Are you looking for a booster seat for your child. Did you know that Britax have now stopped manufacturing their booster seat .

While backless booster seats are better than nothing, they don’t provide enough protection your child with enough protection.

Is your child safe in your car?

Cars are made for adults but its the car seat that protects your child in the event of an accident. Unrestrained children run seven times the risk of serious injury or death compared to children who are properly secured in a child car seat. A child car seat offers something children are entitled to – protection of their lives and safe travel at all times!

Over the last few years, awareness of parental responsibility over such matters has become increasingly widespread however, the best possible protection is only provided if the right safety system is chosen, all regulations and instructions for fitting the child car seats are properly complied with and the child itself is fastened into the seat correctly. Unfortunately 89% of child car seats are fitted incorrectly and this carelessness can have serious consequences.

The Legal Regulations

Since May 2006, it is compulsory to use safety belts and child restraint systems in all vehicles in Europe (Directive 2003/20/EC) and in the UK it is mandatory to use child car seats for children up to the height of 1.35m ( 4ft, 4 )or the age of 12.

Choosing the right system for each age group

European experts have established six groups for child restraint systems, which are defined according to the child’s weight:

• Group 0 for babies weighing up to 10kg (about 9 months)
• Group 0+ for babies weighing up to 13kg (about 15 months) – Rearward-facing systems must not be used on passenger seats with an active airbag.
• Group 1 for small children weighing 9 to 18kg (from about 9 months to 4 years of age)
• Group 2-3 for older children weighing 15 to 36kg (from about 4 to 11 years of age)
• Group 0+&1 for babies and small  children weighing up to 18kg (about 4 years of age)
• Group 1-2-3 for small children and older children – 9 to 36kg (from about 9 months to 11 years of age)

Booster seats

A basic booster seat falls within the group 2-3 category and enables you to comply with the law, they are extremely cheap to pick up however they offer very little protection for your child compared to a high back boosters seat and it is common for children to fall off their booster seat when turning corners. With a full high back booster seat you are providing your child with side impact protection, head protection and a mechanism that positions the seat belt correct around their body. 1 in 4 accidents are side collisions and side collisions put children at specific risk as they account for 1 in 5 car crash fatalities.

 In support of high back booster seats we are running a promotion through to the end of August and all It’s a Baby customers can purchase a Britax Advernture car seat at 50% off – follow this link: http://www.itsababy.co.uk/car-seats/group-2-3