Why Baby Car Seats Are Essential When Travelling with Children

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Travelling is not easy even for adults; so, naturally, having little ones to carry along considerably compounds the problem. Therefore, you do well to carry your baby in a baby car seat while driving.

One big reason for you to have it is that carrying a baby in arms may not seem comfortable to you. It may also not be possible for you to hold your baby in your arms if you yourself have to drive the car and there is none else accompanying you to hold your baby. Even if we are to suppose that someone is driving the car, it won't be easy for you to carry your baby continuously in your arms. It may be comfortable for your baby but, certainly, not for you. It is not even safe.

Talking about this particular aspect, Rewa, the chief editor at EnergyConversionDevices.com said, "This is the most important thing that's on your mind: baby's safety. It is very delicate and cannot suffer the pushes and jolts that are quite natural while a car is in motion. The situation tends to change at every moment. Those who drive the car know it well. At any time unexpected situation may take place that gives a nasty bump or forces you to put the brakes on. If you are holding your baby, it may fall out of your arms…Impact is the worst case scenario. A baby car seat saves it from all such contingencies because of the way in which it is buckled to the seat. The seat itself is so secured on the car seat that the fear of its coming off the car seat is out of place. The state-of-the-art baby car seats that are now available in India have the build quality that has passed the European and American safety standards. That's something, isn't it?" "The good thing is that there is a product available for a kid up to the age of 4 or 5. It also comes in different types and capacities in order to fit different purposes." she added.

This is true. Putting a baby in a car seat makes you feel relaxed and enjoy the drive. You have the surety of safety for your baby. There is a thing like 5-point harness for the purpose. It makes your baby safer there in the seat than it can ever be in your own arms.

Another important feature for the security of your baby is the forward facing or rear facing positioning. If a baby is very small, and it is placed in forward facing position in the car seat, any impact or abruptly putting brakes on the speed of your car, may break its neck or cause serious injuries that may cripple it for lifetime. The rear facing installation is for such babies. Toddlers you can safely put in forward facing position but certainly not the babies that are below one year.

However, safety is one thing. There are other situations as well that are addressed by a baby seat. It is the comfort. It is so padded and the baby's shoulders and hips are so nicely supported, that it comes quite close to have that feeling of being cuddled in its mother's arms.

Also, you cannot expect a baby to remain in the same position for long. So, there is featured in a baby seat a number of reclining positions. When it's time for baby to sleep, the seat can be reclined in a position that would put it in a kind of zero gravity position. But, when your baby is awake, you can recline the seat to such an angle that it can see the landscape fast moving past through the glass window. Babies love that for reasons we don't exactly know. We could have known something about it if our memory would permit us to go down the memory lane right to the time when we, too, were babies. But, alas, that time is gone. We are doomed to live in an adult world forever.

Coming to the point, "What when you reach your destination?" Once you reach there, you certainly cannot keep your baby in the car. You have to carry it with you. If your baby is of the size that can be carried in a basket, then there is the convertible baby seat for you. It is not made quite heavy and you can easily carry your baby in it wherever you go.

The problem, here, is the Indian situation. Most of the part it remains quite sunny here. Therefore, if you have to carry your baby in it when the sun is shining, it will hurt it. Thankfully, the manufacturers have insightfully included in its design a canopy that would perfectly cover it from the sun.

Finally, you also have an option to fix the convertible baby seat in a perambulator. It would allow you to drive your baby out in a stroller. Believe us; your baby would love it.