Car Seat Regulations

Can my daughter be going home next week from the hospital and I need to know what the safety regulations of car seats for premature babies. I currently SnugRide Jungle Adventure.

She is now 4 lbs 12 oz and 15.5 inches high, but will be 5 pound before next week.

Legal rules are the same. However, each hospital to test car seat, and sometimes premies not pass their test in seats made for bigger babies. The SnugRide is not really one of the seats I recommend for a premature baby. The slots are not substantive enough down to 8 ".

There is a seat made by Safety1st board called that is perfect for premature babies, with 5 "bottom slot, and weighs 4 pounds minimum. It also has a high-lockoff the basic installation by a wink and the handle can be left in place position in the car. (Not all seats allow). Its available for some time as a travel system, but recently you can now buy just the seat. also sold as the 'Eddie Bauer SureFit. I hesitate to recommend a Evenflo seat b / c all fixed and frequent reminders to remind them bad, but does Evenflo Channel 5 "slots below. The seat Safety1st/Eddie Bauer would be preferable, however, it has EPS foam (absorbs impact So baby do not work)

If the baby does not always stress test car seat, you'll need a car bed hospital that can show you where to get one. The Graco SafeSeat is the nearest, 7.

Compass is a great car seat for preemies, also check Keyfit22 Chicco and Keyfit30

The regs are the same, just do something special if they are under 5 pounds, then you need a car seat 4LB, which Chicco Keyfit 30 and he is a Britax.

They could make you a car seat challenge where they put it in the car seat for twice the amount of time it takes to get home to make sure it is seated OK.

and when she comes home, do whatever you can before the day she comes home, does everything go smoothly and you really do not have to go through a long wait while you are there .

The rules are the same but I do recommend the car seat is a restraint of 5 points instead of 3. Especially with a premature baby, it will be much safer with the support of 5 points. Otherwise, it will be fine in a car seat that you already have. Most infant car seats are tested for 5 pounds and above. It will be fine.

I'm not sure because wherever you live, but in my experience, before leaving the hospital, she had nicu pass a stress test in the car seat, it had to be connected to monitors while in car seat and stay there for the time it took us home. So in this case, it was 1.5 hours, and if it passed we got to go home. they just need to ensure the chest and small body can handle straps and controls, and make sure they are breathing properly. so we had to put some blankets receiving around her little head and you have a head restraint for things it would be even better:) hope this helps, I know it's stressful, I I made 2 years ago (oh, and it was 4.5 pounds when we left the hospital and she did fine in the test and all the way back:)

Carseat rules are always the same, infant seats and convertible seats rearfacing both work for 5 pounds and more. They will test the more likely that your first girl to the hospital to ensure it will be allowed in the home constituency seat. My son was almost 8 lbs but it was 4 weeks early if they still say it was premature and had the test. They took him to his seat and put it on a machine that simulates a long car ride for an hour and they look to the baby can handle without stress or anything.

I had 2 premies, just use the car s.