Britax new colors are almost here (see slideshow below or external gallery by clicking here). Not all companies are great at timing deliveries, especially new colors, but Britax are as usual reliable. Select models and colors are being delivered this week. New colors are similar to previous lineup with no big changes. Color “Claire” is […]
Category Archives: Car Seats
A large number of parents daily send emails to www.CarSeat.se with all sorts of great questions about rear facing and the Swedish car seats. The email below is a little different (and scary) since it involves a terrible crash. Many thanks to A-L in Finland for the actual photo of the crashed car and for […]
A very common question from parents just learning of rear facing is about leg space. Where do the legs go? My 6-month old is getting cramped with leg space, how can my toddler sit rear facing? Is it dangerous to sit rear facing in a crash from the rear? Lets start with safety, are rear […]
This question comes up fairly often in the avalanche of emails received each day at CarSeat.se. How safe is my child when riding rear facing in a Britax Multi Tech, Maxi Cosi Mobi, DuoLogic, etc? The answer is unbelievably safe. There is research which show the tremendous rear facing benefits for young children but not […]
Tuesday this week was spent in car seat heaven. I was invited to a safety conference in Gothenburg where the small and elite group of car seat researchers met. It was a day filled with interesting presentations by some extremely knowledgeable researchers. A large group from US was there, among them the fantastic research team […]
Is it safe to fly with children? This is a common question in many internet forums. Unfortunately, the advice given out seem to scare parents instead of offering sound safety advice. Comments such as “Don’t you want your baby to be safe???? I would NEVER fly without a car seat on the plane!” or “You […]
Last year I got to know Jim, the grandfather of Joel over at Joels Journey (have a look at the powerful video at the bottom). Joel was a strong boy at 18 months and 35 lbs when he was in a frontal collision at moderate speed. Joel was sitting in a forward facing seat and […]
The past month or so has been great for the rear facing community after British Medical Journal published a new report about rear facing to age 4 and how superior it is. The report, found here, is advising parents to use rear facing car seats to age 4 since it’s far safer. This fact has […]
In my younger pre-children days I bought a new Corvette. It was a fantastic experience in every way. I had no idea I also joined an invisible club of proud Corvette owners who cared about each other. Reminds me a lot about all the parents doing extended rear facing today. Every other Corvette owner was always greeted […]
I get an enormous amount of email each day with rear facing questions from parents all over the world. These are emails I really enjoy since questions from parents lead to better awareness of rear facing. One of the most common ones is “which seat will fit my small car” ? That could be a Golf, VW […]