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DetroitGirl27
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Wie jedes Jahr zu diesem Zeitpunkt ( es wird so langsam kalt in einigen Staaten ), hier der Winter Coat Reminder:
Car Seat Safety Experts Say Coat Compression is Dangerous
Jen Ellis, a mother and certified Child Passenger Safety Technician from Meridian, Idaho, makes a point each winter to educate parents in online forums about winter coats and car seat safety. "It is unsafe to put a thick coat, snowsuit, or blanket on under the harness of a car seat," Ellis says. "In a crash the coat would compress, making the straps too loose and possibly allowing the child to be ejected from the seat."
The car seat harness needs to stay close to the child's body at all times. All coats and clothing will compress in a crash, but thicker winter coats and snowsuits could compress enough to create a lot of slack in the harness, allowing the child to be ejected from the car seat.
Check All Winter Coats for Car Seat Safety
It's easy to check and see whether a baby's winter coat or infant snowsuit is too thick to be safe in a car seat. This test will show you how thick the coat is and how much the coat will compress during a crash.
1. Take the car seat into the house.
2. Put the winter coat or snowsuit on the child.
3. Put the child in the car seat and buckle the harnesses as you normally would before car travel. Adjust the straps to the appropriate fit for your child.
4. Take the child out of the car seat without loosening the straps at all.
5. Take the coat off your child.
6. Put the child back in the car seat and buckle the harnesses again, but do not tighten the straps.
7. If you can fit more than two fingers under the harness at the child's shoulder bone, the coat is too thick and is not safe for use with the car seat.
Keep Baby Warm and Safe
Even if you can't safely use your child's winter coat in the car seat, there are ways to keep baby warm when temperatures drop. Here are Ellis's ideas for ensuring your baby is warm and safe in a car seat.
* For babies in an infant seat, dress them warmly in normal clothes, like a shirt, sweatshirt, long pants and a hat. Buckle the child into the infant seat, then cover the baby with a light blanket tucked around the sides. Make sure nothing is behind baby's back! Finally, add another heavier blanket over the top of the infant seat.
* Also for infant seats, there are car seat covers available that fit over the whole infant seat once the baby is buckled in. These covers have a peep-hole so that baby's face remains uncovered. Ellis advises parents to be sure the child is buckled up under the cover, though, as it's easy to forget when the buckle is out of sight.
* For older babies and toddlers, take the child's coat off before buckling them into the car seat. Once the harnesses are secure, put the child's coat on backwards over their arms to keep them warm without compromising safety.
* Whenever possible, warm up your car before putting the baby in the vehicle.
* When buying winter coats, keep thickness and car seat safety in mind. Polar fleece jackets and snowsuits are warm but thin, making them a smart choice for winter baby wear.
A Real Life Example
In order to become a certified CPS tech, Ellis had to take an extensive car seat safety course and pass both a written exam and hands-on car seat installation exams. "When I took my tech class we were shown a picture of an infant seat with a snowsuit under the harness," she says. "The seat was pulled out of a car that had just been in a crash. The infant was ejected from the seat and the car and was found some feet away from the car, but the snowsuit was left in the seat just as the baby was wearing it."
Ellis says other parents can learn a valuable car seat safety lesson from this real life crash story. "It's a great example of what can happen in a crash if the straps are not tight enough and if a thick blanket or coat is under the harness," she says. "The harness must stay close to the child's body at all times."
A Note on Car Seat Covers
Many companies also offer thick car seat covers that act like a bunting for babies in the winter. Parents should avoid buying any car seat cover or car seat bunting that threads through the harness straps of their child's car seat. Often the packaging of these covers states that the product meets all federal car seat safety guidelines. However, there are no federal guidelines governing after-market car seat accessories. These extra car seat covers and buntings could interfere with the function of the car seat harness, and many car seat manufacturers will void your car seat warranty if after-market accessories are used.
Car Seat Safety Experts Say Coat Compression is Dangerous
Jen Ellis, a mother and certified Child Passenger Safety Technician from Meridian, Idaho, makes a point each winter to educate parents in online forums about winter coats and car seat safety. "It is unsafe to put a thick coat, snowsuit, or blanket on under the harness of a car seat," Ellis says. "In a crash the coat would compress, making the straps too loose and possibly allowing the child to be ejected from the seat."
