Safety First

Jenn at Mayhem Mania had a wonderful post about carseat safety awhile back.

I just had to rave for a minute about Christian's new carseat. As many of you know we just got a "new car". It is a 2001 LeSabre. Our other car is a 2006 Pacifica. The Pacifica has the LATCH system. The LATCH system makes car seat installation a breeze in my honest opinion. The carseat we use in the Pacifica is a Britax Marathon. It will hold Christian until he is 65lbs. This car seat will not budge when it is installed using the LATCH systems.

We bought another Britax Marathon for the LeSabre. I love our new car, but the 2001 LeSabre doesn't have the LATCH system. This became standard on most cars in 2002. So we have to use the shoulder seat belt to install the car seat. When we installed our Graco seat (the seat we used before ordering the new Marathon) with the shoulder belt, it would move every so slightly. We were used to the Pacifica and the car seat not moving at all. We thought well this must just be the way of the world without the LATCH system. Much to our surprise it doesn't have to be this way.

Once we installed the Marathon in the Le Sabre last night it didn't move just like when we use the LATCH system in the Pacifica. We were so happy about this!!! The Marathon has something called a Built in Lock-Offs, "both forward facing and rear facing, are designed for easy reach and operation when using traditional belt routing". Britax car seats are expensive ($200+) but they are so worth the investment.