This is usually a dificult transition for both parent and child. Kids want to move out of their 'baby seat' but parents have a hard time saying goodbye to the 5-point harness and 'installed' car seat.

Not until she has completely outgrown her regular safety seat when she weighs more than 40 pounds or is too tall for it. She is too tall if her shoulders are higher than the top set of harness slots or if the tips of her ears are above the back of the safety seat (the hard plastic, not the puffy fabric). If she is too tall for her convertible seat but still weighs less than 40 pounds, switch to a child-seat/booster.

Child safety seat checks are conducted monthly at various locations throughout the Spokane community. To find when the next check is scheduled, you can call 1-509-232-2985.

The “Gold Star” standard for determining when a child is ready to be graduated out of the booster seat is called the 5-Step Test.

Answer: The SafeGuard Child Seat can accommodate children from 22 - 65 lbs and up to 57". If the child has reached the weight or height limits, we recommend that a child use a booster seat until the vehicle safety belt fits appropriately.

This depends on the state you live in. Generally, we like to recommend a rear-facing infant seat until 12-15 months of age, and then a rear-facing seat until 3 or 4 years of age, depending on your child's height and weight. After that, you can move to a front-facing seat or a booster until at least 7 years of age. Check your state's seatbelt laws here for more detailed information.

To fit most shoulder belts without a booster system, the child should be 1.45 m tall (4 ft. 9 in) tall or have a sitting height of 74 cm. (29 in.) Also, a child's pelvic bones are not fully developed until the age of 9 or 10 and the seat belt system may ride up over the abdomen. Click here for information on booster seats.

There are several safety seats available that provide a 5-point harness for children over 40 pounds, with and without a top tether. For a current list, see "Booster Seats and Other Products for Children Over 40 Pounds." The list also includes tethered harnesses and vests for various size children.

Everyone including parents, grandparents, relatives or friends, who drives with a child under the age of 8 who weighs less than 36 kg (80 lb.) and stands less than 145 cm (4 ft. 9 in.) tall is required to ensure the child is properly secured in the appropriate child safety seat or booster seat based on his/her height and weight. Research shows motor vehicle collisions are the leading cause of injury and death for children and youth.

Children less than one year old or weighing less than 20 pounds must be properly restrained in a rear-facing child safety seat designed for infants. Children less than four years old but more than one, or weighing less than 40 pounds, but more than 20 pounds must be properly restrained in a forward-facing child safety seat. Children less than six years old but more than fours years old, or weighing less than 60 pounds but at least 40 pounds, must be properly restrained in a child booster seat.

No. The Takahashi does not require any booster - and neither does the Merck rubella. The only reason the Merck MMR booster is given in the US is because of the low immunity levels from only one dose of the measles portion of the MMR - not the rubella or mumps portions.

Most convertible and front-facing seats have 40 pound weight limits when using the harness. A convertible or front-facing seat with a 5-point harness is the safest option for children from 30-40 pounds who are not too tall for their front-facing carseat.

Most kids from about 4 to age 8-10 need to ride in a booster seat. Click here to take the 5 step booster test!

Belt Positioning Boosters (booster seats) are designed to do one thing, to allow for the vehicle restraint system (seat belt) to fit the child properly. Think of this as placing your child at the dinner table without a booster seat. He or she simply does not "fit" to the table. Now relate this to your vehicle seat. It is contoured for an adult fit. Your child needs a booster seat to "fit" the seat belt properly.

The booster seat is a new concept for parents. When a parent goes to the restaurant and asks for the "booster" it is to "boost" the child so they can sit at an adult table. This is the same concept for the car. The seatbelt design in a car is for adults, the booster seat "boosts" the child up so now they fit the seatbelt.

No, LATCH isn't needed on these seats. LATCH is used only for rear-facing and forward-facing child safety seats. Because booster seats do not attach to the vehicle seat using the seat belt, they don't have the compatibility problems that the LATCH system resolves. NHTSA recommends that after children outgrow their forward-facing child safety seat they be restrained in a booster seat until they are at least 8 years old, unless they are 4'9".

Drivers who fail to secure or who improperly secure children may be charged and, upon conviction, will be fined $110.00 and have two demerit points applied to their driving record.

They are mature enough to remain seated with their backs flat against the back of the seat and not slouch; and Some organizations will also give limits like 80 or 100 pounds, 4'9" in height or 8 years old. These are rough guidelines, not absolute limits. The criteria above are most important.

Yes, you can request car seats and boosters. They are complimentary when you choose FL TOURS. Due to size limitations, we do not carry Car Seats in our Town cars. When to use a car seat - Car seats are used for children who weigh 22 lbs. - 40 lbs., generally ages 1 to 4 1/2 years. When to use a booster seat - Booster seats are used for children who weigh 18 kg (40 lb.) or more.

A back seat is generally the safety place for a child to ride. While air bags do save lives, children riding in the front seat can be seriously injured or even killed when an air bag comes out. Even with advanced air bags or no air bags, riding in a back seat is safer for children. The recommendation that children ages 12 and under should ride in the back seat is based on average weights and sizes, physical maturity and emotional maturity.

Some children can twist out of harnesses at an early age. Others can easily undo the buckle mechanism. Children may also be able to put too much slack in a seatbelt, and some children don't want to use a child restraint or seatbelt at all. Driving is a dangerous activity, and like any other, it requires proper supervision at all times. Parents can try many things.

Many parents think their children are too big for car seats or have outgrown their booster seats. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that children should be restrained in a booster seat until they are 4'9" and about 80 pounds. Regular seat belts are made for men who are 5'10" and 160 pounds. They are not designed to secure a child under 80 pounds. Yes, this quite possibly means that your 10 year old should still be in a booster seat!

Yes. Make sure your child is within the age/weight limits listed in your vehicle's owner's manual. If the seat fits your child and is used properly, it should be very safe and, of course, you never have to worry about installing it in the vehicle. There may be some disadvantages to integrated carseats (See #15, below).

The best way to determine if a child is ready to use the safety belt without a booster is to take the 5-Step Test. Most children need to use a booster until they are at least age 8.

Not necessarily, as most of the single vaccines are at least 90% effective. All are at least as effective as the MMR. One option is to have a blood test to confirm that your child is protected after one injection. We can arrange this for you as you may not be able to have this done on the NHS through your GP.