We also put our child on car seat when she is 1 month old. It was ok until when she is about 8 months when she struggle to get out of the car seat. She would cry when we put her in but after 3-4 times as we ignore her, she got use to it. Now, when we going out, she will climb on her car seat.
I think it is good to start as early as possible and need to be a little "cruel" to let them cry though it melts our heart. But after a few times, they will give up and sit in the car seat.
I notice that one of the reason why my baby cry after a while is because she wants to see outside. So we need to change the carrier to a car seat. Hope this helps.

need to check very long time ppl given..first baby is ok..willing to sit but the 2nd , too active n cant sit tide over 3 min..but now okay..let her sit since she was about 1.

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Added on June 20, 2012, 2:43 pmwat to do...for ur child safety..is a must...even u drive safe n careful...but not all other driver are..

This post has been edited by mmshop: Jun 20 2012, 02:43 PM

Yep.. Fr their safety, we hv to strap them up.. I wish i would do d same fr my baby later.. Ill start as early as his first ride home from hosp.. .. But first, which carseat should i buy.. Hm...

I use Aprica... I like the fact that it can turn sideways so its easy to put the child in and out and can easier to change diapers @ car.

Be it cheap car child seats or for those with budget the more expensive one, to have one is better than none. Also for new buyer, check, there is expiry date for car seats ! every Driver thinks they are careful when on the road with kids/toddler, be it an expert in driving or casual, its more on other drivers whom is not careful to cause an accident or some big animals running across ! So be it a cheap car child seat, does not matter, invest in one.

Yeahh..at last..my boy can sit in his child seats as long as i put lots of toy beside him..keep him occupied

Will def try ur toys method..

hi,

What does it mean by expiry date for car seats? Like expiry date for food or can use up to a certain weight or age for the baby?

Thanks.

Yes, it's mainly made of plastic the frame, with heat in the car etc, the plastic strength will deteriorate.

Try checking out those graco, britax at the back, look at the plastic frame, there is manufacturer and expiry date.

In some countries, The hospital will not allow you take your baby home unless you have a car seat.

Am thinking of changing the current car seat cause LO has outgrown it. Any recommendations?

I have 3years old son and a 1 half year daughter. To be honest i struggled to make my son in his car seat and sometimes i lost my temper, but for my daughter also i strugled a lot to put her inside it. Let say government makes this mandatory in Malaysia, do you agree on this?

Initially, we had plans to get a good car seat for our nearly 2 years old son but he's always moving around and quite hard to get him to sit quietly, so in the end, we got this for him instead - only RM78++

http://www.onebabyworld.com/vr-babies-baby...lue-p-2181.html

For our second child, we will put him in a baby basket that comes with our Graco Travel System. Depends how is his acceptance with car seat and of course his character (whether can sit quietly or not), we will then decide to buy / not to buy car seat.

Yes, car seat is mandatory in many countries. It should be compulsory here too from a security perspective but I've noticed many still reject car seat due to too expensive, too bulky, children too active (my excuse! hehe!), etc.

For me, I only bring my son around town area, car cannot go very fast, I just end up getting something that can hold him down that he's comfortable in. Somehow, I just dont buy that 5 point security thing that's being highlighted by car seat manufacturer. Around town, cannot drive very fast, got osmething to secure him and something else to distract him is good enough in my humble opinion.

It's not us that is careless..it's the other drivers. just imagine, if there is a hard collision from the back or side - even in city centre (as some drivers just like to drive fast even in a 60kmh zone), wouldn't the car seat be safer than the baby pouch?

we use carseat for our son since day 1. we have two carseats, britax advocate for hubby's car and mydear carseat for my car.. both are convertible carseats, can be use from newborn till toddler or the suggested weight.

whenever we put our son in the carseat, he will sleep soundly. at first he will cry, but then when the car moves he'll keep quiet. but to keep him happy, we bought a toy that can be hang in the car, so when he's awake, there's something for him to play with and keep him from being bored in the seats.

taken whe he is two m.o



taken whe he's six m.o


This post has been edited by cheno: Aug 27 2012, 06:20 PM

The answer is Yes, we use carseat.

Wow cheno, ur kid damn adorable.

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WTS HABA Baby Wooden Toys, Made in Germany, made of natural wood, not plastic.

thanks all babies are adorable

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Added on August 28, 2012, 10:19 amagree 100%, but first the government has to makesure to lower the tax for the imported carseats, so the price won't be too expensive for the parents to buy.

This post has been edited by cheno: Aug 28 2012, 10:19 AM

Great thread indeed After reading the whole thread it advisable to have this car seat for the young ones. In my case, we bought Halford (i'll update the pics later) for the purpose. Having a twin is not an easy task as everything should be doubled but more importantly our precious one.

The idea to have those seats are simply because my wife can't hold both of them at the same time (the major concern is their safety of course) . Forgot the price tag but somewhere around RM200++ as me and my wife are not very sure of what is the best at that moment. To make things even interesting, my wife's car is just a Myvi so you can guess how much space we need to fit our childs stuff, its cramped! Plus the twin stroller (Esprit) eats the entire cargo area

After quite sometimes of debating, we agreed to trade the car with a bigger one, the Proton Exora. Some says its a waste for changing to a bigger one, but not for us as we need space to throw everything in it.

As my wife drive the car to her workplace and nursery daily, we decided to let the seats permanently installed at the rear passenger seat (2nd row) simply to save us from trouble to install it again and again. BTW, the twins are reaching 5 months of their age by the end of this month and still counting

So far, the girls don't have any trouble as at they sleep most of the time when we travelling from here to there. The distance from the nursery to our place is just around 10 minutes. Parents should have this thing in their vehicle, safety first because we never knows what comes ahead or behind. God bless us all

carseats should be install at the rear passenger seats and not at the front seats especially if you have airbag. and should be install rear facing untill baby is 1.

notice some parents install their carseat wrongly..

My LO cannot sit still for too long, always need to pack a lot of stuffs to keep her entertain when she is in car seat.
This is wat we have for 4 hours journey from Penang to KL... until the last 30 mins she started to be really cranky wanna come out already, luckily we were approaching our destination...