Advice needed - baby car seat questions (merged)

Rasberry_Diva

just been surfing the net and found this in another forum hope it helps other parents with children with disabilities there are no prices though so i'm guessing they must be expensive but try these for some ideas or even advice on items that are needed to help in their dialy lives inclusive of car seats

https://www.jcmseating.co.uk or try https://www.r82.com

deanos

Britax do there own range of special needs car seats Boots are selling one for £139

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1084608&classificationid=1034930

It goes up to 6 years 25kg, all other seats with straps stop at 18kg

There are often 10% codes about and they regually have 20% off child seats

There is another one that goes up to 11 years old but its around £400 odd on the boots site

Js_Other_Half

Raspberry Diva, does your LO get DLA? And does she have a diagnosis?

If your earned income is less than £23000 you may be able to get some help from the family fund charity:
http://www.familyfund.org.uk/newsite/content.asp?section=00010002

Minerva69

Rasberry_Diva wrote: »

hello all

apologies if this is in the wrong place but i would like to ask any parents out there if they know where i could purchase a SPECIAL NEEDS CAR SEAT for my daughter she is 4 years old but is very tall for 4 and well she is in a normal car seat at the moment but i've run out of being able to lengthen the straps i have seen one in mothercare but it is so expensive just wondred if anybosy else had any ideas before i spend that kind of money. Thank you

:A

I don't know if this would be of any use to you, but the In Car Safety Centre (based in Milton Keynes) sell special needs car seats. They provided helpful advice to me by email when I had trouble finding a suitable seat for my daughter who was too large for the size of seat she should have been in for her age. They have an online shop but I would suggest you find a local retailer to try the seats out first before you buy: http://incarsafetycentre.co.uk/shop/special.html

Minerva69

Rasberry_Diva wrote: »

just been surfing the net and found this in another forum hope it helps other parents with children with disabilities there are no prices though so i'm guessing they must be expensive but try these for some ideas or even advice on items that are needed to help in their dialy lives inclusive of car seats

www.jcmseating.co.uk or try www.r82.com

Just a word of warning, I noticed that jcmseating are selling an adapted version of the Recaro Start car seat. We bought the standard Recaro Start for our daughter originally and it was completely unsuitable for her (and was wrongly fitted by the shop we bought it from). We got a refund in the end. Which magazine also advised against buying this seat as it didn't provide enough protection. It is also a really heavy seat!

natalie1974

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1084609&classificationid=1034930

This one goes up to the age of 12 yrs , I got the other one that Deanos recommended for my 2 yr old daughter who is just too heavy for a normal car seat with harness and too young for a high backed booster . My DD2 is nearly a metre tall and I would say she would have at least another 3 years in that seat but not much longer than that . I would see if you could get some kind of grant and go for the more expensive seat that will last you longer .

meeps

funny the in car safety centre in milton keynes should be mentioned, as I ended up going there after my halfords debacle, and they were super. the lady there fitted the evolva isofix no problems.

Rasberry_Diva

thank you everyone for ur advice its been very helpful i'm having a good look through all the links, and Minerva69 thank u for the word of warning abt JCM.
thank you all

I'm already with Family fund Js, no we dnt have a diagnosis for LO dnt think we'll ever get one either. But thank u.

NETTYB3

Hi
Not sure if this is the correct thread to post on but I am having trouble trying to keep my 2 year old son safely strapped in his car seat. We have the Britax Eclipse Si and up until a couple of weeks ago he was fine, but then he suddenly worked out how to get his arms out and likes to sit forward!! No matter how tight I strap him in he manages to wiggle out.

He is currently suffering from the terrible twos and is into everything, so am pulling my hair out anyway and now this! I went shopping to Tescos earlier and had to stop 6 times to put them back on him but no matter what I say he still takes them off.

I have been searching the internet for something that I can use to prevent this happening but cannot find anything - does anyone have the same problem or any ideas as I am worried about safety.

Many thanks in advance.

Netty x

ELLA

Hi there, I ownder if this will help in anyway
http://www.jojomamanbebe.co.uk/detail.php?productid=ST01861&branch=&category=