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From: markr@tekig1.UUCP (Mark Rust)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Recommendations on Infant Car Seat
Message-ID: <1820@tekig1.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 12:38:14 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 17 12:38:14 1985
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Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Summary: 

In article <698@cbosgd.UUCP> mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) writes:
>The most important thing is to get one that is convenient to use.
>If it's a pain, you won't bother and none of the safety it provides
>will do you or your child any good.
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>A problem we haven't solved is the toddler booster-seat.  These are
>intended for children 2-4 years old.  They provide some elevation,
>and strap the child in, but have no back, so larger children can
>fit in them.  We got the Co-Pilot, and there is a serious logistical
>problem.  It has a bottom that the child sits on, and a bar.  These
>two pieces are connected only by a crotch strap.  You run the car's
>seat belt over it, holding the bar down on the bottom.  The problem
>is that when you unfasten the seat belt, there is no place to put
>the bar while the child climbs in or out of the car.  His/her legs
>get tangled up trying to get them past the strap and bar.  We've gone
>back to the One-Step, since Matt still fits in it.
>
>	Mark

We just bought a toddler seat called "Wings", made by Bobby-Mac (a
division of Questor, who makes nearly all the baby furniture on the
market, including One Step infant seats.)  It seems like a great design.

Instead of the restraining pad flopping down, This one is split in the
center and the two halves flop out.  When they are closed, the seat
belt goes over them to hold everything in place.  The price is a bit
higher than some (we got ours for ~$25 on sale), but it's the best
that we've seen.

Mark Rust
Tektronix, Inc
{ allegra ucbvax decvax ihnp4 uw-beaver }!tektronix!tekig!tekig1!markr

ps. We are still using our One Step, but Samantha will be moving to 
Wings before early June when her little {broth|sist}er will be along
to take over the One Step (and a lot of other things :-) ).