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What is the best infant car seat on the market?
You have been looking forward to this event for nine months and the day has arrived you are now proud parents. With all of the decisions you have had to make up to this day what type of infant car seat are you going buy is very important, so important the law will not let you leave the hospital without one. There are many choices to consider, what type of vehicle you are driving, other decisions, how easy it is to use. All infant car seats must come up to federal safety standards as set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The NHTSA has an Ease of Use Rating that will help parents in their choice of the proper infant car seat. For a newborn infant the seat must face backward to the cars forward motion, these are called rear facing only seats. There are car seats that can be turned around so that the child is facing forward when the child gets to the proper age and weight, these are called combination seats and will give the car seat user a longer service life to their seat. The parent must the choose a 3 point or 5 point harness for their child, the more harness points the more the child’s weight is distributed in the event of an accident. How the car seat is attached to the vehicle’s seat pertains to installation ratings, the weight range and the height range are also items to take into consideration. There is a lot of help available to the soon to be parents your hospital is a good source of information among others. All the car seat manufactures claim to be the best, by doing their homework soon to be parents will know what is best for them.
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