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From: martha@geowhiz.UUCP (Martha Savage)
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Subject: Re: child car seats:  recommendations?
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 20:20:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  5 20:20:19 1985
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> We're in the market for a car seat...(the patter of little feet is heard
> in the chronological distance...).  Our car insurance company is offering
> the top-of-the-line Dorel Safe-T-Ryder car seat for $38 CDN (at least I
> think it's the top of the line; it's the one with the abdominal shield.)
> 	---tpc---
> 
> -- 
> ...!{allegra | decvax | clyde | ihnp4 }!watmath!wateng!tpchmara

Our city (Madison, Wisconsin) has an infant car seat rental program
run by the Red Cross.  They use the Century Love seat, advertising
it as good to 20 pounds or 9 months, whichever comes first.  We
naively thought we could get the seat and go directly to a toddler
seat which are good for 20 pounds and up.  However, Patrick grew
differently from the "average" and has grown out of it in length
(26 inches) long before he past the 20 pound limit and somewhat
before he can sit up, as is needed for toddler-only seats.

So, we bought a Gerry Guardian instead, and we love it.  It has the
abdominal shield, and is extremely easy to put on--including an
inertial reel and a buckle.  There are three adjustments that can
be made for height, and it's good from 8 to 40 pounds, and can be
faced either forward or backwards.  Most important, it is much more comfortable
for him.  The Love seat tended to make him scrunch down, and he
would often get into an uncomfortable position and wail piteously.
The belts were hard to adjust.  Now he likes driving more--I think
he can also see out better, because the Gerry is higher.

Problems with the Gerry are that it only starts at 8 pounds, and
that it's expensive-- $75 US.  We felt it was worth the price.
Congratulations and good luck.

-- 
         Martha Kane Savage
U. Wisc. Dept. Geology and Geophysics
{ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!geowhiz!martha