We understand that the car seat is a product a bit 'difficult' with which new parents have to deal, is one of the purchases that they consider more difficult to deal with, because you are talking about the safety of your child.
Usually the greatest difficulty is encountered in choosing the right model, i.e. what is best to buy for your child, what is the reference, weight, height, age?
Once it is established that the first car seat you buy at the birth of the child is the so-called “egg”, which is usually included in a trio package, and so far it is easy ... as the child grows and we see that the egg seems to be tight, the situation begins to be a moment more complex.
Actually it would not be because the easiest thing is to get advice from experienced and reliable people, but we try to make a little 'of clarity to be able to help and avoid incorrect behavior that may be harmful to your child.
Can I mount the egg in front of me?
Yes, it is possible, deactivating the passenger airbag, but we recommend placing it in the back seat opposite the driver's seat, better if anchored with the isofix base, is a safer position, if you want to see the child place an unbreakable mirror on the headrest of the car so you can see it reflected in the rearview mirror of the car.
The egg is narrow. The baby is sacrificed, can I change my car seat? My baby is 6 months old and he is big.
No, the egg is “narrow” because an object designed for car safety must be tailored to his body, would you ever buy a motorcycle helmet of 3 sizes larger than the size of your head?
You should only switch to the next car seat when the child's head protrudes beyond the edge of the seat and you do not need to change the seat when the feet come out.
In car seats approved according to the new ECE-R129 standard, children must travel backwards up to 15 months of age.
Can I switch to a 9/36 kg seat after using the egg, my child is 10 kg?
It depends, not always a seat that technically is said to be group 1.2.3 may be right, not all seats of this type are properly structured and adequate from 9 kg as declared by the approval. More clearly a child of 10 kg can, as stated on the orange label placed on the seat, travel on an object of this type, but in reality if the head is not well contained in the headrest the seat is not yet adequate to his body and therefore it is better, if you want to replace the egg, take an approved seat group 0/1 or group 1 that is a seat that reaches more or less 4 years of age, 18 kg in weight or 105 cm in height.
The head is a great reference, in a nutshell pass to the next group only when the top of the head of the child goes beyond the edge of the seat and buy the next seat by testing it and looking if the head is rightly contained by the headrest.
So do I buy an extra car seat in this way?
Yes, it can happen, it depends on the physical structure of the child, not all children are the same and as we reiterate, even if a little 'pedestrians, try a seat is important, compare it with others and get advice from an expert as well, we are talking about safety and therefore health.
We would like to add that if it is right a seat of the group 1/2/3 you must make sure that it is a model of quality, that it is well transformable because it will have to adapt to the body of a child who will undergo significant changes since it will use from the first until about 10 years of life ....
Can I put my three-year-old son on a 15/36 kg seat, the one without inner belts?
Even here, we are not in a hurry we always look first if the seat we are using still contains the head of our child, then in case we buy a product with a comfortable backrest, to be clear, would be allowed, after 15 kg of weight and 105 cm of height, the simple elevations, but do not offer protection in case of side impact.
Even here, even if our children are starting to be older, it is the case that they travel behind, it is the safest place ever.
However, these seats do not have much space, in winter with the jacket the belts become “short”.
Remember that the belt must fit perfectly to the body of the child, so they are always to be removed winter jackets otherwise it will not be able to protect it properly.