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Car seat safety
I had a heated discussion this evening with a friend and need to know what you ladies think... In terms of car seats...infant, rear facing, forward facing. NOT boosters. Do you install Latch only, seat belt only, or both?
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Posted 10/24/15 10:24 PM  |
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InShock
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Car seat safety
One or the other, NEVER both.
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| Posted 10/24/15 10:46 PM |
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Re: Car seat safety
I thought it was one or the other? I thought you aren't supposed to use both-
My little guy is rear facing and I installed the seat with the latch only- those clips that attach to the metal bars between the upright cushion and the butt cushion of the cars sears. Car seat inspector guy said I did a great job-?
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| Posted 10/24/15 10:47 PM |
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ElizaRags35
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Car seat safety
Both are completely safe one at a time, never together.
We install with latch b/c DH generally does the installing and he prefers it. Once our DD's are over the weight limit for latch, we'll use the seatbelt.
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| Posted 10/24/15 10:50 PM |
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ny55angel
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The reasoning behind not using both is - each way of installing causes the seat to seat to react in a certain way in a crash. If the seat is installed with both then it will not react like it should and could under-react or over-react.
The way I explain it to parents is this - you can either wear contacts or glasses. They both help you see when worn by themselves. If you wear them together it doesn't help you see better, it actually makes things worse.
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| Posted 10/24/15 11:03 PM |
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ny55angel
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Re: Car seat safety
Posted by anonymoususer
I thought it was one or the other? I thought you aren't supposed to use both-
My little guy is rear facing and I installed the seat with the latch only- those clips that attach to the metal bars between the upright cushion and the butt cushion of the cars sears. Car seat inspector guy said I did a great job-?
You're correct. Unless you're installing with the lower anchors in the center - then it may not be. Most vehicles don't allow for the lower anchors to be used in the center.
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| Posted 10/24/15 11:05 PM |
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ny55angel
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Re: Car seat safety
Sorry, dbl post
Message edited 10/24/2015 11:06:27 PM.
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| Posted 10/24/15 11:05 PM |
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blu6385
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Car seat safety
It's one or the other and from what I understand the latch can only be used to carton weight limit and then you have to use seatbelt only
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| Posted 10/24/15 11:47 PM |
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Teach723
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Re: Car seat safety
Only one or the other, but keep in mind that the latch has a weight limit.
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| Posted 10/25/15 7:25 AM |
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ReiRei13
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Re: Car seat safety
Posted by InShock
One or the other, NEVER both.
Not completely true- the Clek Foonf and Nuna Pipa allow you to install using BOTH the Latch & seatbelt.
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| Posted 10/26/15 6:40 PM |
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