My grand daughter will be 2 in August and she is in the original car seat she has been in since birth, isofix, seat can lift in and out which we did with her in it when she was a baby but now too heavy.
So she will be going up to the next stage and my daughter was telling me that its still recommended to be rear facing and some of the seats can do up to 7 years old! And I'm looking at my grand daughter just now with her legs firmly rested on the back of the seat and thinking but where would a 7 year old's legs go! Over the seat and in to the boot?
And my daughter is saying to me but surely you want the safest seat for your grand daughter and I'm saying it will do her no good if she spends the next 5 years staring at the back of a seat rather than be forward facing and be able to see her parents, see out windows, communicate, observe etc etc.
And then of course I said well to be really safe we could also put a helmet on her and fit a roll cage.......
My kids were born in 94 and 97, they had a carry seat at baby stage that was rear facing and the seatbelt went round it (more often than not in the front seat so that the driver could see), then went into a forward facing upright seat that again was seatbelt mounted and then eventually into the booster seat that the seatbelt just went round the child.
Some of the seats you see now are humungous and costa fortune.
So I will wait to find out what seat my daughter allows me to get next - any recommendations for the age 2+?
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Grandparents - baby seats new
Grandparents - baby seats new
