Buy Car Safety Seats : Infant, Booster, Convertible Car Seats

This site provides a convinient means of purchising car safety seat for your child. Use of car safety seats is required for the protection of your child when riding in a vehicle. Car safety seat should be selected carefully. Several factors must be considered when selecting car safety seat for your child. Theses factors include the child''s age, size, and type of vehicle. To be sure your child is using the right car seat, you may read NTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) Chart on Correct Usage of Child Seats

Infant Car Safety Seats and Rear-Facing Seats

NTSA recommends that infants must be seated in the back seat, in rear-facing child safety seat, as long as possible up to the height and weight limit of the car seat. Infants need to be kept in rear-facing infant car safety seat until age 1 and at least 20 pouinds.

Convertible Car Safety Seats, Rear-facing and Forward-facing

Convertible car seats can be used in rear-facing for infants and then converted to foward-facing for older children or kids 1 year of age and at least 20 pounds. However, American Academy of Pediatics recommends that the infant child ride in the car seat in rear-facing mode for as long as possible. The use of convertible car safety seat means that your child can use the seat for a longer time. However, expect them to be bulkier than infant seats.

Booster Car Safety Seat, Forward-Facing

NTSA Chart on Correct Usage of Child Seats recommends that when children outgrow their infant forward-facing seats, usually around 4 years and 40 pounds, they should ride in booster seats. Booster seats are used forward-facing with a harness for children who weigh 40 to 65 pounds (based on the product model) or up to 80 to 100 pounds without the harness.

Makers of Rear-Facing Infant Car Safety Seats

5-35 pounds 19"-36"