Following on from a previous post about car seats and whether to choose a rear facing or forward facing I've found out about the Joie Stages Combination Car Seat, which is suitable from birth to approximately 7 years of age.
As well as rear facing it also has a forward facing option from 9-18kg, (although it is much safer to keep children rear facing for as long as possible). Once the 18kg limit has been reached, the Stages seat can be used forward facing as a booster seat until the child weighs 25kg, (about seven years old).
The difference with this one, as well as turning into a booster seat so that it lasts longer is also the fact that it costs £150 rather than £300-400. The high cost was the main thing that was putting me off buying a rear facing seat, but now that I've found this one I must say I'm quite excited.
I've checked with Joie and they say that fitting it in a Ford Focus (the car that we have) can be a bit hit and miss due to the short seat belts. So I'll need to investigate this further. It's good to know that there are rear facing seats that are more affordable.
See their website for full spec:
I've got to say that Facebook is great for easy research - I simply put a question on to a Bristol Mum's page about more affordable rear facing seats and a few days later got an email from Joie. They say that this product can be bought from most Mothercare and Halford stores.
Like their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RearFacingToddlers
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