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From: dba@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (David Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Recommendations on Infant Car Seat
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 10:29:32 EST
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Based on the recommendations of several friends we tried out and bought 
the Century 200 car seat, and 18 months later we are still convinced that
it is wonderful.

This car seat is simple enough that you can almost operate it with one hand.  
There is a padded piece attached to shoulder straps that you pull down 
over the child's head and click into place in the child's crotch.  There
are no straps to feed anywhere, nothing to hold out of the way.  The car 
seat installs very easily (using only the seat belt), and we are often
switching it from one car to another.  This is also one of very few car
seats with FAA approval (marked right on the seat), which means that you
can use it with your child on an airline flight (provided that you pay 
for a seat for the child, which you'll have to do if he/she is over 2).

We also have a Dyn-O-Mite infant seat, which is nice, but kids outgrow it
at about 8 months, so I don't recommend getting anything so small.

Another suggestion: go to a discount house that carries many car seats
and try putting a child into them all.  You'll find that many of these
"one step" car seats are not as simple to operate as they look.