Booster Seats

Madelyn has outgrown the infant her infant car seat, so it's time for her to graduate to the Britax car seat. In doing so, we had to purchase a booster seat (tears!!) for Kaitlyn. I can't believe it!!

Since we are the research type, we used three sources to ultimately decide to purchase a First Years B540 booster seat since it was highly rated in two of the three sources we used. I will admit that I was shocked that Britax boosters did not perform well or lacked ratings in the sources. Guess it shows that just because it costs a lot does not always mean it is the best. Although I will caveat that we have Madelyn is moving to a Britax marathon car seat that we love and was highly rated when we purchased it for Kaitlyn.

The reason I am writing this blog is to include the three sources in case any of my friends need want some information on booster seats as their little ones get older.

National Highway and Safety Transportation Board (NHSTB): http://www.nhtsa.gov/Safety/CPS and click on the Ease of Use link for booster seat ratings.

Consumer Reports: www.consumerreports.org - you need a membership for these rankings.

Insurance Institute of Highway Safety: http://www.iihs.org/research/topics/boosters/default.html

Hope this information helps!!