traveling with a infant
Will be traveling with my grandchild this summer where do most of you put the car seat. my coach has seat belts on the couch and barrel chair don't know if it will fit in barrel chair baby will be 3m...
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Pirate wrote:
Do not use the couch. The sideways whiplash would be horrible for a small child.
DO NOT face a child toward the rear unless ALL missile hazards are removed. Everything must be stowed. Stove top covers, dinette chairs, lamps, everything on counters, you get the idea. In a sudden stop, those items that are not firmly secured will be travelling at crash speed towards your child's body. Think about a corian stove cover or toaster oven or coffee pot travelling at 60MPH toward your grandchild.
I use the front passenger seat. I put in extra seats belts anchored to the frame below to secure the child seat and I also have a rear tether to keep the child seat from flipping forward.
RV couches are not usually bolted to a frame to secure them. My sofa is held down with about 4 long wood screws and the seat belts below them are just as bad. We don't use them for travel as they provide no safety.
This post alone would be enough to keep me from taking a small baby traveling.
My mother will be 85 (God willing) when we head west (home) next year and I'm starting to consider flying her out there because I'm not so sure the coach trip won't be too much for her. She'll be staying with my 2 sibs while we do our own thing while in California.
