Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!ucla-cs!flowers From: flowers@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: car seats Message-ID: <7453@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 23:25:02 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.7453 Posted: Tue Nov 5 23:25:02 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:34:08 EST References: <907@druxp.UUCP> Reply-To: flowers@ucla-cs.UUCP (Margot Flowers) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 25 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: We selected the One Step for ours, due to ease of use & overall design. However, when she was born, we found that it is just too big for a newborn. The chest / abdomen shield was up at her forehead, and even mounted rear facing and with a rolled up towel to make it slant back even more, it was still too far upright for her to lie back in it, and she did not have the back strength to hold herself upright. Until she gets bigger we are now using the Kolcraft Rock'n'Ride. It is a rear-facing infant carrier / car seat combination which also rocks and can serve as an adjustable infant seat. We are very happy with its versatility, instead of having to own separate infant seats, rockers, etc. (We also took it on the plane for use on vacation). It is available from Sears, among other places. After we got the One Step, we noticed that when the shield is pushed all of the way down, the bars connected to it don't seem to leave much room for legs. When she gets big enough and we return to using it we'll see how it fits. I have seen a new once, called something like Century 500 LX or something like that, where the shield is a single piece which locks down and snaps into place, with no additonal belts to be fastened by hand. It looks like the simplest and easiest to use, trivial to load a kid into. I'd rather have that than the One Step.