The car seat harness needs to stay close to the child's body at all times. All coats and clothing will compress in a crash, but thicker winter coats and snowsuits could compress enough to create a lot of slack in the harness, allowing the child to be ejected from the car seat.
Check All Winter Coats for Car Seat Safety
It's easy to check and see whether a baby's winter coat or infant snowsuit is too thick to be safe in a car seat. This test will show you how thick the coat is and how much the coat will compress during a crash.
1. Take the car seat into the house.
2. Put the winter coat or snowsuit on the child.
3. Put the child in the car seat and buckle the harnesses as you normally would before car travel. Adjust the straps to the appropriate fit for your child.
4. Take the child out of the car seat without loosening the straps at all.
5. Take the coat off your child.
6. Put the child back in the car seat and buckle the harnesses again, but do not tighten the straps.
7. If you can fit more than two fingers under the harness at the child's shoulder bone, the coat is too thick and is not safe for use with the car seat.
Keep Baby Warm and Safe
Even if you can't safely use your child's winter coat in the car seat, there are ways to keep baby warm when temperatures drop. Here are Ellis's ideas for ensuring your baby is warm and safe in a car seat.
* For babies in an infant seat, dress them warmly in normal clothes, like a shirt, sweatshirt, long pants and a hat. Buckle the child into the infant seat, then cover the baby with a light blanket tucked around the sides. Make sure nothing is behind baby's back! Finally, add another heavier blanket over the top of the infant seat.
* Also for infant seats, there are car seat covers available that fit over the whole infant seat once the baby is buckled in. These covers have a peep-hole so that baby's face remains uncovered. Ellis advises parents to be sure the child is buckled up under the cover, though, as it's easy to forget when the buckle is out of sight.
* For older babies and toddlers, take the child's coat off before buckling them into the car seat. Once the harnesses are secure, put the child's coat on backwards over their arms to keep them warm without compromising safety.
* Whenever possible, warm up your car before putting the baby in the vehicle.
* When buying winter coats, keep thickness and car seat safety in mind. Polar fleece jackets and snowsuits are warm but thin, making them a smart choice for winter baby wear.
A Real Life Example
In order to become a certified CPS tech, Ellis had to take an extensive car seat safety course and pass both a written exam and hands-on car seat installation exams. "When I took my tech class we were shown a picture of an infant seat with a snowsuit under the harness," she says. "The seat was pulled out of a car that had just been in a crash. The infant was ejected from the seat and the car and was found some feet away from the car, but the snowsuit was left in the seat just as the baby was wearing it."
Ellis says other parents can learn a valuable car seat safety lesson from this real life crash story. "It's a great example of what can happen in a crash if the straps are not tight enough and if a thick blanket or coat is under the harness," she says. "The harness must stay close to the child's body at all times."
A Note on Car Seat Covers
Many companies also offer thick car seat covers that act like a bunting for babies in the winter. Parents should avoid buying any car seat cover or car seat bunting that threads through the harness straps of their child's car seat. Often the packaging of these covers states that the product meets all federal car seat safety guidelines. However, there are no federal guidelines governing after-market car seat accessories. These extra car seat covers and buntings could interfere with the function of the car seat harness, and many car seat manufacturers will void your car seat warranty if after-market accessories are used.
Iris
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Detroit Girl: Ich verspreche dir dass das der letzte Link zum Thema "convertible carseat" von mir sein wird aber bitte schreibe mir doch noch deine meinung ueber den "radian".
wir haben den britax wizard und obwohl da steht bis 124 cm sieht es so aus als ob unsere tochter (110 cm) da bald rausgewachsen ist.
danke dir nochmal.
Sunshine Kids Car Seats - Radian Car Seats - Monterey Booster Seats
wir haben den britax wizard und obwohl da steht bis 124 cm sieht es so aus als ob unsere tochter (110 cm) da bald rausgewachsen ist.
danke dir nochmal.
