Here is a great post about the HIB vaccine.
I am always trying to stay on top of the latest vaccination research, and I love when I find mommy bloggers who do the same.
I really like The Natural Mommy's blog, even though I don't have it in me to cloth-diaper or go through labor naturally. But I commend those who do :).
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Big Kid Car Seats
My daughter is about to turn three, and we've promised her a new car seat for her birthday. She currently has one of those tray-shield kind, which I've recently found out are actually crap. So we'll be throwing that one out next week. I am trying to find a car seat that will actually fit in my car and still be safe for her.
I was planning on getting just a simple booster seat with a back, because those say they are for kids 30 - 80 lbs. I was thinking this one would be great, since it is cheap, and looks slim. Reading the reviews I discovered that children under five years old actually still need a five-point harness. Apparently using a booster seat with a positioning clip has resulted in lots of three-year-olds being killed in car accidents. Yikes.
Every car seat I research seems to have some horror story behind it where it didn't actually work.
I cannot afford a $280 Britax.
I cannot get something huge. Our car is a tiny little Nissan Sentra and I have to fit two car seats in there.
My daughter currently weighs 29 lbs and I want it to last until she's five-years-old. How much does a five-year-old even weigh?
And just how much of a difference is there from brand to brand? Probably a lot, but every car seat manufacturer says they are safe!
What to do, what to do?
I was planning on getting just a simple booster seat with a back, because those say they are for kids 30 - 80 lbs. I was thinking this one would be great, since it is cheap, and looks slim. Reading the reviews I discovered that children under five years old actually still need a five-point harness. Apparently using a booster seat with a positioning clip has resulted in lots of three-year-olds being killed in car accidents. Yikes.
Every car seat I research seems to have some horror story behind it where it didn't actually work.
I cannot afford a $280 Britax.
I cannot get something huge. Our car is a tiny little Nissan Sentra and I have to fit two car seats in there.
My daughter currently weighs 29 lbs and I want it to last until she's five-years-old. How much does a five-year-old even weigh?
And just how much of a difference is there from brand to brand? Probably a lot, but every car seat manufacturer says they are safe!
What to do, what to do?
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