr
Parents who think an infant car seat is a good place for their baby to nap at home should think again -- a new study shows that the devices can lower oxygen levels in 20 ...
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Consumer Reports Issues Warning On Orbit Stroller-Car Seat; Orbit Fights Back

by Brett Singer, Posted Aug 28th 2009 11:44AM

Consumer Reports has issued a "Don't Buy: Safety Risk" warning on the Orbit Infant System, a popular convertible car seat. Orbit disagrees. Tests were conducted on the Orbit Infant System and two similar products, the Graco Stylus and Eddie ...
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Booster seats - Some brands not as safe as others

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Oct 6th 2008 10:00AM

When I bought both of my daughter's car seats, I did so with the idea in mind that eventually, they would use them as boosters. Silly me. Both came with good safety ratings, sure, but earlier this month, both appeared on the "not recommended" list of ...
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To heck and back

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Feb 7th 2008 9:16PM

Well, in an interesting turn of fate, just before I found out I had strep throat, my husband's paternal grandmother passed away. This past weekend we piled one of the dogs, the baby, all his stuff and all ours into the car and hit the road once ...
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Blogging mom inspires undercover investigation

by Angie Felton, Posted Feb 7th 2008 10:30AM

Never underestimate the power of a woman with a blog. When Debbie of DeliciousBaby and her family were traveling, their car rental company only offered filthy and dilapidated car seats. When the manager tried to tell her the seats were cleaned ...
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Two-year-old rescued from SUV

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 30th 2007 9:31AM

A two-year-old girl was found alone, crying, and sweating profusely in a locked SUV in a parking lot where the outside temperature -- in the shade -- was 83 degrees, according to the police. One window was left open two inches for ventilation, but ...
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New Car Seat echoes the dot com boom

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 24th 2007 1:04PM

Remember back when all you had to do to make a gazillion dollars was to add "dot com" to the end of something? Yeah, those were the days. If you had an internet start-up and wanted to be taken seriously, one of the things you absolutely had to have ...
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Stricter car seat law coming to California

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 24th 2007 10:32AM

Having just posted about our adventures and education this past weekend when shopping for a booster seat for Sara, California legislators are about to turn it up a notch. Already, California has some of the strictest car seat laws in the country, ...
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Video of the Day: Importance of the 5-Point Harness Carseat

by Nadine Silverthorne, Posted Nov 10th 2006 1:33PM

Video online is increasing at an alarming rate. You probably heard that YouTube was sold for 1.65 billion USD to Google. (Unless you've been living under a Diaper Genie.) I think that video -- like photos, blogs and other social media -- is an ...
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The best of the car seats

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Nov 2nd 2006 1:30PM

We were recently involved in a car accident. It was OK, no one was hurt...actually, no, that's not entirely true. My back throbs like I have sixteen rusty steel pitchforks poking into it, but I cannot tell for sure if that's due my 34 pound baby or ...
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