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Sun, Mar 7th, 2010, 07:28 PM #16
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For my first son I was given a Cosco Alpha Omega 3-in-1. I love it. It's comfortable, easy to install, fits well in most every vehicle, very nice padding. My son loves it and seems quite comfortable with it. I guess if I had one complaint it would have to be that I find it difficult to get apart to clean it, but this might be the case with all 3-in-1's, I don't know.
For my second son, he had first a baby car seat, and then when he got too heavy to carry around, we decided to sell his baby seat and just buy a 3-in-1. We bought a Cosco Scenera. I don't like it that much. The plastic seems cheaper then the Alpha Omega, the padding is much thinner, and we have to have a rolled up towel under it for it to sit properly. When my oldest is big enough for a booster seat we might just buy him a backless one and give his car seat to the youngest (if it is still good by then).<center><embed src="http://www.widdlytinks.com/myfamily/silhouettes/silhouettefamily.swf" flashvars="t1=The Bernard Family&pv1=0&pn1=6&px1=251.55&pf1=1&pv2=0&pn2=22&p x2=186.8&pf2=0&pv3=0&pn3=12&px3=305.85&pf3=1&pv4=1 &pn4=9&px4=278.8&pf4=0&pv5=1&pn5=3&px5=226.8&pf5=1 &pv6=0&pn6=1&px6=102.8&pf6=1&pv7=1&pn7=24&px7=317. 8&pf7=1" quality="high" wmode="transparent" name="My Family Silhouettes" allowscriptaccess="samedomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="230" width="500">
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Sun, Mar 7th, 2010, 07:53 PM #17
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Mon, Mar 8th, 2010, 07:13 AM #18
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I've had car seats installed by the car seat technician at the hospital a couple of times. According to them, it's not uncommon to need something behind the base of the seat to make it sit properly. They had a large supply of pool noodles for this purpose, which they cut into pieces about the width of the seat. Normally it was three pieces taped together with duct tape that gave the best angle.
I also asked about backless boosters vs. the carseats that convert to one. She said that the car seat ones were *slightly* better in that they gave a bit of protection on the sides from flying glass and such in case of an accident. But that backless ones are fine too. We have both; if we've rented a car and are taking a long trip, the car seat is what we used. If we're just going for a short ride in a taxi or something, we bring the backless booster.
Last year I learned something I didn't know about my carseat booster. Once you remove the car seat straps and start using it as a booster, you no longer attach it to the car with the LATCH hooks or the tether that is at the top that hooks up in the back window in most cars. Make sure that you shorten the LATCH straps as much as you can and attach the tether hook to the back of the car seat (my seat has a spot to attach it at the bottom). Having it fly around loose can cause an injury during an accident.
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Mon, Mar 8th, 2010, 08:07 AM #19
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We also have the Cosco Alpha Omega 3-in-1 for our daughter and agree about it being hard to get apart if you are cleaning it. Our dd was sick a couple of wks ago in her car seat so we needed to wash the cover and by the time I got the cover off I was ready to throw the thing out the window, lol.....But now that I know how it comes off it shouldn't be a problem next time and will most likely only take a couple of minutes. It was very easy to put the cover back on though
I really like the car seat as it's very easy to install and I agree it does have nice thick padding. I think we bought our seat on sale at Zellers for about $100 regular $180 so it was a great buy and I had done my research on it to see the reviews. I'm really picky when it comes to certain things and car seats are one of them. However I think in a few months time when we have the other car seat in the car for the new baby we are going to find that the Cosco is a little bulky for our car but we'll wait and see.
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Mon, Mar 8th, 2010, 08:09 AM #20
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i have the alpha omega one.. and although i dont use it much as i dont have a car.. it seems to do the trick when i use it..lol
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Mon, Mar 8th, 2010, 09:23 AM #21
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