New car seats!!

Jacob and Jordan's new car seats just got here. We got them Britax Frontiers. They are great car seats. We are able to keep them in a 5 point harness up to 80 pounds and then it converts to a booster until 100+ pounds. Most car seats only have 5 point harness to 40 pounds, a few to 65. Rob and I were not ready to put the kids in a booster with just a seat belt. The kids are still way to squirmy to stay seated correctly in a regular seat belt. 5 point harness's are so much safer. For some reason I thought a booster seat was more than just a chair to raise the kids up to get the adult seat belt to sit correctly, it isn't. Kids have to stay still and seated perfectly for the adult seat belt to work correctly. My twins sure don't do that! Stay still, HAH!! I just wish that I had this information when the kids out grew their infant seats. I wouldn't have had to buy the 2nd one. Could have saved some money.
When I was doing research for this car seat I also realized how misleading car seat packaging is. You really have to read closely to see when the 5 point harnessing stops. I know that several of my girlfriends were under the impression that they could 5 point harness their kiddos in their car seats much longer than they actually could because of the way it was worded on the box.
I also believe that if more consumers would request extended 5 point harness feature on more car seats the price would become much lower. The one we bought was NOT cheap. I just think a lot of people think that when their kiddos get to 40 pounds you just move them to a booster. No options and it's just as safe as 5 point harness! Not true.

When used correctly, 5-point harness car seats provide significant safety advantages over securing your child in a booster seat using the adult seat belt.
* The crash forces are spread over the skeletal body
over five points rather than three.
* The crash forces are spread to the strongest parts
of the child's body.
* Forward head excursion (the distance the head is
thrown forward) are lessened.
* The child is secured in the correct seating position rather
than being able to wiggle around, lean forward etc.

OK, off my soap box!
This is the very last car seat that we will have to buy for them! YIPPEE!!

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