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Time limits for Infant Carrier/Car Seats?
PigletsDad · 26/02/2005 17:34
I was looking to get an Infant carrier/car seat for transporting Piglet, and was told by the shop assistant (a mum) that a baby of up to 9 months can not be left in an infant carrier/car seat for more than two hours at a time. Is this advice correct? and if so why?
PigletsDad · 26/02/2005 19:30
WitchFinderGeneral where did you read this. More info please. We regularly do journeys of greater than two hours and we were told this was a problem. Are there any alternative car seats out there that you know of which will not harm our baby's back?
NotQuiteCockney · 26/02/2005 20:11
PigletsDad - here is a link that goes into all this a bit: here . I don't think the two hours thing is a strict rule, once in a while is fine, but you wouldn't want to have your baby do it often.
And as KatieMac says, the alternative is a lie-flat car seat, which are also discussed on this link (under the "Combination car seats" section).
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