Sunshine Kids Car Seats - Radian Car Seats - Monterey Booster Seats
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DetroitGirl27
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Na, da der Monterey ja ein Booster und kein Convertible ist, kannst Du ruhig weiterfragen :-)
Den Radian Monterey empfehlen wir immer gerne - es gibt keinen anderen Booster auf dem Markt der so viele Jahre haelt wie der Monterey - er ist mit 120lbs der Booster mit dem hoechsten Weight Limit und ist gleichzeitig auch der Booster mit dem hoechsten Height Limit.
Hier eine Bewertung des Monterey :
Sunshine Kids Monterey - Car Seat.Org - Carseat, Vehicle & Child Passenger Safety Forums
Iris
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DetroitGirl27
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:-) Wir haben fuer Lauren vor 2 Wochen den ganz neuen Radian XTSL vorbestellt ( ist im Prinzip der gleiche Sitz, der neue SL hat nur ein hoeheres Weight Limit fuer RF mit 45lbs und hat ein hoeheres Latch Limit ). Super Autositz:
* hohes weight limit mit 80lbs
* hoechstes Weight Limit fuer 5 point harness auf dem Markt
* Side Impact Protection
* Sitz ist super leicht und laesst sich zum Reisen zusammen falten
* Kopfstuetze laesst sich der Groesse des Kindes anpassen
Wir haben den Sitz fuer Lauren gekauft damit sie weiterhin rueckwaerts fahren kann! Mit ihren 34lbs ist sie zu schwer fuer ihren Britax Marathon - kann es gar nicht erwarten den neuen Sitz endlich zu bekommen.
Aber fuer euch reicht ja der "alte" Radian XT - und der wird wohl bald ueberall im Angebot sein wenn der neue XTSL rauskommt.
Hier schon ein super Angebot von Amazon:
Amazon.com: Sunshine Kids Radian XT Convertible Car Seat, Malibu: Baby
und hier ist Lauren's Sitz ( falls ihn jemand sehen moechte ): sie bekommt ihn in der Farbe Flora:
Radian-XT SL Car Seat from Sunshine Kids at BabyCatalog.com
Iris
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detroit girl: dankeschoen! na dann fuehle ich mich ja bestaetigt in meiner entscheidung den radian zu kaufen wenn DU aks spezialist auch kaufst!!! ;-)
danke nochmal aber wieso meinst du der "einfachere" radian wuerde fuer uns lagen? du meinst wegen dem rear-facing gewicht? (wir sind ja noch nicht fertig mit nachwuchs von daher...)
danke nochmal aber wieso meinst du der "einfachere" radian wuerde fuer uns lagen? du meinst wegen dem rear-facing gewicht? (wir sind ja noch nicht fertig mit nachwuchs von daher...)
DetroitGirl27
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Ja genau wegen dem Rear Facing Limit dachte ich der "normale" wuerde fuer euch reichen! Der Radian XT ist zur Zeit einfach um einiges billiger und der einzige Unterschied zum XTSL sind 5lbs beim rear facing limit. Der neue XT geht ja auch schon bis zu 40lbs.
Und da Du ja keine Vorgeschichte von uebermaessig grossen und schweren Babies hast ( im Gegensatz zu meiner Kleinen die noch nicht mal 2 ist und schon 34 lbs wiegt... ) , sollte der Radian XT vollkommen ausreichend sein
kristin711
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Detroit, rein aus Neugierde (und ohne kids zum Austesten): Wo packt Lauren denn ihre Fuesse hin wenn sie jetzt noch rear-facing sein soll?
Ich wuerde ja meine Kinder auch moeglichst lange rear-facing lassen, aber irgendwann bekommt man doch mit den Fuessen ein logistisches Problem, oder?
Macht Lauren das denn ueberhaupt noch mit? Meine USA-Nichte wird demnaechst 2 und faehrt mind. seit dem Sommer forward. Koennte mir gar nicht vorstellen, die wieder umzudrehen...
Ich wuerde ja meine Kinder auch moeglichst lange rear-facing lassen, aber irgendwann bekommt man doch mit den Fuessen ein logistisches Problem, oder?
Macht Lauren das denn ueberhaupt noch mit? Meine USA-Nichte wird demnaechst 2 und faehrt mind. seit dem Sommer forward. Koennte mir gar nicht vorstellen, die wieder umzudrehen...