In most Western Countries, newborn babies are not allowed to be discharged from the hospitals if the parents vehicles are not equiped with baby car seat. They have strong reasons to impose such laws due to safety of the babies. Newborn babies are fragile and would not be able to withstand any physical force due to car crash. Parents would think that they are able to hold on tight to their baby during car ride but in fact baby could be ripped from parent's arms by the force of collision. Thus, parents should equip themselves with baby safety knowledge in order to protect their baby while on the road. Eventually, understanding how to get a good baby car seat is essential in the beginning.
There always a question to choose which car seat i.e. Infant Car Seat/Carrier or Car Seat, what's the difference ?
Infant Car Seat/Carrier (Birth to approx. 13kg)
According to safety seat experts, babies under 20lbs (9kg) are better off in smaller infant car seats. These seats are designed specially for newborn baby and contoured to securely hold newborns in their place. In addition, they offer good support in right spots such as the sides of baby head and back. It could be installed in the car using car seat belt to become a safety seat. Infant car seat comes with handle thus it is also known as infant carrier. The handle allows parents to carry the baby in his seats from one place to another without distrupting a sleeping baby. An infant car seat is usually comes with rounded shape base so that it could become a rocker too. However, it normally does not comes with reclining function, so when babies starts demanding on sitting upright position, it is time to switch to toddler car sit. Weight limits is usually from 0-13kg.
Infant Car Seat available at myBBstore.com: Halford Elite Classic Baby Carrier, Recaro Young Profi Plus - TrendlineBellini, Recaro Young Profi Plus - Microfibre, Sweet Cherry Carrier Car Seat
Car Seat (Birth to 18kg)
It is heavier in weight as it can be used from newborn babies to approximately 4 years old. This type of car seat is not portable and would be installed in the car during the period of use. This car seat is usually equipped with reclining features in order to accomodate the baby age. The height of the head rest and harness belts can be adjusted at the same time so that the car seat grows with your baby. This is a more economic way of choosing a baby car seat. Weight limits is usually from 0-18kg.
Car Seat available at myBBstore.com: Halford Premier Zeus, Halford Premier Neo, Sweet Cherry Car Seat
