How to choose a baby car seat?

Many mothers, accustomed to active life, need a car seat for children. Then they think about how to choose a child car seat, and how to do it right. This process complicates a large assortment of such devices, which is quite widely represented on the market.

Baby car seat: which is better to choose and what to consider when buying?

First, you need to determine which chair from which group best suits your baby. There are 6 of them: from "0+" to "6". Here everything depends, first of all, on the height and weight of the baby. A frequent mistake made by parents, acquiring this kind of adaptation, is buying, as they say, "for growth", i.e. mothers get a larger car seat than the baby needs now.

The second important point is how the child car seat is attached. In most cases, their design provides fastening with a belt. This method is the most reliable. the child car seat becomes, as it were, a continuation of the car seat. At the same time, the best child car seats have 4 chiseled fasteners, which fixes not only the seat of the chair, but also its back.

The next important parameter for car seats is the estimates that they earned as a result of crash tests. However, not all products include this information. Only the presence of the ECE or ISO icon on such devices allows us to say with full confidence that this car seat meets all European norms of child passive safety. Most often on the car seat you can find the marking of ECE R44 / 03 or 44/04.

How to identify the car seat group that the child needs?

The group "0+" assumes transportation of children from birth to 1.5 years. But here it is better to pay attention to the weight of the child. In the car seats of this class you can carry babies weighing up to 13 kg.

The armchairs of this group allow the baby to be transported in a completely reclining position. Such devices must necessarily have protection in the head area, and have wide, soft straps of fixation. Individual models of a child car seat of this group have heating, which is especially necessary in the cold season.

The group of car seats "1" allows carrying children, whose weight does not exceed 18 kg. In appearance, this type of car seat is completely similar to an ordinary car seat, only has a smaller size, and more straps for fixing the baby. Before you buy the model you like, pay special attention to the waist belt, or rather to its buckle. It should not look flaky, and ideally be made of metal.

The subsequent models of car seats, groups 2-6, differ only in that they can withstand a high load, and, accordingly, are chosen based on the weight of the child's body.

How to properly install a baby car seat?

Many parents, after the acquisition, have a question about how to install a baby car seat. In order not to get additional problems with the car seat, pay attention to the fasteners at the stage of purchase. Most often, child car seats are attached to the regular seat belt anchors. At the same time, one end, with a short harness, is attached to one lock, and then the long one is passed under the chair and fastened on the other side. In this case it is important to make sure that the belt is well stretched and does not have a free stroke.

Thus, the choice of a child car seat is not so difficult, but very responsible process. The main point is the correct choice of design and method of attachment, which are the guarantee of child safety in the car.