A paradox

[telerib]

Good advice: "Buy a car seat that fits your baby."

Good law: Thy baby shalt not leave the hospital in a car unless that car have a car seat installed for thy baby.

Resulting problem: Finding a car seat that fits an unborn baby. O.o

Maybe the "fits your baby" advice is for when you're switching from an infant seat to a bigger seat? Most newborns fit into a fairly well-defined size envelope, which the infant seats encompass.

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[telerib.livejournal.com]

Consumer Reports was also very insistent on getting an infant seat, and then a convertible. After reading some more webpages on car seat safety, I finally got an idea of why - like you said, they're just too big for the wee, wee ones.

The SnugRide is right at the top of my list of seats to try out in the car! It is still getting great marks in safety. Plus, I found a car seat/car compatability database (http://www.carseatdata.org) which, while not definitive by any stretch of the imagination, suggests the SnugRide should fit well in the Saturn. (No one reported on a fit with a Ford Contour.) It is awesomely generous of you to offer the loan of it! Thank you so much!

If curiousangel is coming by on Friday, could be bring it and its manual? We could test it for fit in both cars over the weekend.