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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote T_Rex Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 December 2011 at 5:02pm
Plunket seems to be coming up with some weird advice. If a carseat says suitable from birth, it's been tested with newborns and is perfectly safe! DD2 was just over 8lb and could have been a fair bit smaller and still been secure in the straps of the radian. Maybe it wouldn't have suited a majorly prem baby, but a regular-sized one is fine. And it was the same with the SnS convertible I had DD1 in from birth too.

As long as a carseat is installed appropriately it's fine. The challenge with getting a newborn in the radian is getting the 45 degree recline as not all cars are big enough for that.

I won't hire from plunket either - I couldn't trust that a hire carseat hasn't been in a car with smokers, for example, plus a couple of my friends are on the local plunket committee and tell me the carseats often go mouldy in storage and they just scrub them before the next loan. Not something I want to expose my wee girl's lungs to!
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Rear facing is awesome. I no brainer I believe. Anyone starting out in their research check out this website- the guy who runs it Hakan replied so promptly and thoroughly specific to my questions and vehicle. www.carseat.se . Sweddish site you can buy from and import yourself [they regularly ship to NZ and my friends seat only took 10 days to get here.

Also this site http://www.securatot.co.uk/rear-facing-vehicle-compatibility has good measurements to check it fits in your car [not and all inclusive list, but there is never such a thing anyway!!] Rear facing seats do take more room than other seats. My little girl is 2 1/2 and still in her Brio Zento. She knows no different and anyone who questions your rear facing toddler here is your answer!

"Children rear facing in an accident have a 50kg force on kneck, forward facing 300-320kg force " see rearfacing.co.uk for more info.

Give me two broken legs any day to a broken neck and or back.

The only downer on the Zento is it doesn't have easy recline positions so the next seat I buy for my baby when out of capsule will have that feature to make life easier for sleeps in the car.
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Evenflo Symphony Convertible Car Seat, Porter is best brand of convertible car seats so far.. It has infinite slide harness easily slides for an accurate fit every time. No reworking the harness as child grows. I use to support head of my baby well when he falls asleep.. It is very much comfortable ,easy to install and seems to be very safe.
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