Travel in taxi with newborn?

[Biscotti76]

Hi - has anyone got any advice re getting a cab with a 2 month old? We need to get a cab on Xmas day and I'm attempting to plan ahead... Do you get in with babe in arms in back seat, or do you take them in the car seat? I know the don't have to be in a car seat in taxi legally, but, how do you do it? Any advice welcome, thanks!

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Take them in a carseat. Legal or not, it doesnt change the fact that they are safe in a carseat and unsafe when not in one.

Especially as it is t an emergency and you are planning this journey - use the carseat.

[dinkystinky]

I'd always advise a car seat for taxi travel

[Biscotti76]

Hi - is it safe though if the cab doesn't have isofix base? Has anyone taken their own car seat in taxi, or do you ask taxi firm for car with baby seat?

[IAmAPaleontologist]

A taxi is still a car and the normal rules of physics apply in case of an accident.

[IAmAPaleontologist]

In the past I have taken my own carseat and fized it with seatbelt. So long as you know how to fit it correctly with a seatbelt then it is perfectly safe.

[Biscotti76]

Ah, they have the bases? Ok, will ring round some firms - just wanted to make sure that's how other ppl doing it

[Biscotti76]

Thanks all

[dinkystinky]

If its a maxi cosi you should be able to fit with seat belt

[museumum]

a car seat that fixes with the seat belt is easiest i think. most isofix also fit with the belt, look it up in the manual and try it in your own car with the belt so you're confident doing it.

[ThinkIveBeenHacked]

Just fit it with the seatbelt. A correctly fitted belted seat is equally as safe as a correctly fitted isofix fitted seat. Yhe isofix removes the room for error, rather than making that seat safer (if both are fitted correctly).