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Peg Perego Primo Viaggio Car Seat with LATCH (Peg Perego) $179.99  

This great car seat is well designed, very snug and secure which is important when you're driving around a little one.  This car seat is designed with LATCH a system that makes the car seat one with the car (providing your car is a newer model designed with the LATCH system).  It also attaches safely and securely to Peg Perego strollers with their "G" matic system.  The seat has a 5-point harness, a sun shade and is machine washable.  It is designed for infants up to 20 pounds.  Our mom-tester just loved this car seat and although she said "it's heavy," she felt very comfortable with it's safety and design which she comment is much more important than anything else! 

Turbo Booster (by Graco, children 30 - 100lbs, $79.99)

Our mother-of-two tester said she thought this was a very good booster seat.  She liked the fact that this seat had the option of being backless.  She said that one of her cars has appropriate head support while the other does not, so the flexibility was good for her.  She used this car seat on her 4-year-old son who weighs approximately 40lbs.  She liked that fact it was well padded and that the head support was adjustable.  She also liked the secure holder for the belt and commented it was much better than just the "clip systems."  Her son liked the fact that it had it's own cup holders and was VERY comfortable.   The latest version of the Turbo Booster is this Power Ranger's model on the right which retails for $59.99 and has EPS an Energy Absorbing Foam Liner.

 Important Safety Articles

LATCH

LATCH is a new standardized child restraint system designed to simplify child safety seat installation and enhance child safety. The result of a new government regulation (FMVSS 225) aimed at reducing the number of car seats that are installed improperly, the goal of the new LATCH system is simple: To increase the effectiveness of car seats by requiring an easy-to-use anchorage system independent of the vehicle seat belts. The LATCH system calls for vehicles to be equipped with one upper (tether) and two lower anchorage points. The upper (tether) anchorage will be a ringlike object permanently attached to the vehicle on either the rear filler panel or on the cargo floor, depending on the vehicle. The two lower anchorages will be a set of two small bars in the rear seat of the vehicle, generally located where the seat cushion meets the seat back. Outfitted with permanently affixed hooks or buckles that are compatible with the anchorages in the vehicle, LATCH-equipped car seats will now attach to the vehicle seat via these anchorages instead of being held by the vehicle's seat belts. By September 1, 2002, the LATCH system will be required in two rear-seating positions in all new cars, minivans, and light trucks. (source Amazon.com)

To find out if your grandchild's car seat is the correct one for their height and weight, please visit http://www.seatcheck.org to find a seat inspection site near you.