9/15/2011 Thursday
Still researching the issues with car seats;
Jewel has out grown her $50 Walmart car seat, we have found great tall supportive booster seats to replace this one but they all do not come with a 5 point harness. Jewel needs a 5 point harness to keep her safe in the car. Even though Jewel is 10 and tall, her muscle control is pretty much like that of an infant, so she needs the support of the straps to keep her in the car seat.
Special needs car seats are crazy expensive putting almost all of them out of our reach.
So we have been researching on line, on face book and asking around.
I went to our local auto parts store the other day because the owner has been a part of the drag race circuit for years. I enquired about enlisting his help with ordering a 5 point harness and installing it in my car, since the drag racers have to do this all the time for their vehicles. I think this is a brilliant and affordable, viable, and sustainable idea. Someone should start this, it will save the special needs community tons of money, as long as it is done with safety standards and integrity in mind. Someone out there should become certified to install 5 point harnesses in our cars for our children.
Britax was one of the car seats that some families mentioned on face book.
They have head safety technology and you can custom fit your child, you log in your child's age, weight and hip measurements and they will fit you with a car seat! Pretty awesome, I love this part of fitting the car seat to your child's measurements, brilliant and logical!!!! =]
It will cost you around $400 plus shipping. If that is in your budget or maybe you have a community of support go and check it out.
http://www.britaxusa.com/car-seats
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