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  • The Car Seat Lady

    We are a pediatrician, labor & delivery nurse, and new mom - AND nationally certified child passenger safety technicians & instructors - with more than 50 combined years & 25,000+ car seat installations worth of experience. We're the experts - and we want to share our knowledge with you so that you can keep your child as safe as possible in the car.

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The Car Seat Lady responds to Consumer Reports’ April 2014 Infant Car Seat Ratings

Please see here – http://thecarseatlady.com/csladdressescr/

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Inflatable Seat Belts (Seat Belts with Air Bags)

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Motion Sickness & the “Puking Poncho”

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How to Wear Your Seat Belt While Pregnant

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How Much Does the Car Seat Weigh?

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Car Seats & Shopping Carts: A Dangerous Combo

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Car Seats, Boosters & Seat Belts — A Primer (by a Pediatrician) for the Outpatient Pediatrician

To print this out as a PDF, see here.

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Child Passenger’s Bill of Rights on a Plane

For more information, see the following FAA documents pertaining to traveling by plane with children in car seats. Regulatory Requirements Regarding Accommodation of Child Restraint Systems FAA Advisory Circular: Use of Child Restraint Systems on Aircraft If you had a bad experience on a flight, let the FAA know – click here. If you purchased a ticket … Continue reading →

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Combi Coccoro & Zeus Recalls 1/3/14 – ALL you need to know about it

Combi issued a recall affecting 3 of their convertible car seats today – the Coccoro, the Zeus Turn, and the Zeus 360.  I’d like to explain this recall (and specifically why the car seat is being permitted to be used before the repair has been made) – which requires a little background info, and some … Continue reading →

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