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1 Buckle Up! 7 Must-Have Car Seat Accessories
Best of 2011
2 The Readers Have Spoken: Your Favorite Products, Names, and More of 2011
Gallery
3 Mommy Preview: Cybex Baby Goods Enter USA
Mommy Dearest
4 Mommy Dearest: Car Seats and the City
Reviews
5 Evenflo's Symphony All-in-One Car Seat
Mommy Alert
6 Baby Wellness: New Five Star Safety Rating For Car Seats
Sales
7 Mommy Alert! Britax Sale This Week
Car Seats
8 What's the Newborn Item You Regret Purchasing?
Safety
9 Tell Mommy: Do You Think Carseat Labels Lie?
community
10 Lil Community: Choosing a Car Seat
babies
11 Lil Find: Babbaco
Labor Day
12 CHP's Car Safety Tips For Weekend Family Road Warriors
parenting
13 Who Installed Your Car Seat?
Safety
14 Buckle Up and Take This Car Seat Safety Quiz!
Mommy Dearest
15 Mommy Dearest: Do I Tip the Officer Who Installs Our Car Seat?
Poll
16 The Inflatable Easy Car Seat: Kid Friendly or Are You Kidding?
Safety
17 New Year's Resolutions: Be Careful While Driving
Safety
18 How Much Do You Know About Car Safety?
If there's one things moms like to do, it's share information. We have our favorite car seat, stroller, toys, and more, and we're not afraid to tell everyone about them. Over the past month, we asked you to vote on your favorite things from 2011 — everything from the top push chair and celebrity baby name to the celeb mom you most like to follow on Twitter — and you weren't afraid to speak Read more
This year brought a new recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics to keep lil ones facing the rear until they are 2 years old or they reach the height and weight guidelines on the seat. New (and seemingly always-changing) rules aside, your car seat is one of those major baby purchases that all parents stress about. Is it safe enough? Comfy enough? And let's face it, cool enough? Read more
Let's take a drive! With all of the activities kids have going on, the family car becomes like a second home. Mama spends hours a day shuffling the tots around from one extracurricular activity to the next — and searching for lost toys in between the seats! From tiny kicks on the back of your seat to junior screaming desperately for his sippy, driving with kids can be stressful. Make your Read more
Buckle up, baby! Car trips with a kiddo can be quite pleasant — or sheer torture — depending on how well prepared mama is for the venture. From keeping baby entertained to protecting your little one from the elements, we've rounded up seven must-have car seat accessories to make mama's outings as stress-free as possible! Check it out. Read more
One more good reason to send the kids to grandma's for the weekend! A study published in Pediatrics found that kids are actually safer in crashes when driven by grandparents than when driven by their parents. And not just a little bit safer — taking risk factors like proper seat belt use and type of car into account, the study concluded that there's a 50 percent reduction in injury risk with Read more
Mobile mamas know that moving a car seat from one vehicle to another is no easy feat. They're heavy, they're difficult to install, and they don't always fit in their allotted space. So it would seem logical that a company would create a version made for families on the move. The Easy Car Seat ($92) is an inflatable version of the traditional forward-facing safety seat. Designed for kids ages 3 Read more
For many parents, a tot's first birthday is not only cause for a party, but it is the milestone they use to switch their baby from a rear-facing car seat to a forward-facing one. Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics is revising their long-held recommendations and advising parents to keep their lil ones facing back until they turn 2-years-old, or they reach the height and weight guidelines on Read more
Before you strap your lil ones into their seats, make sure they are properly installed? It's Child Passenger Safety Week and Safe Kids USA is offering more than 400 car seat checkup events across the country. Take this quiz and see what you know about motor vehicle safety. Take the Quiz Read more
Nothing says Labor Day like a car full of loved ones headed for an end of Summer getaway or celebration. Before you brave the road with your precious cargo, check out these little-known safety tips! I spoke with Becky Michalkiewicz, the statewide child safety seat coordinator of the California Highway Patrol, who offered up this expert advice. Watch out for anything in your car that's loose, Read more
It's registry time! LilSugar reader Beaner is approaching her due date and is picking out all of her baby gear. As she selects a car seat, she asks our readers for some help in The Pregnancy Posse group. I'm completely confused about what size car seat to get. Friends and family have recommended the Graco Snugride, and they make one that holds a baby up to 22 pounds and 29 inches tall. But they Read more
