car seat carrier travel
What is the weight limit for a “carrier” type car seat?
My niece is a big girl and will obviously need a rear facing car seat (she’s only 8 months) but she’s pushing 22 pounds- does she need to move up to the convertible car seat? I’ve searched but I can’t find a website to verify what I learned in my baby basics class and my sister-in-law doesn’t believe me.
They are using the Eddie Bauer Travel System with the infant carrier car seat and stroller.
She doesn’t necessarily think I “made it up” so much as it probably bothers her that she made a mistake in purchasing an other one instead of moving her up to a convertible. She told me that the car seat goes up to 50-55 pounds which can ABSOLUTELY not be true, that child looks stuffed in there to begin with adding 30 pounds would just be CRAZINESS. lol
Thanks you guys, I sent them a couple of links.
It depends on the seat. The Graco-35 actually goes to 35lbs, and many infant carrier seats go to 33. The Eddie Bauers go to 22lbs though, so she does need to move to a convertible car seat. Here’s an Eddie-Bauer seat, it says 5-22lbs, so… yeah. If that’s not the one, find the one your sister has and show her. The second site is the Eddie-Bauer website, you should be able to find it there along with the weight limits.
A convertible seat that goes to 35lbs or greater is the best bet. I always tend to recommend the Graco My-Ride since that faces rear to 40lbs, forwards to 65lbs, giving usually 5-6 years of use which means that you use it all the years you can (after 5-6 years plastic starts to degrade and you’d have to replace anyway.) It runs $115 at Wal-mart, which to me isn’t a bad price considering the value of it. I don’t see a point in looking for a car seat that goes above 65lbs when you’re looking for a baby because most won’t hit that until past the normal plastic expiration, and I don’t agree with putting them in the 3-in-1 booster type seats right now because the IIHS tested the boosters and there are a lot of problems that I think will be fixed by the time your niece is ready for one.
But there are a lot of other cheaper convertibles that can work as well. The Costco Scenera is $39 but only goes to rear to 30lbs and forward to 40lbs so it’s not going to be used as long. Evenflo Tribute is $52 and faces rear to 35lbs and forward to 40lbs, again not as long. And the Evenflo Titan Sport and Elite are $68-78 respectively, and both go from 5-50lbs.
Why rear-facing? The last link talks about the safety aspects of it. The longer they can face rear, the safer they are, so a car seat that lets them rear-face until 2 or older is safest for them, and convertibles can do that.
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Tips for taking your pet on a trip
Since family pets are often a big part of the family, many folks like taking them on the road. The American Society of Travel Agents offers these tips if you plan to travel with your pet:
